Archeology Finds in Art using Space

Personal Archeology Water Resist
Medium: Oil Pastel and Watercolor

Reason for Lesson: Lesson in watercolors AND a chance for the students to think about their personal intrests, things they've collected, sports they play, etc.

Prep Time: 10-15 minutes

Materials: Oil Pastels, water colors, water containers (for desks), sharpies

Classroom Time: 1 1/2 hours.  This lesson could be broken down into two parts on two days.

Instructions to Lead Lesson:  Have the students share what they know about Archaeology. Ask the students, "If someone went on an Archaeological dig in your back yard 1000 years from today, what would Archeologist find in their backyard that would tell them about you."  Brainstorm with the class ideas of things that they could bury in their backyard to tell future civilizations about themselves. 

Then have them create a drawing using pencils, sharpies, and oil pastels that showed their important items buried underground. After they draw and color their items with oil pastels have them paint over the entire image with watercolor paint. The watercolor paint resisted the oil pastels and gave the image the look and feel of being underground.

Credit:  Deep Space Sparkle