Clay Tic-Tac-Toe Board

 Description: For this project we started out with a slab of clay. Once we had the clay I took and started wedging the clay by kneading, slamming, and slapping the clay. Once that I had the clay all wedged out, I used rolling pins and wooden pieces so that I could get the slab rolled out in even height. Then I took a plastic bowl and a wooden stick and traced a circle shape into the clay using a wooden stick. Then I took and used my clay knife to cut out my circle of clay for the Tic-Tac-Toe board. I then used water to smooth out the edges of the board and took the extra amount of clay that was left over after I made the board and re-wedged it. Then I created the Tic-Tac-Toe dividers and my game pieces that I used. I used water to help glue down the dividers and smooth out the edges of the game pieces. I made my pieces as close to the same sizes as possible and I based them in the theme of the weather. The two different pieces that I made was the sun and clouds and I chose this topic because of it relating to the time of day and me and my family will help watch the sky. Then after all of the pieces were made, I took and painted the suns to be yellow and the clouds to be white. I also painted the board to be blue with black accents. Finally, to finish the assignment I painted a clear coat onto the Tic-Tac-Toe Board and the pieces.

Extension Activity: The students will write a paragraph discussing the different elements and weather patterns that are seen throughout the day. In this paragraph they can talk about the sun, moon, clouds, and other aspects of the sky and it can lead into discussing the different weather patterns.