Paper Earth Project

 Description: 

For this project, we talked about Earth Day and how to use recycled materials in art. The materials we used were cardboard circles, green tissue paper, glue, cotton balls, blue construction paper, and continent stencils. First, we took our cardboard circles and traced the continents onto them using a pencil. Then, we used blue construction paper that was cut into small squares and glued them all around the circle, but left the space with the continent tracings that we had done blank. Next, we took green tissue paper and rolled it into little balls and glued it onto the cardboard in the continent outlines. After we had finished making the oceans and the continents, we stretched out white cotton balls and glued them on to make them look like clouds over the earth. 

Extension Activity: 

To incorporate math and science, students could go outside and collect as much litter as they can find. Then, they can bring it inside and sort it into piles like plastic, paper, tin, etc. Then, they could create a graph or chart comparing all of the litter that they collected.