This was the lesson I peer taught with Teresa Edelman. For our lesson we taught crayon melting. For our anticipatory set, we had the students go on a bug hunt around the classroom. They seemed to have a lot of fun searching for the bugs. We also played a clip from A Bug's Life.
For our lesson, we have the students 2 pieces of folded wax paper, crayons, and a file. We then taught the students how to properly shave the crayons onto the open sheet of wax paper. The students were to shave until one side of the wax paper was completely covered. They then walked slowly walked to the back of the room where Teresa and I were waiting to iron their shavings. The students had the choice between us pressing and lifting the iron to keep the colors more separated or the smear the colors together.
Once the students had their melted crayon sheet, the students began to create their bug. We provided them with bug patterns they could trace, or they could create their own. The students then cut out their bug and placed it onto a piece of construction paper to give it more stability and to add more color.
The students then could decorate their bug with crayons, oil pastels, Sharpie, or create another melted crayon sheet.
An extension activity that could go along with this is to correlate it to the bug unit they are doing in science. The students could have to place specific features of bugs they are learning about, such as legs, antennas and wings, on their bug creation.
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