University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape: Soiled Again
Become a detective and solve the soil mystery! To solve the case you must discover what soil is, why it's important, and in what kind of soil do plants grow. You will find out the four components of soil along with the different soil...
Other
Big Ceramic Store: Ceramic Tips
This site provides a series of seventy-four tips on ceramics. The tips range anywhere from using resists and recycling clay to decorating with oxides and calculating the cost of firing on electric kiln.
Goshen College
Surreal Animals
A round-robin clay lesson where each student passes their animal to a neighbor and he/she adds to what is there. This is a great way to teach collaboration or teamwork as well as getting your students to loosen up.
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Groundwater Movement
Students learn how water moves through rock materials such as sand, gravel, and clay.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Digging in for Dirt Day!
This lesson is managed through stations that young scholars will rotate around every 20- 30 minutes. Each second grade teacher conducts one station. Parent volunteers can also be used to manage stations. Students will use an auger to...
Other
The New Children's Museum: Troy's Favorite Clay Hamburger
Learn basic clay sculpting skills by completing this project.
Other
The New Children's Museum: Clay Houses
Students will create a unique miniature dwelling out of clay. This project can be connected to the class curriculum.
Michigan Reach Out
Michigan Reach Out!: Digging the Earth's Crust
Lesson plans from Michigan Reach Out! to help learners understand the different soil types and what uses they would be good for.
Other
The National K 12 Ceramic Exhibition Foundation, Inc.
A resource to support the teaching of ceramics to grades K-12. Submit student work, learn about available scholarships, and get tips and lesson ideas.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Make Paperclay
This unique form of clay is a combination of paper pulp and earthenware. It is stronger, light weight, and easier to use than regular clay bodies, especially for beginning potters.
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Southern Kings Consolidated School: Loess
This site describes loess in pretty good detail, also adding visual with two pictures. Great source for understanding how loess occurs and where it is found.
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Ceramics
Dozens of useful photos of various ceramics from around the world at this stie from Pics 4 Learning Inc. A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.
Goshen College
Goshen College: Clay Sculpture: Gargoyles
This resource provides an artistic lesson plan dealing with ceramics, sculpture, and gargoyles.
Goshen College
Goshen College: Abstract Expression in Clay
This is an interesting approach to creating a ceramic vessel with texture. The lesson plan calls for stomping on the clay and attaching pieces of clay by throwing them together. This lesson could be a lot of fun, but exercise caution and...
Curated OER
Pics 4 Learning Images for Education: Ceramics
Dozens of useful photos of various ceramics from around the world at this stie from Pics 4 Learning Inc. A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.