Hidden Safari

Students will make the glasses that they will use to view their animal by using red construction paper and red cellophane. The next step in this project is the students need to choose an animal and draw it on their white sheet of paper in light blue colored pencil. After the students have drawn their animals they will use warm colors (red, orange, and yellow) to draw over their animal so you cannot tell what animal it is or even if there is an animal there when you look at the paper. Once students are done with drawing over their animal they will be instructed to put their glasses on and will be prompted: "what do you see?" The students will respond with I see my blue animal. This project is very cool and unique that students will enjoy. 

I could use this project in the classroom with science and language arts. The students would choose their animal before creating this project. After creating the drawing and hiding their animal they will have to look up facts about their animal and write a paragraph (4-6 sentences) about their animals using those facts. They can type or hand write their paragraph and attach it to the bottom of their picture.