Create a Circle Back to You (Project #66)
Activity - Outdoors
Grades3, 4, 5, 6Visual and Performing Arts, Health
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Provided by OK You
What it is
- This activity from OK You explains how students can create mandalas from natural materials or with paper and markers.
- The resource demonstrates how students can use mandalas as a way to connect with nature and cope with difficult feelings.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This activity helps students connect with nature through art.
- The resource includes options for any kind of weather or season, making this an activity that is easy to implement.
Prerequisites
- Step 13 references a video that may not be available.
Differentiation & Implementation
- If students create their mandalas in the classroom, they can listen to nature sounds or music that makes them feel connected to the earth as they work.
- Teachers can create a classroom tradition in which students celebrate the changing of the seasons by creating seasonal mandalas.
- This resource can be used as a tool for dealing with climate anxiety. This resource can further help teachers and students navigate climate anxiety.
From the scientist review
This resource from OK You provides an art-based activity that invites students to create mandalas using natural materials or hand-drawn patterns. While not directly connected to climate education or scientific data, the resource offers students an opportunity to integrate creativity into learning.
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