Lesson Plan: Ceramics
Ms. Rayburn
Room 210
Week of Jan 5th- 8th
TEKS:1A, 2C, 3B
Lesson: Nature Pottery
Objectives: Students will learn to create a utilitarian object that is functional and is decorated
with impressions of natural forms.
Focus: Students will create an clay object that is a usable object, teapot, goblet set, bowl, pitcher,
etc. These will be decorated with nature objects such as weeds, pine cones, sweet gum balls,
sticks, pebbles straw (hay) flowers, any other natural items available. The students will imprint
these items into the clay to be fired with only the impression of the natural objects.
Materials: sweet gum balls, pine comes, bark, twigs, corn, pebbles, hay, reeds, pods, seeds clay,
clay tools and paper.
Evaluation: by the end of the week the students will have created a clay object that exudes
nature!
Monday: holiday for students
Tuesday: Discuss clay and nature, students gather items for clay project
Wednesday: Students begin making object
Thursday: Students roll out clay and press in materials
Friday: Students continue to work on clay object.