3rd & 4th Grade Project: 6 Lines

Our 3rd and 4th grade classes explored using different lines in this project.  We used six lines: straight, wavy, curvy, zig zag, squiggly, and dotted/dashed lines.  We learned that when a line crosses itself it makes a shape.  These shapes created from lines crossing are what gives our project its unique look.

Students used each of the six lines to cross the paper in some way.  Once they used the six lines, they were free to add any additional lines that they wanted to.  After the lines were complete, the students outlined their pencil with either black or colored marker ( student's choice ).

We then went through our designs, coloring all the new unique shapes created by the crossing lines.  We did not cross any lines with our colors.  This gave us some fantastic results.  This project was a favorite of the students.