Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The art of discovery

One of the benefits of the student-centered approach to art education is discovery. When kids work with their ideas, they create their own problems to solve. The act of figuring out, experimenting and finally solving problems creates ownership. 
These girls wanted to have a loop in their marble run but needed more speed in their marble. Solution? Raise the run up in order to gain speed.

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