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The Wetlands

Mural created by Wedgwood Elementary Students
Located at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle

This mural was created by Wedgwood students enrolled in the Special Needs program's 1st through 3rd grades and students from 5th grade general classes. Each Special Needs student was teamed with a "buddy" from the regular classes to work together on the project. Many of the Special Needs students that created this mural have physical limitations that affect their motor skills and require the use of wheelchairs, limb or head braces and other restrictive equipment.

To bring these students a high level of success, teacher Kathy Titus made stencils for the young students to use in creating the wetlands wildlife. Sponges and small paint rollers were used with the stencils to create color variations and texture in the animals and wetlands habitat. The 5th graders painted the background areas, habitat and details.

"Wetlands are a very important part of living in Seattle and have become an integral focus of our curriculum. We spent many weeks studying the wetlands in the Puget Sound area and the creatures in their habitat.

"Sharing our knowledge with others is the best way to remember what we have learned, so we have painted these murals to share with you, and all those who visit the Woodland Park Zoo, our impressions of life in the wetlands."

Completed Summer 1995