6th Grade

Welcome to the 6th Grade Photo Page!

This is where you can get the 411 on all projects and assignment details for YOUR class. If you have any questions email me at aflatow@schools.nyc.gov.

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5 Prints Project

As a transition into working in the darkroom, our 6th graders were asked to choose one negative and print the same thing 5 different ways. This allows students to explore all the different possible variations available whenever they print images.

They will use this skill set when printing other photographs from their first roll of film.

Fun with Pinhole Cameras!

6th grade students built their own pinhole cameras and will start to photograph with their new homemade cameras. Using special photo paper as film, our students will start to expose negatives by shooting within our classroom. They will learn how to make positives from paper negatives - check out what they made below!

Photograms & The darkroom

Photograms are a simple method of putting objects on top of photo sensitive paper in the darkroom. Wherever the object blocks light the paper stays white, and wherever the light hits the paper it turns black. Our 6th graders took advantage of this process in order to create images in the darkroom for the very first time.

Silhouettes! Our first 'Light Drawings'

The word photo means 'light' and graph means 'to draw'. Therefore any drawing that is a direct result of light is technically a photograph!

Our 6th grade classes went back in time to explore the origins of Photography, and create their own primitive photographs.

Prep for your Digital QUEST (Quiz/Test) by playing Jeopardy at home!