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Drawing in three dimensions

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Drawing in three dimensions

An AR classroom game for Grade 4. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. How do you draw something so it has volume?

    • Use light and shade
    • Use the brightest colours
    • Draw with thick lines
    Read the explanation

    Use light and shade to show the lit and dark sides.

  2. What is the vanishing point in a perspective drawing?

    • The point where the light is brightest
    • The point where parallel lines seem to meet
    • Always the exact centre of every picture
    Read the explanation

    The point on the horizon where parallel lines appear to meet.

  3. Why do railway lines look narrower in the distance?

    • The far part of the track was built narrower
    • Mist hides part of the track
    • Distance makes far things look smaller
    Read the explanation

    Because distance makes far things look smaller - that is perspective.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practises drawing objects with volume and depth: light and shade, smooth tonal gradation on a sphere, cast shadows, the vanishing point in perspective, and light sketch lines. Fits indicator ศ 1.1 ป.4/2 on drawing with depth.

What's in the worksheet

6 questions, 3 options each - What is the vanishing point? (where parallel lines seem to meet) - Why do distant railway tracks look narrower? (distance makes far things look smaller) - What does a cast shadow do in a picture? (shows the light direction and that the object sits on the ground) - How do you make a sphere look round? (shade smoothly from light to dark)

How to use it in class

Play before a shading lesson, about 7 minutes, solo. For the railway question, project a photo of a long straight road or track and have children trace the edges to the vanishing point. For the cast shadow and sphere questions, shine a torch on a ball at the front. If a question goes badly, have children shade a five-step value scale straight away. Play it linked to the class and the scores go into the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- Railway tracks: the distractor "fog hides part of the track" sounds reasonable to children. Point out the tracks still narrow on a clear day. - Vanishing point: some pick "always the centre of the picture" because textbook examples often put it there. Show one placed off to the side. - Sphere: children who like bold outlines may choose "draw a thick outline".