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Germ Monsters



This is a brand new 3-d lesson combining information from the 4th grade Wellness curriculum and papermache sculpture building techniques. The lesson started out with a brainstorm of all the different shapes that germs, viruses and bacteria can be. We also looked at photos of magnified germs and bacteria. Using tissue boxes decorated with germ creatures as inspiration, we drew our own germ monsters. Starting with a basic shape we added multiple eyes, eye stalks, horns, spines, tails and hair. We started building with recycled materials and added 2 layers of papermache to make it smooth. Then we painted and decorated them. The students had great fun going through the bins and bags of random materials collected throughout the year. They came up with some fabulous creations!!

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