Splash!

"During a collision, some of the ball’s energy is converted into heat. As no energy is added to the ball, the ball bounces back with less kinetic energy and cannot reach quite the same height."

"Did you also see how a lighter ball shoots high into the air when released at the same time on top of a heavier ball? Both balls fall at the same speed but the heavier ball gains more energy during the fall. When the lighter ball bounces on the heavy ball they exchange energy, and the lighter ball flies off with some of the energy of a heavier ball. It reaches way higher than from the height it was released. The heavy ball, on the other hand, is left behind with little energy and does not move much."

"In 1872, the former governor of California Leland Stanford, a race-horse owner, hired Eadweard Muybridge to undertake some photographic studies. Stanford had reputedly taken a bet on whether all four of a racehorse's hooves are off the ground simultaneously. On 15 June 1878, Muybridge set up a line of cameras with tripwires, each of which would trigger a picture for a split second as the horse ran past. "

The margin of the card is colored coded according to the medium so all oil paintings are pink, all photography is yellow, etc. This will make it easier for you if you want to use all of one media in your activity. There are no rules; you can use all of the cards or just some of them.

Artist

Mark Aeling

In the Florida Studio

"Splash" is made of 3/8” wide powder-coated aluminum plates. There is 4” of open space between each one. So, only 1/10th of the entire sculpture is made of the plates. Since 9/10th of the sculpture is open space, when you view the sculpture from certain angles it almost disappears!

Mark received his MFA in sculpture from Washington University in St. Louis MO in 1993. He remained in St. Louis working as a professional sculpture for 18 years. In 2005, he relocated to St. Petersburg, FL. He owns and operates MGA Sculpture Studio.

His areas of expertise are metal fabrication and castable mediums, and is able to handle projects at any scale.

http://www.mgasculpture.com/

Model of Splash

The sculpture was selected in a blind-bid process from over 150 entries to fulfill the Norman Forward art component, which calls for a 1 percent public art piece tied to each project.

Loading at the studio in Florida

Burke, Mack. “First Norman Forward Art Project Unveiled at Westwood.” Norman Transcript, 8 Dec. 2017.

https://www.facebook.com/MgaSculpture/

Fitting it on the truck

About Splash

Mark Aeling’s “Splash” is an inventive, 18-foot-tall sculptural depiction of a green tennis ball hitting blue water.

Installation at Westwood Park

https://www.facebook.com/MgaSculpture/

95 acres

New Pool

Opened

Summer

2018

Opened August 1967

Golf

About Westwood

1995

1969 Two courts

25¢-children

50¢-adult

Original pavilion to provide spectator seating and picnic areas.

Original Prices

1985 Additional eight courts, other amenities.

Slides added and opened 1993

1999 Clubhouse added

July 4, 1967

2005 Expanded to 12 courts

July 14, 1977

August 2016

2015 Four Youth Size Courts

2016 Two courts converted to indoor and two new outdoor courts

Tennis

Original Pool

Phases of Matter: Water

Experiment with Water

Break down the four basic processes of freezing, condensing, boiling and melting.

Evaporates

Cloud in a Jar activity

• Put the metal pie pan in the freezer for about an hour.
• Fill the jar half full with hot water just before you take the pan out of the freezer.
• Remove the pan from the freezer and fill it with ice cubes. Set the pan on top of the jar. Leave it there for a few minutes and observe what happens inside the jar.

Condensation

Cloud in a Jar

Evaporation

Saltwater Painting

• Measure 1/4 cup of salt into a container. Add 1/4 cup warm water to the salt.
• Add several drops of food coloring to the mixture. Giving all groups different colors.
• Paint with the paint brushes a picture with the mixture. The students are allowed to paint what they like.
• Lay the paintings to dry overnight.
• The water will evaporate from the painting and the colored salt will stay on the paper.
• The students will examine their paintings the next day and see what happened.

https://bit.ly/2G3hXJu

Freezing

Ice, Ice Baby

Freeze water in different containers

to obtain different shapes.

https://eduref.org/lessons/science/ear0020

Melting

Saltwater Painting

https://bit.ly/37dPz3a

Moderate motion of particles

Fast motion of particles

Fixed motion of particles

Background Information

Science

Background Information

http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/video-water

https://goo.gl/3bTKSb

Crash Course: Part(icles) of Your World

Cook with All 3 Phases of Water

http://www.tv411.org/science/tv411-whats-cooking/water-science-lesson

Supplies

• Basketball
• Tennis Ball
• Ping Pong Ball
• Hard surface with plenty of room
• Yard/meter stick
• Data Recording Sheet
• iPad or cellphone

Energy Transference

Group Jobs

1. Holding the yard/meter stick

2. Dropping the balls

3. Recording the video

4. Recording the data

Extension

Group Tips

1. Add a ping pong ball.

2. Try different combinations including all three balls.

Video where you can capture the yard/meter stick and the ball bounce.

Science

Hold the yard/meter stick steady .

Part Four

1. Hold the basketball touching the top of the tennis ball in the same position.

2. Release the balls together.

Part One

Part Three

1. Hold basketball so the bottom of the ball is even with the top of the yard/meter stick.

2. Release the ball (don't throw or push it).

3. Repeat 3 times.

4. Watch the video and record the height of the bounce.

1. Hold the tennis ball touching the top of the basketball in the same position.

2. Release the balls together.

Background

For Discussion

Part Two

1. Hold tennis ball so the bottom of the ball is even with the top of the yard/meter stick.

2. Release the ball (don't throw or push it).

3. Repeat 3 times.

4. Watch the video and record the height of the bounce.

Video Explanations

Energy Transference

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/energetic-2-ball-bounces/

https://goo.gl/forms/5UqrIABUlepSHGW93

The four most important tennis events of the professional season are called the Grand Slam tournaments or the Majors.

Online questions

The most points are awarded for these tournaments.

US Open

Wimbledon

French Open

Australian Open

Math

Where:

London, England

Court Surface:

Grass

When:

July

Where:

Paris, France

Court Surface:

Clay

When:

May/June

Where:

New York City, USA

Court Surface:

Hard

When:

August/September

Where:

Melbourne, Australia

Court Surface:

Hard

When:

January

Use the following Grand Slam point winners for some math lessons!

Grand Slam Stats

Mode

Median

Minimum Number

Range

PDF Worksheet with Key

Maximum Number

Use The Great Fuzz Frenzy to introduce or review a variety of figurative language types.

Language Arts

Enrichment

Offline Coding Activity

fuzzFamily Frenzy

https://code.org/files/fuzzFamilyFrenzy.pdf

Note: Not all types of Figurative Language included on the posters are found in the book.

Click on the PDF of each poster and worksheet to open full size.

Your Water Footprint

Calculating Your Water Footprint

Worksheets

# of Calculations

• 7- 1x1 multiplication problems
• 8- 2x1 multiplication problems
• 5- 3x1 multiplication problems
• 1- 4x1 multiplication problems
• 8 addition problems

You can use the included Example Family Information or have students use their own family.

Answer Key

Water Footprint Calculator

Online version of the worksheet

https://www.watercalculator.org/

Water Use Product Gallery

Scroll through different

products to learn more.

Virtual Water Use Calculator of Food

http://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/product-gallery/

Change food items on your plate to see the difference in your water use.

A Day in the Life of a Drop

Students can track the actual direct use of water in their home.

http://graphics.latimes.com/food-water-footprint/

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-02/documents/ws-ourwater-drop-2-worksheet.pdf

Math

Virtual Water

What if I told you:

you EAT 3,496 liters of water

EVERYDAY?

Virtual water is the 'hidden' water it takes to produce our food and other products.

Share this site with students to learn about our "virtual water" use.

http://thewaterweeat.com/

Additional Resources

http://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/AquaPASS_WFN_Final.pdf

https://www.watercalculator.org/water-use/foods-big-water-footprint/

Aquapass

Food's Big Water Footprint

Water Use Booklet for Kids

https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/water/what-do-you-know-about-virtual-water

What Do You Know About Virtual Water?:

Quiz about the water you didn't know you were using

Your Water Footprint

https://www.watercalculator.org/water-use/#food

This is the total amount of water you use in your daily life. There is the 'direct' water you use in your home and the 'hidden' water used to produce your goods and services.

Water Use Outdoors

Water to Make Energy

How Do You Use Water?

www.dutchwatersector.com

Water in Your Food

Water Use Around the House

Water in the Things You Buy

So, What?

How to Save Water

https://www.watercalculator.org/save-water/

Two characters desperately needing water...

Speaking, Reading, Writing, Listening and More Lesson Ideas

https://betterlesson.com/community/document/384078/book-come-on-rain-pdf

Personification

Come On, Rain!

Complete Lesson Plan for Book :

Page by Page

Word Choice

https://goo.gl/ibS2J3

Similes

Alliteration

Metaphors

Theme

Inference

Online Version of Come On, Rain!

http://assets.pearsonschool.com/asset_mgr/pending/2013-10/GK_3_Text_Collection.pdf

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Class Reading Guide

Lesson Plans focus on Theme, Vocabulary

Symbolism

Metaphor

https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/lesson-plans/migrated-featured-files/out-of-the-dust-storia-tg.pdf

Personification

Foreshadowing

Tone

Theme

Discussion Guide

Focus on Plot, Character

Hyperbole

Simile

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/out-dust-discussion-guide/

Allegory

Out of the Dust

Imagery

Novelinks

Extensive Resources

Allusion

https://sbooks.best/downloads/Out-Of-The-Dust-Novelinks.pdf

Out of the Dust

http://bit.ly/2Rw5WSd

Language Arts

One story told in a picture book....

Author

Karen Hesse

The other is a free verse novel.

The seed for Out of the Dust grew out of a picture book idea. Presented with an early draft of my picture book, Come On, Rain (Scholastic Press), my writing group insisted I elaborate on why my characters wanted rain so badly. I began researching times when people desperately wanted rain, and Out of the Dust blossomed into existence.

Teach one book or teach them together for comparison.

Related Books

Click on each page to see full-size PDF of the book summaries.

Related Titles

https://bit.ly/36bLnj6

Red River Bridge War 1931

Social Studies

Click on this symbol that indicates links throughout to request materials from the Norman Arts Council to complete the activities. All Norman Public School teachers can have FREE materials delivered to their school with two week's notice.

Oklahoma v. Texas

Contour Maps

Introduction to Contour Maps

Social Studies

www.gaiagps.com

Use this resource to explore different contour maps.

What is a Contour Map?

a contour map is another name for a topographic map, or a map that shows the elevation of land on a flat paper surface.

Shows the shape of the land

Representing

in

National Geographic Introduction to Contour Maps

https://es.education.nationalgeographic.com/activity/introduction-to-contour-maps/

Lines

CLOSE

Apart

together

Gentle Slope

Steep Incline

FAR

Lines

Ed Ted Talk: Introduction to Topographic Maps

https://ed.ted.com/on/GWPcBLpe#review

Terms to Help

Elevation

Compass Rose

Height Above Sea Level; Altitude

Shows the direction on the map like North, East, South, West

Contour Lines

Relief

A line on a map that joins points of equal elevation

The difference between the lowest and highest elevations

20 units change in elevation

Contour Interval

Terrain

Similar to a scale on a map, it tells you the amount of rise in elevation for each line drawn

the physical features of an area

Activities

https://bit.ly/30AdZl0

Create a Contour Map

https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/create-a-contour-map/

Make a Knuckle Contour Map

https://www.education.com/activity/article/knuckle-contour-map/

https://bit.ly/2G2cmmP

Splash

As one walks around Splash, there is a sense of movement with the placement of the metal plates. Learn about the man credited with the first "moving" pictures. Then, create moving pictures using stop motion animation.

Lawn Tennis

About Muybridge

The man who made pictures move

Eadweard Muybridge

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION PLATE 298, 1887; COLLOTYPE

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2013/jun/15/horse-eadweard-muybridge

Horses in Motion

Art

https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/13624593813

Other Muybridge Sources and Photographs

http://100photos.time.com/photos/eadweard-muybridge-horse-in-motion

https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39117

http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/animal_in_motion/

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION PLATE 298, 1887; COLLOTYPE

*Be aware that Muybridge did many nude photos so use discretion.

Learn About

Stop Motion Animation

ISTE: Engage elementary students with stop motion animations

https://www.iste.org/explore/articledetail?articleid=128

10 steps for getting started using Stop Motion with your students--any age

Tips

Stop Motion Animation

Apps/Programs

Stop Motion Animation in the Classroom with Kathy Shrock

One rule of thumb is for students to take 10 different images for each second of video they want to create.

It's really important to not move the iPad/camera between shots.

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2016/05/01/animation/

PAID

FREE

Apps come and go. In some of the articles, they references apps that don't exist any longer. These are current apps (as of 2018).

Easy Studio

Stop-Motion Studio

for iPad

Storyboarding helps students to plan and helps the process not get bogged down when filming.

Stop Motion Studio

for iPad

Warning: Students often try to make too big of changes between each shot.

Curriculum ideas along with practical advice to get started with your class. Ideas for using Slides, Cut-outs, and more.

PAID

ON NPS DEVICES

iStopMotion

for iPad

https://bit.ly/2G5QHdp

iMovie

(Mac and iPad)

Making Claymation in the Classroom

http://www.tech4learning.com/files/Making_Claymation_in_the_Classroom.pdf

Extensive, thorough guide to stop motion.

https://bit.ly/2RxhmFf

Clay-mation

http://www.ipadartroom.com/clay-mation/

https://bit.ly/37aVp5A

Great advice for stop motion with some tips for using clay!

Splash Art Cards

Sample of the set of Art Cards available soon

Activities

Individual

Art

Individual Activities

1. Write about the image (formal details e.g. the colors, lines, style, etc.)

2. Tell about what they see in the image

3. Research the artist and find interesting additional facts about them (but be aware that some contemporary artist don’t have a lot written about them)

4. Write about the story the image tells

5. Draw or write about the next scene

6. Give a critique of the work (what they think is good and what they think isn’t very good) –everyone is a critic but they have to identify and articulate/write about specifics

7. Create their own picture showing the water in a similar way it’s handled on their card

8. Reproduce the image they selected in another medium

Pairs of students

1. Each student would pick a card

2. Together they compare and contrast the two images

Partner Work

The Splash art cards provide a fun, visual way for students to relate art history to a work of Norman’s public art that is about a ball hitting the surface of water making a splash. Each card features a work art that has an element of water as the subject matter. These works of art cross a wide span of time and include several different media such as oil on canvas, watercolor, photography, prints, and felted wool. The reverse side of each card lists the artist, title, date created, and medium as well as a description of the subject, a note about the work, and an interesting fact.

Whole

Class

Whole Group

Select a card, read the information and then talk about the piece. After that provide time for students to talk about it, what they see, how it makes them feel, etc.

Class project

• Each student can make a piece of art based on the theme of water
• Students will make their own art card with their artwork and information. (Cards can either be handwritten a card or created using the electronic template including a picture of their artwork.)
• Display the cards in the hall and make a class copy of water themed art cards.

Check back

Art Cards coming soon

Click on each page to see full-size PDF of the standard

Standards

Photo by Shevaun Williams

PDF Version

A printable, PDF version of the lessons and resources.

http://bit.ly/2TH6iYH

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