Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Paper Chromatography: These Colors Do Run
An lab experiment where students see how molecules move by doing paper chromatography. Site includes student handout and teacher presentation.
Language Guide
Language Guide: School La Escuela
Vocabulary tutorial depicting things you would find in the classroom. Interactive media plays audio and displays the correct spelling of the vocabulary when the mouse is moved over each illustration. Some vocabulary is particular only to...
Other
Cal State Stanislaus: Paper Chromatography
An excellent discussion of color mixtures, and how they can be separated by paper chromatography.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Strategies for Revising and Editing on Computers
Comprehensive discussion on how to edit material on computers. Explains how to perform functions in 2 general areas: spell check and search & replace. Also explains difference between doing this "on paper" and on computer. W.11-12.6...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 4: 2 D Art
This fourth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of two-dimensional art. Students learn about the invention of paper, early perceptions of drawing, how hatching and cross-hatching were used by Michelangelo,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper
This single-stanza poem explains the painful process involved in making legal pads.
Other
Science Alive: Making and Sizing Paper
For this activity middle schoolers will learn to make and size paper. The activity can be used as an introductory activity to promote student interest. In the early part of the 20th century, the field of chemistry was very involved in...
Other
Watercolor painting.com: Watercolor Paper: Your Substrate of Choice
Find out the history behind paper and how it came to be used for painting. Specifications for finding the perfect watercolor paper are revealed.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Argumentative Papers: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces argumentative papers. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Argumentative Papers."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Key Elements: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in cause and effect papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Cause and Effect Papers: Key Elements."
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Henri Rousseau Fantasy Jungle (Lesson Plan)
KinderArt provides a site with information on how to teach students art techniques. Students learn to recognize and identify foreground, midground and background. They also create a stylized drawing using simple shapes as well as...
Read Works
Read Works: An Empire Built on Paper
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the origin a paper in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Norval Morrisseau (Lesson Plan)
A wonderful educational art site from KinderArt that includes creating a work of art in a style similar to that of Morrisseau. Includes a short biography, art vocabulary, and information on Ojibwa culture.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Emily Carr's Trees (Lesson Plan)
The objective of this art project from KinderArt is to learn about flowing lines and form. Follow the lesson plan to see how it is done.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Mondrian Style Painting (Lesson Plan)
At this site students are encouraged to create a Mondrian style painting which will consist of geometric shapes and primary colors.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Flowers & Georgia O'keeffe (Lesson Plan)
Students will have the opportunity to create a drawing of a flower using Georgia O'Keeffe as their inspiration. They will develop skills in drawing and composition and understand the difference between realistic and abstract art.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Paper Chromatography Uses
Explains what chromatography is, some of its applications, and how it works.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Here is an art idea for young students returning to school after summer break. Website provides ideas for making unique collages conveying any theme.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon
Animated lesson by Adrian Paenza shows what unbelievable things can happen when folding just one piece of paper. [3:49]
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Ne Wspaper
See and read this demonstration of papermaking that is suitable for elementary students.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Recycling
This lesson plan site focuses on defining recycling, identifying recyclable materials, categorizing recyclable materials, understanding the importance of filtration and identifying the recycle symbols.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Classification and Division Papers: Organization
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a classification paper.