Sheena Kohlmeyer

Have you ever seen North Carolina's state reptile, the Eastern Box Turtle? The beautiful shell pattern of organic shapes is perfect for inspiring an art project. This art lesson includes step-by-step drawing instructions for drawing an Eastern Box Turtle's shell structure and instructions for using oil pastels (or crayons) and paint to create the artworks. Also included are science-related information about the turtles, NC 4th grade art, science and math standard connections, a supply and resour

I drew this handout on making the tessellation shapes for translations, rotations, and reflections to help my students remember what I had shown them during the demonstration time. Tessellation shapes fit together with no gaps and no overlaps. For my students, I demonstrate the three types of tessellation shapes by using a large square made of two (different) colors of construction paper glued back to back. The square has two shapes cut from adjacent sides and the shapes can be slid across to ex