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Peace Posters

For Teachers K - 6th

Students focus on a theme to create a poster or collage. In this theme based art project, students communicate their peace theme through drawings to communicate their present feeling and ideas. Students learn the emotions conveyed in the...

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Batlik- Art of Japan

For Teachers 8th

Eighth graders will examine the use of Japanese ar tforms. The paper lantern is the example drawn from for learners to connect with the culture. The end result is a creative project that should reflect the culture of Japan.

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Enchanted Views

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed

Students will create a garden with specific fabrics to a set grid (p 73) to fit the pull-out pattern of the gate. This pattern will be transferred onto the foreground which in turn will be basted onto the garden. A hand needle-turn...

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The Art of Making Do

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed

Students learn how to understand and use fabrics in a scrap quilt. They will gain the most if they can actually compose a quilt (or the beginnings of one) within class time.Quilting is a skill that is difficult for younger children to...

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Mixed Media Weaving

For Teachers 6th - 8th

Learners will demonstrate the ability to create the illusion of space by overlapping shapes.They will recognize the differences between art materials, techniques, and processes. Students will demonstrate the influence of personal...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Launch It (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to design an air-powered rocket to take you to the moon that can hit a distant target. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, evaluate, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Watercraft (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build an unsinkable boat out of straws and plastic wrap that can hold twenty five pennies. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, evaluate, and redesign it if necessary. Also, includes...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Zip Line (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to design and build a ping-pong ball carrier that can go from the top of a zip line string to the bottom in four seconds or less. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Touchdown (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build a shock-absorbing system that will protect astronauts when they land on the moon. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, evaluate, and redesign it if necessary. Activity...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Roving on the Moon (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build a rubber band-powered cardboard car (rover) that can scramble across the room. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, evaluate, and redesign the car if necessary. Activity focuses on...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Heavy Lifting (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build a cardboard crane for a moon mission and see how heavy a load it can lift. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, evaluate, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: On Target (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and launch a marble on a target. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, evaluate, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Feel the Heat (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to heat things up by building a solar hot water heater. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the engineering design process and the...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Dance Pad Mania (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build a dance pad that lets you use your feet to either flash a light or to sound a buzzer. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign the pad if necessary. Activity...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: High Rise (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build a tall tower that can support a tennis ball. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary, or take it to the next level. Activity focuses on the engineering...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Motorized Car (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to make a car that uses a battery-operated motor. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Also, includes ideas for taking your design to the next level....

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Pop Fly [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to design and build a way to launch a Ping-Pong ball high enough to catch it. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the engineering...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Paper Table (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Build a table out of newspaper that can hold a heavy weight. Hands-on challenge to invent a sturdy emergency shelter that's easy to build. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary....

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Four Corners (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to build a machine out of cardboard that runs smoothly and dependably. Provides full list of materials with illustrations and ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Balloon Drive

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge "to make a helium balloon hover in one spot, then move it through an obstacle course using air currents". Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, and test the balloon's movement. Activity...

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Ga Virtual Learning:american Literature:contemporary Prose: Project Requirements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson offers a list of creative projects for a student-selected novel/play assignment, as well as a reflective writing and a quotation analysis assignment. A rubric is also available.

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Blimp Jet [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to add a jet-propulsion system such as a balloon to a Sky Glider blimp so it flies straight and far under its own power. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary....

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Paddle Power [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to design and build a paddle boat that moves across water using a rubber band as its power source. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity...

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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Confetti Launcher (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Hands-on challenge to invent a device that will launch a huge cloud of confetti. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the engineering design process...

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