Have you ever drawn a picture to show how you were feeling? Art has always been a powerful way to express ideas and emotions. More than 100,000 years ago, people buried the dead with beads or other objects. These objects may have helped them remember the dead. Later, people made jewelry from stones or metal. Researchers have found sculptures that are 40,000 years old.
Art was – and still is – a way to share who you are, what you believe in and which tribe you belong to. Sculptures were sometimes made as a tribute to a god or as a good luck token. Art is also a way to document a certain time in history.
The first artists used ashes from fire, red clay or natural pigments from plants for paint.
Today, artists can choose from many mediums, including oil paints, watercolor, chalk, pastel, pencils and pens. Artists create their work on computers and even tablets.
Artists can also use video, photographs, paper, metal, plastic or even recycled materials in their art.
Some artists create art that is displayed in museums or galleries. Other artists produce art for books, movies, commercials and websites. Even products like your breakfast cereal are packaged in boxes designed by artists.
Watch the following video to learn more about different forms of art! Enjoy :)
Art from the past teaches us about life in the past. By looking at a work of art's colors and materials, we can learn about the culture that produced it.
We can learn what was important to these people and how they wanted to be remembered.
Kero made of wood (Incas)
Looking at art from the past contributes to who we are as people.
By looking at what has been done before, we collect knowledge and inspiration that contributes to how we speak, feel, and view the world around us.
Young corn God made of ceramic and pigment (Mayans)
Pair of earflare frontals made of Jade (Mayans)
Tripod Vessel with date glyph made of ceramic (Aztecs)
Relief block with coat of arms of Cholula made of stone and traces of stucco (Aztecs)
How do you want to be remembered?
What would you like people in the future to know about nowadays society based on our artistic expressions?
Tell us your opinion in the comment section below :)
A protactor is a tool used to measure the number of degrees (sometimes represented as °) in an angle. The higher the degree, the more open the angle is.
Watch the following video to learn how to use a protactor to measure angles. Then try measuring some angles you can find at home or in our school!
How Do I Measure An Angle Using a Protractor? 4th Grade Math
Visit this interactive link to see how to use the protactor in depth and play the game in the second link to test your learning:
Have you ever seen "The Croods" by any chance? Please watch this short clip and identify at least 3 different forms of ancient art demonstrated by this family. Let us know in the comment section below about your findings, good luck :)
A fraction represents part of a whole. When something is broken up into a number of parts, the fraction shows how many of those parts you have.
Pictures of Fractions
Sometimes the best way to learn about fractions is through a picture. See the pictures below to see how the whole of a circle can be broken up into different fractions. The first picture shows the whole and then the other pictures show fractions of that whole.
Numerator and Denominator
When writing a fraction there are two main parts: the numerator and the denominator. The numerator is how many parts you have. The denominator is how many parts the whole was divided into. Fractions are written with the numerator over the denominator and a line in between them.
Watch the following videos to learn more about fractions: