graphic art and design studio
- where visual effects positively affect communication 

Lesson 1

An example of linking academic content and the study of art:

Mirror/Flip Images - Geometry in the Real World:

Elementary students learn about flips, mirror or reverse images in geometry because that knowledge is helpful with construction projects, sewing clothes, building models, doing jigsaw puzzles or tracing and copying artwork

Materials needed:

paper

blackboard

chalk

• Using a bold newspaper headline, preferably one with block style lettering, use a mirror to show mirror image.

• Do a fold over exercise: fold a sheet of paper lengthwise, open up again, students write first name in cursive heavily with pencil filling half the sheet, fold over again and rub the paper heavily to transfer the pencil image to the other half of sheet, then use crayons or markers to color in the resulting design. 
  

• Draw their  name in flip form on a sheet of paper , draw over the name heavily with chalk then hold the paper face down on the blackboard and rub the sheet with their hand to transfer their name to the board. 
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• See the flips by holding sheets of paper on the window to see in reverse through the paper.
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• All video games are not bad. Playing the computer game Tetris (or one of its endless variations) is an excellent way to visualize flips and turns. It shows the importance of pieces fitting together and can begin your discussion on angles as used in geometry. Older students can visualize the concepts of area and perimeter.

• Vocabulary: symmetry, solid vs. void, right angle, etc.

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