Composing from Nature
STILL COMPOSITION: ROCKS, LEAVES
Nature_Walk (3).mp4DIGITAL STORY/PHOTO VOICE PROJECT ABOUT NATURE
This is an intentionally expansive and open-ended experience. We want you to play with form, genre, materials. You can do this activity with found materials from nature (but you can also play with that idea).
Step 1: Take a walk (for as long as you like) and start to collect items from nature that you find meaningful or inspiring such as rocks, leaves, sticks, flowers, etc.
Step 2: With those items from nature and the art supplies, and digital technologies within the space and create something that helps to tell a story that is meaningful to your journey.
Considerations for your artifact creation:
What is the story these nature objects help me to tell?
How does a walk inspire a different kind of noticing?
What kind of artifact would help me to tell that story?
RESOURCES FOR COMPOSING FROM NATURE:
10 Ideas for Creating with Natural Materials - is a resource with examples and ideas to create with nature materials
DIY Nature Projects - is a resource with examples of natural art projects to decorate your home with
HOW TO PUT INTO PRACTICE: Composing from nature can be used in a science classroom as a way to have students research where the items come from in nature, what role it plays, and what can do those objects do together. It can also be used in a math classroom to measure the item to find the area and perimeter and also classify the shape.
RESOURCES TO PUT INTO PRACTICE:
Bringing Nature into your Classroom - is a resource with examples and ideas of how to bring nature into the classroom
Incorporating the Outdoors into your Classroom Instruction - is a resource with examples and ideas to incorporate nature into classroom instruction
More examples of still image compositions:
Image and resource credit: Jennifer Nguyen