
At the beginning of the first class period, the students told me what "transportation"means and brainstormed different kinds. Gotta activate that prior knowledge! Then I demonstrated- I reviewed 4S attachments (score, slip, squish, smooth), pinch pots, coils, and showed how to form an animal starting with a ball and pressing in a "+" to divide the clay into sections which are pulled for legs. The students could use any hand-building techniques they wanted to sculpt any type of transportation. We had one class for building and the next for painting.
I thought a foot was clever- walking is, after all, a type of transportation.
Horses were pretty popular. The horse on the right lost its tail so we glued on yarn to make a new one.
This sail boat was made from a pinch pot base, a coil for the mast, and a slab for the sail.
Some students included people, like in the canoe (with pipe cleaner oars) and on the horse above.
Cars were popular...

I love this helicopter.
We also had motorcycles, bicycles, school buses, an elephant (they saw someone ride an elephant before), a scooter, and even a flying saucer. You can see more in our Artsonia gallery.
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