Read Works
Read Works: Sunflowers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sunflowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Art Smart
Young scholars will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Glorious Sunflowers
In this instructional activity students will identify, measure and graph seeds and other characteristics of sunflowers and write descriptive and narrative paragraphs about sunflowers. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Sunflowers (Drawing/painting Expressionism)
Students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of artists who have painted sunflowers and create their own after following this lesson plan.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Van Gogh's Sunflowers
This lesson plan from KinderArt will show students how to use pastels to create a variety of lines and textural effects after the manner of Vincent van Gogh. Students will learn that colors can be subjective as well as objective.
A&E Television
Biography: Vincent Van Gogh
A brief look at the creative, but tumultuous, career of artist Vincent van Gogh. Discusses several of his most famous works ("The Potato Eaters" and "Sunflowers"), his artistic influences, and legacy.