1.
Get into groups of four assigned by the teacher. Once in your group,
decide what you would like to name your detective agency and decide
which role each person will play in the agency.
Remember as you work, each one of you has a role as you
conduct your investigation
Manager- You are helping the people who are working
in your agency to stay on task so that you can get the
job done successfully.
Head Investigator- You are working at the computer
while your group gathers around you as you conduct your
investigation.
Secretary- You are keeping track of the information
that your group finds so that your group can make a poster
to show the results of your investigation.
Storyteller/Presenter- You always thinking about
how you will present the information to the class. Don't
forget to tell the class the name of your agency, introduce
the members of your detective agency to the class and
figure out a creative way to present the poster.
2.
You and your group members will search the Internet scanning some
web sites that will help familiarize yourselves with the elements
of art.
Use the following sites for your investigation:
3.
The secretary will make a list of the names of the elements of
art that you have found
in the web sites you explored. After you have the list written
down, meet with the teacher to decide which element of design
your group
will report on.
4.
The whole detective agency will investigate the element of art
you picked using the web pages listed above.
5.
Talk together about your element of art.
6.
The secretary will write down information that you need to remember.
7.
Everyone will work together to chose an artist and an artwork
to show how your element of art
was used to make the artwork great. Save a copy of the artwork
you choose to your computer. How
to save an image.
Use the following sites for
your investigation:
8.
The head investigator will print out a picture of the artwork
you picked and saved to your computer.
9.
Work together to gather the materials and information needed to
create your poster
and decide how you will put your poster together to make it a "WOW".
(How about using some of those elements of art you have learned
to arrange the information on your poster?)
10.
Everyone will help assemble the poster. Remember to include the
creative name of your detective agency.
11.
The storyteller/presenter will present the poster and investigation
information to the class.
1.
Get into groups of four assigned by the teacher. Once in your group,
decide what you would like to name your detective agency and decide
which role each person will play in the agency.
2.
You and your group members will search the Internet scanning some
web sites that will help familiarize yourselves with the elements
of art. 
3.
The secretary will make a list of the names of the elements of
art that you have found
in the web sites you explored. After you have the list written
down, meet with the teacher to decide which element of design
your group
will report on.
4.
The whole detective agency will investigate the element of art
you picked using the web pages listed above.
5.
Talk together about your element of art.
6.
The secretary will write down information that you need to remember.
7.
Everyone will work together to chose an artist and an artwork
to show how your element of art
was used to make the artwork great. Save a copy of the artwork
you choose to your computer. How
to save an image.
8.
The head investigator will print out a picture of the artwork
you picked and saved to your computer.
9.
Work together to gather the materials and information needed to
create your poster
and decide how you will put your poster together to make it a "WOW".
(How about using some of those elements of art you have learned
to arrange the information on your poster?)
10.
Everyone will help assemble the poster. Remember to include the
creative name of your detective agency.
11.
The storyteller/presenter will present the poster and investigation
information to the class.