Gay Miller

Year-Round Bulletin Board Ideas to Showcase Learning


Great Ideas to Decorate your Classroom during Any Season

Explore a variety of creative bulletin board ideas that showcase student work, inspire learning, and brighten up your classroom or hallway. This collection features themes in art, literature, and science & technology, providing a range of engaging activities and displays that educators can use to enhance their students' educational experiences.

Art and Creativity


Optical Art

Optical Art

 

This was a fourth grade project for the Art Walk.

Optical Art

 

Each classroom created artwork and decorated the school hallways.

Optical Art

 

Following the PTO meeting, parents and students walked the hallways to see all the fantastic artwork.

Optical Art

 

Parents were proud of their youngsters.

Optical Art

Op art is a style of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement through the precise use of pattern and color. The illusion are created through the way patterns emerge and overlap. Op artists combine colors, shapes, and patterns to make the artwork look as if it is moving.

One artist who was famous for her optical art was Bridget Riley. She used curved lines to make her work appear to be dancing. Another famous optical illusion artist was Frank Stella. Unlike the curvy lines of Riley's work, Stella was known for his hard edges. He used stripes that fooled the eyes into seeing movement.

Educational Goals

Students learned about optical illusions and the work of famous Op artists like Bridget Riley and Frank Stella.

Process

Students used rulers and compasses to create precise geometric patterns, experimenting with different line thicknesses and angles to achieve the look of movement. In one project, students created a three-dimensional handprint illusion by drawing colorful horizontal lines that follow the contours of their hand, creating the illusion of a 3D object on a two-dimensional surface

One artist who was famous for her optical art was Bridget Riley. She used many curved lines to make her work appear to be dancing. Another famous optical illusion artist was Frank Stella. Unlike the curvy lines of Riley's work, Stella was known for his hard-edges. He used many stripes that fooled the eyes into seeing movement.

Van Gogh's Starry Night

Van Gogh's Starry Night

 

Third graders created scenes styled after Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Van Gogh's Starry Night

 

Their artwork looked amazing.

Literature

Discover bulletin board ideas inspired by beloved literary works and authors, designed to foster a love for reading and writing among students.


Patricia Polacco

Patricia Polacco

 

The paintings are based on the artwork from Patricia Polacco's books.

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

 

NEA's Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2 - Dr. Seuss's birthday.

Dr. Seuss

 

If you look closely, you can see the bulletin board behind these fellows is full of students dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters.

Dr. Seuss

 

This is the final project.

Dr. Seuss

 

This is not a bulletin board - just a great picture from Read Across America Day.

Dr. Seuss

 

This is the door to the office decorated for Read Across America Day.

Dr. Seuss

 

Another Dr. Seuss Bulletin Board.

The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

 

Students created a mural based on the artwork in the book.

The Snowy Day

 

The results were colorful and eye-catching.

The Snowy Day

 

Students and parents were proud of the end result.

Science and Technology

Discover innovative bulletin board ideas that highlight scientific concepts and technological advancements, encouraging students to explore the wonders of STEM.


Create a Soda

Create a Soda

 

Fifth graders combined creative writing and art by creating a new type of soda. Combine creative writing and art by having students invent a new type of soda and design its packaging. They brainstormed ideas for unique soda flavors, wrote descriptions and advertisements, and created can labels using various art supplies.

Key Board

Key Board

 

This bulletin board display was set up in one of our computer labs.

Key Board

 

The keys were made from styrofoam clamshell style take-out containers.

Key Board

 

Not only does the display help young typers, but it looks amazing.

Are you looking for something creative to put on the bulletin board in your computer lab? This one is terrific! While the keys on this board were made with clamshell shaped take-out cartons, many other materials will also give the 3D look. Think about using square Chinet dessert plates. They will also give the keyboard look. While these keys are colored to show finger placement, you could also use the Ellison die cut letters only for a lab that is used for older students to give the appearance of a real keyboard.

Think of taking this idea and matching the colors to your computers. If you have black machines, make a black background for your bulletin board. Gray machines could have a gray background. Use border to enhance the colors. For example, with a black background, use a border with black and bright colored strips or polka dots.

Create a second bulletin board with the same background and border. On this board, add additional information students would need to know in the computer lab.

  • Computer Lab Rules
  • Computer Shortcuts
  • Progress Charts for a little Competition
  • Inspirational Messages

Flower Genetics

Flower Genetics

 

This bulletin board was a great project. To prepare for the lesson a hole punch was used to punch out small circles in specific colors. Students were given a small handful of these circles. Each color represented one trait of the flower - tall stem, short stem, light green, dark green, red flower, white flower, yellow center of the flower, orange center of the flower. Students were also given a chart with dominate and recessive traits. Students had to analyze their colored circles to create flowers based on the "genes" they received. They then built flowers accordingly and glued them on construction paper.

Food Webs

Food Webs

 

Displaying student projects is always a hit. These students did a fantastic job creating food webs. They had to be displayed.

Earth Day

Earth Day

 

Students wrote paragraphs about ways to help the planet including recycling, carpooling, desposing of waste properly, and more. They then illustrated their ideas.