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Chicago Science Group: Earth's Changing Surface Virtual Field Trip

For Students 3rd - 5th
Join Science Companion author Belinda Basca and her family as they explore the land forms in Hawaii from a helicopter! Includes suggestions for teacher lessons, student activities, and web resources.
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National Gallery of Australia: Constable: Land, Sea, and Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Online counterpart to a retrospective of the work of landscape artist John Constable displays and comments on over one-hundred watercolors, oils, and drawings by the artist. An excellent resource for in-depth studies of landscapes,...
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Website
Canadian Museum of History

Canadian Museum of History: Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is easy to navigate for students of all ages. Provides examples of Chinese artwork: plants and flowers, birds, mammals, landscapes, portraits, semi-realist landscapes, symbolic art, and abstract art.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: I Spy Environments

For Teachers 4th
Investigate a variety of paintings of places in Utah in different seasons and different environments using different mediums.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: This Land Is Your Land: Parks and Public Spaces

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition tells the story of the conservation, culture, history, and preservation of parks and protected areas through maps, documents, letters, and other primary sources.
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Constable

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details about British artist John Constable. Includes a gallery of five representative works.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Landscape Painters

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtCyclopedia's chronological list of landscape painters from the 16th thru the 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: William Merritt Chase

For Students 9th - 10th
Web Museum profiles the American painter William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) and presents nine examples of his work.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Cuyp

For Students 9th - 10th
The WebMuseum profiles the careers of three members of a Dutch family of painters: Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp, and Aelbert Cuyp.
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University of Alberta

Eas: A Gallery of 19th Century Icelandic Landscape Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides images of 19th century landscapes of various parts of Iceland. Images links to larger images for viewing purposes.
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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British Library

British Library: Sir Walter Scott's Highlands

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains images of Sir Walter Scott's Highlands. Click on an image for further exploration.
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British Library

British Library: Jane Austen's Bath

For Students 9th - 10th
View images of Bath that provided the landscape settings for many of Jane Austen's novels. Click on an image for artist information and further details.
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Other

Spainarts: Ribera, Jose De

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Spainarts. Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
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Other

American Studies Online: Theme Parks and Mass Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by American Studies Online. The Disney concept and philosophy has had a widespread influence on American life beyond the amusement parks. This article shows the influence has even spread to shopping malls and...
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Eduweb

Eduweb: Inside Art: An Adventure in Art History

For Students 3rd - 8th
Inside Art lets younger students explore multiple aspects of landscape painting as they jump into a work by Vincent van Gogh. After learning about color, form, genre, and the artist, art adventurers take a short quiz to check their...
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University of California

Hearst Museum of Anthropology: The World in a Frame

For Students 9th - 10th
View representative works from the early decades of photography, 1865 to 1915, during one of the world's periods of extended travel. Discover how the invention of photography opened eyes to Native American, Japanese, and Middle Eastern...
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Dwight W. Tryon

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Dwight W. Tryon is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscapes and seascapes.
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Land Cover Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the important resources our land offers us: food, water, oxygen, building materials, and more. Discover how scientists have been mapping land for years trying to prevent disasters and to collect environmental information.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Digital Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you'll learn digital photography basics as well as some more advanced skills so you can take great pictures.
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Activity
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Cole: The Oxbow [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of Cole's famous landscape of a bow-shaped bend in a river conveys all the essential qualities that typify works by Hudson River school artists.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paul Signac

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the WebMuseum of ibiblio.org provides a biography of a neoimpressionist and pointilist, Paul Signac, who worked with artist Georges Seurat Includes images of his artwork.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Hendrick Avercamp

For Students 9th - 10th
An ibiblio.org site containing information about the life and works of Dutch painter, Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634 CE). Provides examples of his artwork, many with brief descriptions.
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California State University

A Bird's Eye View

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
With this lesson plan students will create a chalk drawing of an outdoor scene from a bird's-eye view. Lesson includes links to perspective drawing techniques and examples.