Human Body Systems Group Collage

Students in the senior grades have been learning about the human brain and body systems this term. As part of their unit of study, we have been looking at diagrams of various body parts in art and spent the first part of the term sketching organs and other parts of the body.

For this project, students were asked to work in small groups. Each group was given a cardboard cut-out of a human body, and instructed to create different body parts and body systems using an array of materials. Students were shown examples of body systems and organs, along with a finished example of a body collage. We discussed plenty of ideas about how best to use the materials. Students experimented with tissue paper, crepe paper, stockings, cotton balls, sticky tape, glue, paper 'magiclay', paint, markers, textured paper and balloons (just to name a few!) for this project.

This was an excellent 'hands on' project that also utilised some fantastic teamwork skills. It was great to see how creative and unique each group was when tackling this task. Well done!