Classroom Aquarium

 

This lesson was created by Amanda. First she showed us videos about the ocean and all the different kinds of animals that live in the ocean. The videos were really cool to see and kindergarteners would love those types of videos. Then we discussed colors such as complimentary colors and how to find them on the color wheel. Next we started creating our animals. We had to make one animal using oil pastels and water colors. The other animal we had to make using regular crayons and water colors. I decided to using the oil pastels on my fish that I created. I picked the complimentary color of blue, which is orange. Also, I used the oil pastels on the sea weed and on the starfish I made. I chose the complimentary color of green, which is red.  Then for my jellyfish I used regular crayons. I picked the complimentary color of purple, which is yellow. The last step that we did was cut out our animals, so Amanda could hang them up on her bulletin board. For an extension activity, I would have my students write a sentence of where their animal lives. Then I would have them share it with the class. Also, we would learn more about the animals that live in the ocean.