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Fun Projects for Kids With Photography

Digital photography has turned almost everyone into a photographer and most students have their own camera. Teachers can use their student's interest in photography to create unique, fun, creative yet educational projects. Photography projects are useful as both art and content classes. Try some of these in the classroom and watch the students' interest pique.

Tell Me a Story
- Story-telling is an individual photography project for students. As they perform an activity, from baking bread to putting groceries away, they will take pictures of each step. Students will organize the photographs in sequential order on a poster board. The poster board will have a title and the student's name. The pictures shouldn't require any other words because the story should be told by the photographs. Borders can be added to the poster to make it more attractive.
Slices of Life
- Each student will need two copies of a photograph they have taken. The photos will be placed together like one picture, facing the same way. Cut them into 3/4-inch strips. The strips will be mounted on a piece of tag board that is 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Each piece of the first picture will be placed on the board with 3/4 inch between each piece. The second picture will be added to the empty spaces. The should be placed in sequential order with every other piece being 2 inches higher or lower than the first picture pieces. Glue pieces in place and create a frame for the photograph.
Collections
- Science has become kinder and gentler. Students no longer need to kill and stick insects to create a great bug collection. Students will enjoy catching the bugs and using a digital camera to take several pictures, making sure to capture the entire body of the insect. The pictures will be mounted on foam board. Using a thin marker, students will include all of the necessary information about the insect below the photograph. All sorts of collections can be made and displayed using photography.
What Is It?
- Teach students to take close-up pictures or show them how to crop the photograph so they are able to remove and display a small section of the original object. Give each child enough 3 by 5, unruled index cards so they have one for each photograph they print. Have students write the name of the object on the back of the card and glue the photograph to the center of the card. Put a different number on the corner of each card. Post the cards on a bulletin board and give the students a numbered paper. Let them try to guess the subject of each photograph.

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