Our first idea had to do with seasons, so I did some tests to see how color changes could make the same scene look like it was changing seasons. Which was cool, but then we got into the "Powers of Ten" idea, zooming out from DNA to the Solar System.
So, here's a sketch of what that might look like -- starting on the left with DNA and plant cells, and working our way across five panels until we've got Earth in the Solar System. It's more like "Powers of Eighty-Three and a Half" but that's okay. We're also including the California hills in there, which are visible behind the Science Lab. Kind of cool.
Also with five panels we can have each of grades 1 through 5 paint one of the panels, which is very cool.
We're going to use primed plywood, and hopefully re-use paint. So colors will be interesting!
Looks like we'll try and paint it in the Fall - end-of-school-year craziness is happening, but we've made some good progress thinking this through. So many things to cover before you loose a bunch of kids with brushes on the wall...
1 comments:
This would look cool as a mosaic. Great idea development :)
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