Exploring Sculptures & 3D Shapes

This week we have begun an exploration connecting math, art and natural materials through a study of sculptures. We started our week learning about 3D shapes in our world. We went on a  "shape hunt" at home and at school.


Then we made a visual tree map showing the spheres, rectangular prisms, cubes, cones, and cylinders we found!

Then we visited the Noguchi Sculpture museum and observed sculptures made of volcanic rock, marble, and metal. We learned about what kind of tools Mr. Noguchi used to make his sculptures.

 We observed many 3D shapes in the sculptures we saw; as well as patterns made of natural color tones of marble and rock.

After that, we made our own sculptures using natural materials such as paper, wood, and cotton. We folded and twisted our papers to make many interesting shapes!