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Fine Arts
29 Pieces Education: Artists Making a Kinder World PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT Lesson




This Teaching & Learning professional learning opportunity will provide content, material, and strategies to assist educators in meeting the needs of students in their district.


Important Session Information:


HOW DO WE TAKE FLIGHT IN OUR LIFE?

This lesson focuses on the importance of lift, weight, thrust, and resistance in the process of taking flight. Drawing on the physics of flight, students consider how their own hopes and dreams “take flight.” Why is it necessary to have lift, thrust, gravity and resistance in balance for dreams to soar? What does this look like in our own lives? 

The art project involves winged self-portraits including representations of the four elements of flight: thrust, weight, resistance and lift. There are three lesson adaptations, geared to K-3, 3-5, and 6-8 grades. This lesson crosses over with knowledge objectives in physical sciences. 

Created by 29 Pieces, Karen Isbell (Dallas, TX), Anne Flight (Stratton, ME), and Sarah Sevier (Atlanta, GA). 

Format of lesson:
1:00 – 1:45 pm – Introductions and Lesson Presentation
1:45 – 2:00 pm - Break
2:00 – 3:10 pm - Art making
3:10 – 3:30 pm – Clean-up, conversation, sharing and questions

Audience: K-12 teachers, students and counselors. This lesson can be successfully completed in Art, Creative Writing, Physics, Science, and Advisory classes.

COST: FREE and lesson can be downloaded at no cost – in English or Spanish.

Supplies Needed for PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT Project Lesson:
29 Pieces will bring a range of art supplies. If you’d like, bring any of your own favorite pens, markers, papers, crayons, etc. for your art. 

PRESENTER BIO:
Karen Blessen became the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of 29 Pieces after a long career as an artist and writer. 29 Pieces is a Dallas based organization which uses art to awaken, uplift and give voice to the creative human spirit. Through the 29 Pieces Education Program: Artists Making a Kinder World, 29 Pieces has worked with more than 1,500 teachers and more than 250,000 students in 24 states and Washington DC. Karen Blessen was the first graphic artist to be named as a winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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Session ID:
2658250
Credits Available:
(3) CPE
Seats Available:
35
Fee:
$0.00
Contact Person:
Daisey Leyva
Instructor(s):
Dr. Meredith Clark
Date Time Location
4/27/2024 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Dallas Room
Region 10
400 E. Spring Valley Road, Richardson, 75081-5101
Region 10 Education Service Center
 
Second Location
400 E. Spring Valley Rd.
 
904 Abrams Rd
Richardson, TX 75081-5101
 
Richardson, TX 75081
 
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