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Class 2: Students are asked to review their reflections from last weeks
class to address any concerns they previously had with the group.
Class 3: Students review the construction materials received; quantities
and sizes.
Engage
Class 4: Students review the current state of the living wall frame from
last week and discuss the various steps needed to complete the project.
Class 1: The teacher explains how the students will use plants to create a
tapestry of botanicals within a frame to be hung, this type of art called a
living wall. Students are asked to participate in a discussion to see if they
have seen a living wall before and what space/size/location it was
installed.
Class 2: Teacher explains that in todays class, students will review
where to locate the materials for building and order the plant and
construction materials for pick up or delivery (depending on the
company).
Class 3: Students draw a blueprint/outline of the living wall frame with
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
Class 2: Students and the teacher discuss if any changes are needed due
to the stores pre-order requirements. Students also determine whom can
pick up the materials from a particular store, if necessary. Lastly, students
discuss the plant delivery to the adults with Alzheimers for them to care
for.
Class 3: Teacher reviews the structure 10 minutes before the class time is
over the review progress with the students providing feedback for next
week.
Class 4: The living wall frame is hung for testing; teacher and students
collaboratively evaluate any necessary changes.
Class 1: Students write a short reflection on the projects current plan,
including their personal concerns and likes.
Extend
Explain
Facilitators explain idea of collaborating with high school students to
create living wall and show photos of examples of living walls.
Facilitators demonstrate how to care for plants and write out care
instructions on a sheet of paper posted next to each section of plants,
which will remain in place for the duration of the plant care. See below
for plant care instructions.
Cyclamen.
Place it in a location with good light but not a baking west sun,
and keep it moist but not soggy (Orbaugh, n.d.).
Kalanchoe.
Water thoroughly, being sure that the water penetrates the
medium from top to bottom. Allow the medium to dry somewhat
between watering. Sunny to semi-sunny location is best. Bright
light indoors improves vigor and appearance (Crassulaceae,
n.d.).
Sheet moss.
No care required. Keep in plastic bag within cardboard box.
Succulents.
Succulents require low maintenance. Spray with water once a
week on soil. Soil should not be moist for long periods of time, do
not overwater to prevent root rot. Keep in sunny location, either
next to a window or a higher light area.
Elaborate
Depending on the location, plants are arranged in the community center
on top of tables next to windows that receive light or outside. If inside,
the plants (which are in individual plastic containers with holes in the
bottom) are placed in groups of 12 resting on top of elevated wire racks
that are placed on top of clear plastic tubs. (This set up is to provide a
way for the plants to be watered and then drain excess water into the
Class 2:
tubs.) For the next three weeks, participants gather bi-weekly to care for
plants (check soil and add water if needed).
Elicit
The facilitators lead the Alzheimers participants in a discussion of the
meaning of balance.
What is balance?
What makes you feel out of balance?
What makes you feel balanced?
How can a two-dimensional artwork be balanced?
Explore
The participants are shown the photographs of each of the different plants
(one at a time) and asked the following questions for each image:
What shapes do you see?
How would you describe the texture that you see?
After looking at all of the images, ask the class to rate the
photos on a scale of largest shapes and most pronounced
texture to smallest and finest texture.
Explain
Facilitators explain the definitions of balance and texture. See below for
definitions:
Balance: General harmony between the parts of anything,
springing from the observance of just proportion and
relation; esp. in the Arts of Design (Balance, n.d.).
Texture: In the fine arts: The representation of the
structure and minute molding of a surface (esp. of the
skin), as distinct from its color (Texture, n.d.).
Facilitators explain that the participants will each be creating
compositions on paper to be used as guides for the final living
wall collaboration. They explain that the participants will be
given sheets of paper with clear, black outlines of the living wall
structure designed by the high school students to be filled in by
the participants with cut shapes from the plant prints.
Elaborate
Each participant is given a sheet of paper with a clear, black outline of
the living wall structure designed by the high school students. The
participants are also each given a pair of scissors, a glue stick, and a print
of each of the different plants, as photographed from above to
demonstrate their shape and texture. The participants then proceed to cut
shapes from the plant prints and glue them onto the paper with the glue
sticks to fill the entire outline of the living wall design with a balanced
design including all of the plant textures.
Evaluate
The completed designs are hung in the classroom for the participants to
observe how their design is similar or different from the others. Time is
allotted at the end of class for the participants to engage in informal
conversation about their designs. The caregivers are interviewed for their
responses to the following questions:
1. Did the participants benefit emotionally and physically
from the plant care?
2. Were the participants engaged in the artistic process of
mapping the plant materials for final construction?
Extend
Ask participants the following questions:
Did you enjoy taking care of the plants?
Would you like to continue in this activity after the project
is completed?
Would you like to see a living wall placed in your
community center?
Community Center (Museum or Garden) Lesson Plan
Title: Living Wall Installation
Required Materials: 200 Plant Species & Completed Living Wall Project
Standards: National Visual Arts Standards, High School, Grades 9-12, HS Accomplished &
Advanced
-Presenting: VA:Pr5.1.IIa
Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a
specific place.
-Responding: VA:Re.7.1.IIa
"Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world
and constructed environments."
Elicit
Engage
Explain
Explore
Elaborate
Evaluate
Extend
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In what ways was the experience similar or different from
what you expected?
What was your favorite part and biggest challenge of the
process of making the living wall?
Share your personal experience of working collaboratively
with the MAP class participants.
How does the setting of the display affect the way that the
final piece of art is experienced?
o Would you have picked this setting, or do you have
another setting that you think would have better
suited the living wall piece?
o How would the artworks meaning change if it was
displayed in a different location? (Pick a specific
location as an example.)
Sample Budget
Need
Resource
Products
Prices
Cost
Construction
Materials
Home Depot
Wood Saw,
Pine Lumber,
Plywood Panel,
Hammer,
Nails,
Chicken Wire
$152.85
Installation
Materials
Home Depot
Steel Wire,
Fasteners
$24.67
Botanical
Materials
Vickrey
Greenhouse
Succulents 2 - 5
Sheet-moss
Kalanchoe
Cyclamen
$800.00
(max)
Art/Design
Materials
$51.91
with physical
disabilities
(universal design
for both lefthanded and righthanded users)
Photographs of
plants
Precisioncamera.com
Set of prints
Set of prints: (10 sets @ $9.96): $99.60
8x10 of
photographic
images of the four
different plants (4
prints)
$99.60
Maintenance
Materials
Home Depot
Watering Cans
1.5 L.,
Plastic Tubs 12
x 17,
Wire Racks 15 x
24
$213.57
Transportation
Van Rental
Community
Center (MAP
class) & School
(high school
students) to the
Lady Bird
Johnson
Wildflower
Center
1 day rental
$155.60/
day
Refreshments
Grocery Store
Drinks
Snacks
Water bottles
Juice bottles
Cookies
Fruit
$200.00
TOTAL
$1,698.20
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