Activity: The students got to choose an animal that would typically be found in the Safari. We had to draw our animal upside down and with a sky blue colored pencil. (Any cool color would work to draw but sky blue is found to be the best). After we drew our animal in blue, we then had to cover the animal with patterns in warm colors (red, orange, yellow, and pink). The patterns I did were yellow diamonds, orange spirals, red zig zags, and pink stars; the expectation was to use at least three different patterns. We also built ruby red glasses; this was made out of red construction paper and red film. We used a stencil to make the glasses shape, then we glued the film to the construction paper. Then, using the ruby red glasses, we held them to our eyes and looked at the artwork we just created. The red film, when holding to our eyes, cancels out the warm colors on the artwork, so you're able to see the cool colors (the blue drawing of the animal). Lastly, we had to write three clues, on an index card, that describe the animal we drew.
Extension Activity: I could use this activity to tie in language arts. I would have the students research their safari animal. After researching, I would have them write a short paragraph about the facts that they learned and what they found to be interesting.
