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Activity
Other

Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
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Website
Other

I Am an Artist: Bringing the Visual Arts to Life

For Students K - 1st
Learn about materials that can bring art to life! Click on a category to view a 6-minute video, play an interactive game, and see various lessons revolving around the selected topic. Also included is a link to project ideas.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Idea Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, learners will create 10-20 mini works of art based on a given theme that are unique in concept and media. Students brainstorm ideas using an online tool, conceptualize their ideas, and create their pieces. The three best...
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Activity
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Plas Tic

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a multimedia educational resource. Some of the topics are: volume and space, computer imaging, techniques for drawing and painting and proportion and scale in art. It is divided into four different levels.
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Interactive
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Creativity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you'll learn some tips for being creative at work and at home.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Lessons: Lessons, Crafts, Printables, and More

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
KinderArt directs you to multiple kinds of resources and materials for teaching art and art history. A fun place to explore ideas for creative lesson planning.
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Website
Other

Art Instruction Schools: Fundamentals of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Art Instruction Schools--a school for future illustrators--grounds its students in the fundamentals of art. Click through a series of illustrated lesson overviews on basic shapes, lines, tone and value, light source,...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hands on Activity: String Art

For Students 5th - 8th
This is a hands on activity designed to follow the first lesson on string art. Students will use needle and thread to create interesting string art designs. Specific steps are provided with suggested times for each. The activity is most...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Logo Design Challenge

For Students 7th
From the San Francisco 49er's Museum Education Program that promotes STEAM projects related to football, students review the purpose of a logo and then create one of their own.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Looking at Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Course covering why art matters, elements of art, and principles of composition.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.
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Website
Goshen College

Goshen College: Art Rituals in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Article suggests the use of opening and closing rituals in the art classroom for the purposes of centering students on art learning.
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Article
California State University

California State University: How Do Artists Create Art?

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the role that inspiration plays in creating art, with discussion around where artists find sources of inspiration.
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Article
Other

Design and Colour

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Cederquist

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Cederquist is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work in teaching three-dimensional art. Cederquist also worked with sculpture...
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Virginia Dotson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Virginia Dotson is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her bowls (two of which are pictured at this site).