Incredible Art
Tints and Shades Hanging
Here's a mobile assignment that will brighten up your classroom. Each group is assigned one color from the color wheel, paints the pure color, three tints, and three shades of that color on precut forms the group designs, and hangs the...
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Bringing Rain
Students research folklore and scientific information about rain and water cycles. Then they communicate their understanding of water cycles by creating mobiles showing each stage. Students also write their own folk tales, explaining the...
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Who am I Mobile: Ceramics
A getting-to-know-you activity that is perfect for the beginning of the year! Kids craft their portrait out of clay, then make a mobile by dangling ceramic representations of things they love. This project builds self-awareness, motor...
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Hanging Out with Stories
Help your class listen and respond to a fictional story by creating a story structure mobile illustrating the main characters, setting, plot, problem, story events, and solution. Using a coat hanger, they will create an artistic element...
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Food Bank Mobile
Pupils empathize with the plight of hungry people. They discover one way that hungry people are fed in their area. Afterward, they gain awareness of the specific needs of a food bank and render their understanding in a 3-D format.
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Hang a Jack-O'-Lantern Mobile
Student take two sheets (8-1/2- x 1-inches in size) of orange construction paper and hold then together as they cut out the shape of the body (not the stem) of a pumpkin. They should end up with two identical pumpkin shapes. They then...
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Farm Mobile
Second graders are given a variety of materials to communicate the symbols of farm life. They create a mobile utilizing the given materials depicting farm life and following step-by-step instructions correctly. Students also read the...
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Equations in Motion: Design and construct a mobile
Students participate in a lesson that covers the concepts of solving equations and inequalities. To master the concept they must demonstrate visually and verbally how both sides of an equation must be balanced. They construct a balanced...
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Calder Mobile
Students investigate the sculptures of Alexander Calder. They view and analyze pictures of various types of sculptures, discuss how mobiles are a type of sculpture, listen to the book "Roarr: Calder's Circus," and create a class mobile...
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Thank You For the Food We Eat
Young scholars explore where our food comes from. In this science instructional activity, students discuss how much of our food comes from animals. Young scholars construct a mobile.
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Planets
First graders study the planets in the solar system. In this planets lesson, 1st graders read Planets, then create a mobile containing all of the planets in the correct order. Students will label the planets with descriptive words.
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Writing Numbers: 4
In this number recognition worksheet, learners trace the large number 4. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 4.
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Writing Numbers: 1
In this number recognition worksheet, learners trace the large number 1. Students then cut out the apple and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 1.
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Writing Numbers: 2
In this number recognition activity, students trace the large number 2. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 2.
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Writing Numbers: 6
In this number recognition worksheet, students trace the large number 6. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 6.
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Writing Numbers: 8
In this number recognition activity, students trace the large number 8. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 8.
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Writing Numbers: 7
In this number recognition worksheet, students trace the large number 7. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 7.
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Space Mobile Puzzle
In this mobile worksheet, students determine the mass of the missing pieces of a mobile by using the mass of the other pieces and the length of the crossbars. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.
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Proud to Be Me Mobile
Student create mobiles to promote self-awareness and discovery. For this creative hands-on mobile lesson, learners use large star patterns to create a mobile that reflects a theme they've chosen, representing something about themselves....
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Alexander Caulder And Mobiles
Sixth graders, through lecture, discover the work of artist, Alexander Caulder. They view pictures of Caulder's work and then identify his work from a variety of art pictures. They make a mobile in the Caulder style, using one of the...
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Rotational Equilibrim: A Question of Balance
Young scholars explore the concepts of rotational equilibrium. They examine the history Alexander Calder and his mobiles. Students solve simple algebraic equations. They predict, draw conclusions, graph equations and examine the...
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Shells, Shells, Shells
Students read text to determine main idea and supporting details and facts. They use the shell web links to inquire about the various types of shells. Students use Inspiration templates to make a mobile about shells.
