Custom Designed Projects
Artech education consultants can work with your staff to customize a program for delivery to individual classes, grades or an integrated program for an entire school. For more information call 1-902-693-3340 or toll-free in Canada 1-877-530-3177.
Animated History at Pentz Elementary School:
Grades five and six students created Flash Animated short films to illustrate their social studies’ units.
Grade Six students animated the History of the Mi’kmaqs.
The Wigwam by JasonThe wigwam was the basic home of the mikmaq people. The frame of it was left from the summer camp to the winter camp because they didn’t bother taking everything from camp to camp. The other things were carried. Some will only serve as a temporary shelter sometimes only 1 day!…
The Smoke House by DaynaWhen the Mi’kmaq men bring back the fish after they are done fishing, the fish are split open and cleaned by the women.Then the fish are put on racks in a smoke house. The smokehouse was built like a wigwam, only smaller…
Quills and Where to Find Them by AdaCollecting, weaving, attaching and stringing porcupine quills isn’t something you can do any time of the day. You need to have good timing and aim. You might already have an idea of how the Micmac got the quills, BUT!!!! If you think they just took a gun and shot the porcupine, you are not right!!!!!! …
The Deadfall TrapThe small bear followed the scent of meat coming from the woods. He saw the dangling meat and looked around to see if anyone was watching. He darted for the meat and… SMASH!!!!… This is called a “deadfall trap”…
Going Fishing by AshtonIt will soon be winter . The sun is still bright though. The Mi’kmaq need more food. The hunter waits anxiously until sunset, when the fish are calm. His wife is making jewellery and decorations. She uses pieces of bone for beads…
Weapons by CharlesFor wars and raiding parties the Micmacs armed themselves. In wars they had bows and loads of arrows and stone axes. Also clubs with spiky spruce taproot club heads. An arrow had eagle feathers glued on by resin glue. The eagle feathers made the arrows fly straight…
Grade five students animated Early Acadian Life:
Arrival in the New World by ConnorI chose to do my animation on Champlain’s ship because I think boats are really cool, and they are fun to draw. It was really hard to draw all the masts, sails and the lines but it became more exciting in the end. It has been really fun doing the animation and I hope to …
Crossing the Atlantic by GavinMy animation is about Samuel Champlain and his crew’s ship sailing their way across the Atlantic ocean to Nova Scotia. Samuel Champlain was one of the first white men to ever reach eastern north America. My boat has many sails just like his would have.
Acadian Homes by JordanAcadian homes are much like our homes today. They had 2 levels. The first level was the kitchen, dining room and sometimes also a small bed room. The second level was the main bed room. Acadian homes used candles as light and a fire for heat. The Acadians had NO electricity. They had to do …
Farming by DaykotaMy animation is on farming. Around the 16th century they used tools to get wheat and dig up the ground to plant things. Farmers mostly grown wheat. But now we have other tools to help us grow things and dig up the ground.
The Dyke by KyleDykes were an important part of Acadian farming.
La Roche by KaseyFor my animation movie I’m doing some Acadian children playing a game called La Roche. La Roche is a game where you put a rock on a stump and try to knock it off with another rock. Whoever knocks it off first wins the game. So Roche in La Roche means rock.
Petite Riviere Elementary School
Artech brought its arts & technology programs to Petite Riviere Elementary School. Animated clay fish were created by Grade 2 and 3 students. These art based activities were tied in with a school wide science project, raising salmon from eggs in an aquarium and in the spring releasing them into the Petite River that runs behind the school.
Fish by Julia
Fish by Taralee
Fish by Shelby
Fish by Morgan
Fish by Noah
Fish by Kaitlyn
South Shore Alternate School
Artech visited the South Shore Alternate School and facilitated a project with students on the topic of Global Warming. They told the story with Claymation movies.
The Hudson Bay Polar Bears and Global Warming or Polar Bears Like to Eat Too! created by Deneka, Katie and Dylan. Selected as Best of Year by CBC The Outlet for 2007!
Screenshots from Sean and Jasmine’s Global Warming Claymation project.
Reconstruction of the Salt Marsh at Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School
A model of the Salt Marsh was constructed indoors by grade 5 and 6 students. It served as a backdrop for an information display and documentary film to raise awareness about the threats to the marsh.
Sandpiper – Papier Mache and mixed media.