About the Dazzle Ship Resources
This free digital resource focuses on three major public art commissions in Liverpool and London by artists Sir Peter Blake, Carlos Cruz-Diez and Tobias Rehberger. It has been designed for teachers and pupils with activities, teacher’s notes and lesson plans related to subjects across the curriculum as well as exciting interactive games for all the family to enjoy.
Finding the Maths in Op art
Group Activity:
- In groups look at the patterns in this picture what type of shapes can you see?
- What do you notice about the shapes?
- How many sides do they have?
- What are the names of the different shapes?
- Are the shapes symmetrical?
Classroom activity:
Draw your own Dazzle Ship. Use a ruler and try to measure out the dazzle ship. Create a pattern for your Dazzle Ship, draw as many different shapes as you can, if you like you can add colour to your ship. Try to make it as bright as possible.
Group activity:
In groups, take it in turns to show the group your dazzle ship.
- What different shapes has everyone created?
- What do you notice about the shapes?
- How many sides do they have?
- What are the names of the different shapes?
- Are the shapes symmetrical?
Materials List
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Gridded paper
- Colouring pencils, crayons or felt tips
Extract from curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- compare, describe and solve practical problems for:
- lengths and heights [for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half]
- recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including:
- 2-D shapes [for example, rectangles (including squares), circles and triangles]
- 3-D shapes [for example, cuboids (including cubes), pyramids and spheres
Teachers Notes:
These activities could be used in conjunction with a project around Shape using patterns from Op Art.
This could also link to the dazzle art project around Op Art.