3.2 Floral Design Concepts (PowerPoint)
This is Lesson Two (“Floral Design Concepts”) of the National FFA Organization’s Unit 3: Floral Design. Through a PowerPoint lecture, a fill-in “Design Concepts” packet, and a magazine cut-and-paste activity, students learn the principles and elements of floral design—balance, proportion, emphasis, rhythm, harmony/unity, line, form, texture, depth, and color—and how to critique and apply these concepts in floral arrangements. The lesson aligns to the floriculture CDE and includes a reflection exit ticket and an extension “Leveling Up” portfolio activity.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
-
- Identify the principles used in floral design.
- Identify the elements used in floral design.
- Critique the use of design concepts in floral arrangements.
- Analyze how color creates a theme in floral arrangements.
- Time required
- 90 minutes
- Materials
-
- "Floral Design Concepts" PowerPoint
- A copy of the "Design Concepts" packet for each student
- Floral magazines
- Coloring material
- Scissors
- Glue
- Resources
- 1. Principles of Floral Design – CEV; 2. Floriculture CDE Handbook; 3. Norah T. Hunter (2013) The Art of Floral Design (3rd Edition) Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.
- Previous Knowledge Recommended for this Lesson
- None
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Implement Innovations; Information Literacy; Think Creatively; Work Creatively with Others
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
AFNR Performance Element
- PS.04Apply principles of design in plant systems to enhance an environment (e.g., floral, forest, landscape and farm).
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-PL4Apply principles of design in plant systems to enhance an environment (e.g., floral, forest, landscape and farm).
Common Core – Math Practices
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
FFA Precept
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
NASDCTEc
- AGPB01.04Exercise elements of design common to professionals in plant systems to enhance an environment for a variety of purposes (e.g., floral, forest, landscape, farm).