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The 4th grade students learn about the Aztec Sun Stone. The Aztec Sun Stone was an enormous calendar that was 12 feet high, 4 feet thick and weighed 24,000 tons! The Aztec calendar was different than our calendar today because they had 18 months each containing 18 days, which still equaled the same amount of days in year. The Aztec Sun Stone was the inspiration for many people to create artwork revolving around suns. The students were able to see a bunch of different examples of drawings…

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2nd Grade Aztec suns (foil relief, radial symmetry, pattern, mosaic) Mexican Sun Art Lesson, Aztec Sun Art, Mexican Sun Art, Aztec Crafts, Sun Patterns, Radial Symmetry, Aztec Sun, Hispanic Art, South American Art

First students learned about the cultural significance of the sun patterns in Aztec (and other central American) cultures. They also learned about radial symmetry. We designed our suns the first day, just using pencil on paper that was the same size as the foil (5''x5''). (My completed example pictured above. On day two we pressed our designs into the foil (I pre-taped their drawing onto the foil), going over it once on paper (using colored pencils so they could see the parts they'd done…

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