2nd and 3rd Lesson: Health & Fitness

Title of Lesson:
Teacher:
Medium/technique:
Date to be Taught:

Aluminum Foil Human Sculpture

Hannah Matos
Aluminum Foil and YOGA
03/17/16 & 03/31/16

Big Idea that drives Lesson/Unit:

My big idea is Health & Fitness. Its important for students to learn how to live
a happy and healthy lifestyle. Physical health and mental health are both equally
important and so Ive incorporated both into my curriculum. When I was in primary
school, we didnt have a specified health course other than gym class. I believe its
important to incorporate all groups of health into every grade level.
Key concepts about Big Idea:
I want my students to feel confident as well as challenged in my curriculum of
health and fitness,
Health is very important for a happy and healthy lifestyle.
Letting the students have an opinion in my curriculum instruction helps their
confidence and gets them more interested in the curriculum.
Key concepts about medium/technique (Aluminum Foil):
While most aluminum foil is employed in packaging, its many unique properties also
account for its use in literally hundreds of other applications.
In general, such food products as candies, milk, unsalted meats, butter and
margarine are compatible with bare aluminum. They also greatly benefit from its
opacity, which retards deterioration from exposure to light. Similarly, many drug and
cosmetic products are compatible with aluminum foil and also must be protected
from light.
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline, which originated in
India. There is a broad variety of schools, practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and
Jainism. Among the most well known types of yoga are Hatha yoga and Rja yoga.
The Power of Yoga and your health:
1. Builds their confidence and self-esteem.
2. Improves their powers of concentration and focus.
3. Develops their brain and intellect.
4. Excellent for their bodies and health. Promotes balance, flexibility, coordination and
strength.
5. Helps them cope with stress and difficult emotions.
6. Develops their creativity and imagination.
7. Sharpens and expands their awareness.
8. Helps them develop calmness.

Fine Arts Goals Met by the Objectives:

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Stage C:

25A Students who meet the standard understand the sensory elements,
organizational principles, and expressive qualities of the arts.

Give examples of organic (free-form, natural) and person-made shapes in the

visual environment.

Classify a group of artworks according to subject.

26A Students who meet the standard understand processes, traditional tools,
and modern technologies used in the arts.

Match the material, tools, and processes used in constructing.

Compare the use of 2D and 3D tools and materials in creating artworks.

27A Students who meet the standard can analyze how the arts function in
history, society, and everyday life.

Vocabulary Acquisition: [definitions from Artlex.com and Wikipedia.org]

Fold - bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it
covers another.
Crush - deform, pulverize, or force inwards by compressing forcefully.
Bend - shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Cow Pose -

Cat Pose -

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Down Dog -

Plank Pose -

Up Dog -

Contemporary/Historical/Multicultural exemplars:
Melody Pena - At the heart of every piece created by master sculptor M. Pea is the
artist's passion for living creatures. This passion, coupled with a lifelong study of
animal behavior and anatomy, and an astonishing gift for three-dimensional art,
results in sculpture so intriguing and lifelike it is without equal.
Dominic Wilcox - Born. Sunderland, UK. Education. Royal College of Art, Design
Products (MA), Edinburgh College of Art, Visual Communication (BA)Based. London,
UK. Dominic Wilcox works between the worlds of art, design, craft and technology to
create innovative and thought provoking objects.
Gerard Cerini Works with many different types of media. Uses Aluminum foil for
some of his art works.

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Pena

Wilcox

Cerini
Artmaking Materials Needed:
14 sheets of 12x12 inch aluminum foil
Scissors (14)
Permanent Markers (14)
Rulers (14)
Procedures:
Day 1:
o Introduction: Good Morning Everybody! Today were going to learn about Yoga and
how to make Aluminum Foil sculptures!
o Bring up PowerPoint and begin discussing lesson

DISCUSSION: (25 minutes)

o Has anyone done Yoga before?
o What do you like/dislike about Yoga?
o Discuss basic yoga poses to students [Read History of Yoga]

DEMONSTRATIONS: (15 minutes)

ACTIVITY: (10 minutes)
o Demonstrate the 5 Yoga poses we will use in the lesson (Powerpoint)
o Demonstrate how to make a human form out of aluminum foil, have everyone
watch me around a table
o Show Historical/Multicultural exemplars
Go over artists section of handout [Pena, Wilcox, Cerini]
Do you know of any other artists- historical or contemporary- that uses
aluminum foil?
CLOSURE: (5 minutes)
o What did we learn about yoga today?
o What are the benefits of yoga?
o How do we make a human form out of aluminum foil?

Day 2:
o

INTRODUCTION: (3 minutes)

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Good Morning Class! Today we will start making our human sculptures out of
aluminum foil! Everyone partner up!
Brief Discussion of first lesson: (5 minutes)
Does anyone remember what we went through in our last class?
Can anyone tell me how to make a human sculpture out of aluminum foil?
Discuss process of making human sculpture to refresh memory.
DESIGN/WORK SESSION: (35 minutes)
o Everyone will be getting with a partner and making human sculptures of one
another.
o [Student Name] Can you please pass out 1 sheet of aluminum foil to each
classmate?
o {Student Name] Can you please pass out a pair of scissors, ruler, and a
permanent marker to each classmate?
o Students will work on human sculptures during most of class period. Each
student will have about 13 minutes to get the right gesture of their partner
using the aluminum foil
o Teacher gives 3 minute time warning for each group of students so they know
when to switch
CLEAN UP: (2 minutes)
o Make sure names are on sculptures (using a piece of paper and putting it
underneath their sculptures) and leave them on you desks
o Student collects scissors
o Student collects rulers
o Student collects permanent markers
CLOSURE: (3 minutes)
o What did you learn about aluminum foil today that you didnt know before?
o What might be some possible disadvantages of working with aluminum foil?
o What yoga pose did you use for your partner to make?
ASSESSMENT: [separate from class time]
o Check according to simple rubric [see attached]
Did each student participate fully?
Did everyone complete 1 aluminum foil human sculpture?
Did each student use a yoga pose suggested to them by the YouTube
video?