Ms. Gerrard's  Classroom

  • Home
  • TRC
  • STEAM blog
  • Art Classes
    • Art Supplemental Learning
    • Art 9
    • Art 10
    • Art 20
    • Art 30
    • AP Art
    • Graphic Arts 20
    • Photography 10 >
      • Introduction to Photography
      • History of Photography
      • Camera Controls, Functions, & Safety
      • Composition & Critique
      • Art Resources
  • English Classes
    • Choice Reading
    • English A10 >
      • ELA A10 Outcomes
      • Unit 1 - The Challenges of Life
      • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (novel study)
      • Unit 2 - The Mysteries of Life
    • English B10
    • ELA 20 >
      • ELA 20 Outcomes
      • Book Clubs
    • Creative Writing 20
    • English A30 >
      • Mr. Flasch's Short Story Unit
      • Unit 1 - Canadian Perspectives: Distinct & Rich (April Raintree)
      • Unit 2 - Canadian Landscapes: Diverse and Dynamic
    • English B30 >
      • B30 - Mr. Flasch >
        • Unit 1 - Poetry
        • Hamlet
        • Lord of the Flies
      • Unit 1 - Search for Self (Night)
      • Position Paper Assignment
      • B30: Short Stories, Essays, Non-Fiction, & Poetry
      • Unit 2 - The Social Experience (Hamlet)
    • English Resources
    • Teacher Resources
  • Interior Design 30
  • Warman High GSA
    • LGBTQI2S Resources
    • GSA Activities
    • GSA Related Videos
    • GSA Related Articles
  • Art Club
    • Glass Fusing and Slumping
    • Tile Painting
    • Pumpkin Carving
    • Cree Beading
    • Glass Fused Jewelry
    • Chocolate Making
  • Home
  • TRC
  • STEAM blog
  • Art Classes
    • Art Supplemental Learning
    • Art 9
    • Art 10
    • Art 20
    • Art 30
    • AP Art
    • Graphic Arts 20
    • Photography 10 >
      • Introduction to Photography
      • History of Photography
      • Camera Controls, Functions, & Safety
      • Composition & Critique
      • Art Resources
  • English Classes
    • Choice Reading
    • English A10 >
      • ELA A10 Outcomes
      • Unit 1 - The Challenges of Life
      • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (novel study)
      • Unit 2 - The Mysteries of Life
    • English B10
    • ELA 20 >
      • ELA 20 Outcomes
      • Book Clubs
    • Creative Writing 20
    • English A30 >
      • Mr. Flasch's Short Story Unit
      • Unit 1 - Canadian Perspectives: Distinct & Rich (April Raintree)
      • Unit 2 - Canadian Landscapes: Diverse and Dynamic
    • English B30 >
      • B30 - Mr. Flasch >
        • Unit 1 - Poetry
        • Hamlet
        • Lord of the Flies
      • Unit 1 - Search for Self (Night)
      • Position Paper Assignment
      • B30: Short Stories, Essays, Non-Fiction, & Poetry
      • Unit 2 - The Social Experience (Hamlet)
    • English Resources
    • Teacher Resources
  • Interior Design 30
  • Warman High GSA
    • LGBTQI2S Resources
    • GSA Activities
    • GSA Related Videos
    • GSA Related Articles
  • Art Club
    • Glass Fusing and Slumping
    • Tile Painting
    • Pumpkin Carving
    • Cree Beading
    • Glass Fused Jewelry
    • Chocolate Making

STEAM Blog

Ms. Lebiszczak's "The Benefit of Plants"

11/5/2018

0 Comments

 
Ms. Lebiszczak shared her "The Benefit of Plants" weebly assignment with me (you can access her blog here).   Some of her students will be researching the positive impact of plants in public spaces and Art 30 students will help to create some prototypes.  Eventually Ms. Lebiszczak's students will be pitching the idea of creating a green space in Warman High School to Mr. Broughton.  

In other plant news, I started germinating some chia seeds last night because I want to see if they can grow on clay (or on recycled kitchen cabinets). Here are some pictures of the process.  #1 chia seeds before I added water, #2 a couple hours after I added water, and #3 12 hours after I added water.  I plan to try mixing the chia into the moss mixture in addition to just applying the chia alone to various surfaces, to see how it does. I touched it this morning, and it feels a bit like gelatin.
0 Comments

Moss Trials

10/30/2018

0 Comments

 
Thanks to some local moss donors, today after school we began experimenting with moss paint. We whipped up several variations and painted them onto an up-cycled wood cabinet and will begin spraying them several times a week to see if we can generate some growth. I've read more about moss paint and I'm cautiously optimistic, since some bloggers note that it can take upwards of 2 months to grow moss. We also discovered that chia seed requires little soil to grow, and so we are going to experiment with wall/clay art and chia seed as well (like this person’s instructables).
0 Comments

Moss Art

10/22/2018

0 Comments

 
Ms. Lebiszczak suggested to me that we partner to create a moss art installation.  My mind is buzzing with ideas.  Neither of us has ever done this before, so there is lots of experimenting to do.  First we need to find some moss.  Then Ms. Lebiszczak is going to get her class to test out ways to cultivate moss and then my class will create paint out of it using a recipe like this apply it to recycled wooden cabinets.  
0 Comments

    Author

    Sarah Gerrard teaches Visual Arts 9-12 at Warman High School.  She recently received a grant from the Prairie Spirit Schools Foundation to infuse her courses with STEAM.

    Archives

    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018

    Categories

    All
    3D Printer
    Anatomy
    Arduino Uno
    Chemistry
    Chia Art
    Coding
    Colour Changing Markers
    Electricity
    Global Warming
    Indigenizing And Decolonizing Education
    Interactive Art
    IPad Art
    LEDs
    Lilypad
    Makey Makey
    Microscope
    Moss Art
    Music
    My Prairie Spirit Classroom
    Paper Circuits
    Plants
    Prairie Spirit Schools Foundation
    Saskcode
    STEAM
    STEAM Articles
    TinkerCAD
    UV Light
    Water

    RSS Feed