Hidden Safari

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This activity was called Hidden Safari. We chose an animal that we would see if we were to go on a safari trip. However, we had to draw our animals upside-down on our sheet of white paper. By drawing our animals upside-down we are paying more attention to space and we may include more details in our drawing. Another key aspect of this lesson is learning the warm and cool colors. We want to draw our animals in the cool colors and then cover them up in warm colors. The purpose of the warm colors is to "hide" your animal. We cut our glasses out of red cellophane that we'd use to see our animals. On the notecard, they write three hints for their classmates to guess their animal. When they put on the glasses they will only see the cool colored animal through the warm colors.

As an extension activity, you could draw cool colored shapes and cover them up with warmer colors. In this activity, you could give the students a checklist with different shapes. They will use their glasses made from red cellophane to spot the hidden shapes at the different stations around the room.

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