Everyday Patterns

Patterns are all around us.

Patterns balance our view of life and add to its beauty. There is a certain symmetrical harmony that comes from understanding how patterns bring natural order to our lives.

Visualization, ObservationAadhitya Jayaseelan14 June 2020Lesson plan, Patterns, Geometry, Art classComment

Mazes and Labyrinths

Have you ever designed a life size maze? Walking through them can be relaxing, sometimes adventurous! It’s a fun way to play all while understanding the manipulation of space, just like architects do.

Maker Skills, VisualizationRanitri Weerasuriya31 May 2020Maze, Labyrinth, planComment

Build a Cardboard Tower

Assemble your apartments into your tall cardboard tower.

We love larger than life projects - a subtly empowering gesture, that allow our students to believe they really can do anything.

Maker SkillsRanitri Weerasuriya21 May 2020Architecture, Tower, cardboard, Collaboration, TeamworkComment

Build an Eco-Brick

In this environmentalist-themed activity, we discuss and understand how plastics are destroying our eco-system. How can we talk about this idea in an engaging way?

Design a Health Poster

Can Graphic design save the world? In this timely exercise, children are asked to carefully extract from the flood of information on health issues (at the moment, on Coronavirus), identify the most lifesaving factors and include it in a handmade lifesaving poster.

Build Your City (Pt 2)

Turn a flat map into a three dimensional model of the City!

The second part of this project is to build an entire city model in 3D.

Maker Skills, ObservationRanitri Weerasuriya6 April 2020maps, Architecture, Lesson plan, urbanism, cityComment

Build Your City (Pt 1)

It’s like building a puzzle, where you design the pieces.

By making a map themselves, this lesson will help children understand the complexity of information that we see in maps.

Visualization, ObservationRanitri Weerasuriya30 March 2020maps, birds eye view, Architecture, Lesson planComment

Build a Cardboard Elephant

In the absence of the ability to buy toys, great joy can be found in making them. With simple materials like packing cardboard, the possibilities are endless as students turn something flat into something 3D!.

Maker SkillsRanitri Weerasuriya21 March 2020cardboard, craft, elephant, Art classComment

Draw with a Birds Eye View

Have you ever thought about how a bird sees the world? This lesson helps us observe our surroundings from a different perspective, and see everyday objects in a whole new light.

Lesson Plans

Art and Architecture themed challenges that build curiosity and creativity. These lessons can be adapted to your preference - feel free to have fun with it! We’d love to see what you make.