Nature Mosaics

Flower mosaic

For this activity, students created a nature mosaic. All the students get divided into groups of 4. Each group has to work together to create a mosaic as a whole. Each group is given a picture that has been cut into 4 pieces. Each member of the group takes one of the pieces and has to try to form that picture. When all members of the group are done, they put their pieces together to make one big picture. My groups picture was a flower. Students also learn about warm and cool colors. For our project, we decided to put the flower in warm colors and the background in cool colors.

Extension activities: For language arts, students could write a poem or short story that goes along with their mosaic. For social studies or geography, students could make a map of the United States and have each member make a section of the country.