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Summer : Plastic Oceans Sculpture : Lesson 4 and 5
Creating a hybrid Sea-Creature collaboratively
Warm-up: 10 minutes
- Share with class image of the details of a sculpture created with plastic:
Artist: Tara Donovan, Untitled (Styrofoam Cups), 2004/2008, Styrofoam cups, glue Installation view

Introduction: 5 minutes
- Ask children to share ideas of how to create specific details of their creatures using plastic, such as cutting out fins and scales, creating eyes, cutting plastic bottles into strips, curling the strips etc.

Development: 20 mins
- Invite children to gather in their groups to create details for their creature, cutting the plastic bottles into shapes and strips.
- Encourage groups to add lots of details, using needle and fishing line to attach the features to the main body of the creature.
- Plastic bags can be cut into strips to add texture to the creatures.
- Support each group with their construction and attach features using a glue gun if possible, with the help of other adults, if available.

Conclusion: 10 mins
- Hang creatures on the display line for the next lesson.
- Encourage each group to show their progress with the class.
 

Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 1 Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 1 Summer Imagining a hybrid Sea-Creature Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 2 Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 2 Summer Designing a hybrid Sea-Creature collaboratively Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 3 Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 3 Summer Creating a hybrid Sea-Creature
collaboratively
Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 4 and 5 Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 4 and 5 Summer Creating a hybrid
Sea-Creature collaboratively
Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 6 Plastic Oceans Sculpture: Lesson 6 Summer Creating a hybrid
Sea-Creature collaboratively
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