Hidden Safari :)

During this lesson, we had to create an illusion. We first started drawing an animal, that we chose, upside down. This helps students focus more on the shapes of the animal rather than the object itself. We had to draw it in a light blue for it to work. Next, we had to create a pattern over our animal to make the illusion. We had to use the colors red, orange, and yellow. We used repetition to make the patterns with different shapes and lines. We had to make sure the page was covered so we were able to see it through the ruby red glasses. The ruby red glasses we created was to be able to see the animal and it makes the illusion come to life.

As an extension activity, the teacher could have each student pick an animal from a hat and all of them have different animals. After each of them create one they have all the students guess which one is which. They also could put it around the classroom and make it seem like a hidden safari and the students have to find where all of them are. They also can make it into a geography lesson by getting facts from the animal they made and they have to present it to the class. Also they could go on a field trip to the zoo and try to find the animal they made.

This is my Hidden Safari animal. I drew a zebra because that is my favorite animal. One thing we had to do was to write three clues as to what our animal was. I had a lot of fun doing this project because it was really amazing what you can do with color.