Our fifth graders are using some underutilized tools in Google Slides. The end result will be a series of digital drawings as transparent png files and jpg files to make portrait and landscape imagery. We began with the polyline and curve to building bubble letters before introducing objects and layers sprinkled with some geometry. Next they built the point of a snowflake or the petal of a flower. To complete the snowflake or flower, they first grouped these parts together. Grouping them together ensures that no parts are left behind when resizing or moving the object. To keep the object proportional they practiced using the SHIFT when using click and drag. Once this new "layer" was ready they duplicated pieces (Control + d) then rotated them to complete their digital drawing.
For a six-sided snowflake, each part would need to be rotated in 60 degree increments, 60, 120, 180, 240, 200 and the original at 0/360. If their flower only had 5 petals each would be rotated at an increment of 72 degrees, 10 petals, 36 degrees each. Now they are working on making stop motion projects with Google Slides using these snowflakes and other creations made by myself or former students. I can't wait to show these to you soon.
See some examples:
Alphabet Letters - Criteria: Curve tool, blue interior, green border, transparent background, saved as png file. Don't see your letter, make sure you saved it properly and added it to Google Classroom.
Snowflakes
Flowers
The letters, snowflakes, and flowers are fabulous! I am impressed by what the 5th graders are learning to create digitally!
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