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Depth and perspective
An AR classroom game for Grade 3. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.
This set has 4 rounds in an interactive matching 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.
Match each technique to what it achieves.
- drawing near things large
- drawing far things small
- overlapping
- pale colour for distant things
Read the explanation
These are how a flat picture gains depth.
Match each plane of the picture to where it sits.
- the foreground
- the middle ground
- the background
- the horizon
Read the explanation
Dividing the depth is how you place things.
Match each part of light and shade to its effect.
- the lit side
- the side away from the light
- the cast shadow
- reflected light
Read the explanation
Light and shade are what give an object bulk.
Before you play
Game teaching guide
What children will practise
Practises making a flat picture look deep: near is big and far is small, overlapping, paler colour for distance, foreground, middle ground and background, light and shadow, plus picture types (landscape, portrait, still life, abstract). Fits indicator ศ 1.1 ป.3/2.
What's in the worksheet
4 rounds, match 4 pairs each - overlapping goes with showing which is in front; paler colour for distant things goes with showing distance - foreground goes with low in the picture and large; horizon line goes with where sky meets ground - cast shadow goes with the shadow on the ground beside the object; reflected light goes with a slight glow on the dark side - still life goes with arranged objects
How to use it in class
Before playing, project a landscape and have children point to foreground, middle ground and background; the game takes about 10 minutes in pairs. For the light-and-shadow round, shine a torch on a ball or apple on your desk so children see the lit side, dark side and cast shadow. If a round goes badly, follow straight on with a three-layer landscape drawing. Play it linked to the class and the scores go into the gradebook.
Common sticking points
- Reflected light versus the side away from the light: Grade 3 children have rarely noticed reflected light and swap these pairs. The torch demo helps a lot. - Cast shadow is a new term; some match it to the object's dark side. - Middle ground and background may swap if children have not grasped that distant things sit higher in the picture.
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