"LANDSCAPE" IN A BOX
New for 2008
This idea came to me in a cash and carry....
I was purchasing refreshments for after school revision sessions: plenty of FAIRTRADE chocolate and fruit juice.
I wanted some paper plates to do a FOOD MILES activity with food on plates (more on that to come soon) and then spotted these...
So bought some.
The idea is that each student is going to create a mini - landscape so that once the box lid is opened the landscape is revealed. There are lots of possible elements that can be brought into play.
Other bits are then added to the box:
Cardboard - needed for the inserts and some of the structural elements.
Elements of the landscape:
THE LID: This needs to have the contents on it....
THE INSIDE OF THE LID: An image or 3D construct which represents the background of the landscape: the 'distance' or 'middle distance'
THE INSIDE BASE: Foreground or the base of the landscape - possibly also an aerial view
THE SLOPING ELEMENTS OF THE BOX: Sky / clouds / slopes / structural elements of the landscape
THE BASE OF THE BOX: This must have a map to locate the landscape. The map could be of an actual place or an invented place. You could also add a label or image to identify it...
Can also add 3D elements.
Think inside the box...
Other ideas:
Use sand or soil or pebbles, or polystyrene
Plastic animals or figures
Once the landscape has been created, it can then be used as the venue for a 'fieldtrip' by other students. Imagine visiting the landscape, what would you:
SEE
SMELL
HEAR
Do ?
The internal elements can be drawn on card (cut to size and stuck in) or painted on directly
PVA could also be used to collage onto the box or inside the box.
When I get some examples, I will post some here, or a link to some online examples....