AP 3-D Design Portfolio
AP Central Course and Exam Description
Fall Semester *Units of study are interchangeable within given timeframe | |||||
Unit Title* | Unit 1: Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas | Unit 2: Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas | Unit 3: Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas | Unit 4:Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas | Unit 5: Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas |
Time | 2 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks |
Big Ideas | Generate possibilities for investigation.
Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.
Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art and design.
Document investigation of viewers’ interpretations of art and design
Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.
Document evaluation of art and design. | Describe how inquiry guides investigation through art and design.
Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.
Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art and design.
Document investigation of viewers’ interpretations of art and design
Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.
Document evaluation of art and design. | Describe how materials, processes, and ideas in art and design relate to context.
Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.
Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art and design.
Document investigation of viewers’ interpretations of art and design
Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.
Document evaluation of art and design. | Interpret works of art and design based on materials, processes, and ideas used.
Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.
Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art and design.
Document investigation of viewers’ interpretations of art and design
Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.
Document evaluation of art and design. | Investigate materials, processes, and ideas.
Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.
Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art and design.
Document investigation of viewers’ interpretations of art and design
Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.
Document evaluation of art and design. |
Essential Knowledge | [Skill 1.A 1-5][Skill 1.B1-3][Skill 1.C1-7][Skill 1.D 1-4][Skill 1.E1-5] [Skill 1.F1-4] | [Skill 1.A 1-5][Skill 1.B1-3][Skill 1.C1-7][Skill 1.D 1-4][Skill 1.E1-5] [Skill 1.F1-4] | [Skill 1.A 1-5][Skill 1.B1-3][Skill 1.C1-7][Skill 1.D 1-4][Skill 1.E1-5] [Skill 1.F1-4] | [Skill 1.A 1-5][Skill 1.B1-3][Skill 1.C1-7][Skill 1.D 1-4][Skill 1.E1-5] [Skill 1.F1-4] | [Skill 1.A 1-5][Skill 1.B1-3][Skill 1.C1-7][Skill 1.D 1-4][Skill 1.E1-5] [Skill 1.F1-4] |
Spring Semester *Units of study are interchangeable within given timeframe | |||||
Unit Title* | Unit 6: Make Art and Design | Unit 7: Make Art and Design | Unit 8: Make Art and Design | Unit 9: Make Art and Design | Unit 10:Present Art and Design |
Time | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 2 weeks |
Understandings | Formulate questions or areas of inquiry that guide a sustained investigation through art and design.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate2-D,3-D,or drawing skills. | Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate2-D,3-D,or drawing skills. | Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate2-D,3-D,or drawing skills. | Make works of art and design that demonstrate2-D,3-D,or drawing skills.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Make works of art and design that demonstrate 2-D,3-D,or drawing skills. | Identify in writing, materials, processes, and ideas used to make works of art and design.
Describe how work of art and design demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Identify, in writing, questions or inquiry that guided a sustained investigation through art and design.
Describe, in writing,how a sustained investigation through art and design shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.
Identify, in writing, materials, processes, and ideas used to make works of art and design.
Describe how works of art and design demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Document presentation of works of art and design for viewer interpretation. |
Essential Knowledge | [Skill 2.A 1-3][Skill 2.B1-7][Skill 2.C1-2 ] [Skill 2.D 1-4] | [Skill 2.A 1-3][Skill 2.B1-7][Skill 2.C1-2 ] [Skill 2.D 1-4] | [Skill 2.A 1-3][Skill 2.B1-7][Skill 2.C1-2 ] [Skill 2.D 1-4] | [Skill 2.A 1-3][Skill 2.B1-7][Skill 2.C1-2 ] [Skill 2.D 1-4] | [Skill 3.A 1-5][Skill 3.B1-3] [Skill 3.C1-3 ] [Skill 3.D 1-3] [Skill 3.E 1-3] [Skill 3.F 1-5] |