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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Madonna With the Yarnwinder

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Madonna with the Yarnwinder", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1501 (Oil on panel, 48,3 x 36,9 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Study for Madonna With the Yarnwinder (?)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Study for Madonna with the Yarnwinder (?)", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1501 (Red chalk and silverpoint on rose-colored prepared paper, 257 x 203 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Design for St Anne

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Design for St Anne", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1501 (Slate pencil on prepared paper, 218 x 164 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1503-5 (Oil on panel, 77 x 53 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1503-5 (Oil on panel, 77 x 53 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Study of a Child

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Study of a child", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1508 (Chalk on paper).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Head of a Woman

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Head of a woman", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1508 (Chalk on paper).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Female Head (La Scapigliata)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Female head (La Scapigliata)", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1508 (Oil on panel, 27 x 21 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Virgin and Child With St Anne

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Virgin and Child with St Anne", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1510 (Oil on wood, 168 x 130 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Leda

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Leda", created by Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1530 (Oil on wood).
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Handout
Museum of Science

Museum of Science: Inventor's Toolbox: The Elements of Machines

For Students 3rd - 6th
Simple machines that were all in common use for centuries before Leonardo da Vinci's time, followed by devices that combine these in various ways.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Illuminating Photography: From Camera Obscura to Camera Phone

For Students 9th - 10th
The origins of the cameras we use today were invented in the 19th century. Or were they? A millenia before, Arab scientist Alhazen was using the camera obscura to duplicate images, with Leonardo da Vinci following suit 500 years later...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Raphael and His Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
Born in Urbino in 1483, Raphael trained with his father and then the Umbrian artist, Perugino. From 1504/5 he worked in Florence where he was much influenced by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, learning from their depictions of the...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Codex Leicester: Fossils/mountains, Moon/tides

For Students 9th - 10th
An excerpt from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester. Find out how this "Renaissance man" observed the Earth and learned more about tides, moons, and fossils in the mountains.
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Handout
Other

University of the Arts, London: Life and Times at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated timeline of events in Leonardo's life, beginning with his birth in 1452.
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Other

University of the Arts, London: Drawings at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a collection of 50 drawings by Leonardo, with detailed descriptions of their historical and cultural context. A zoom-and-explore tool allows you to examine each drawing in close-up.
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Website
Other

Louvre Museum: Mona Lisa: Portrait of Lisa Gherardini

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the various actions that have been taken to preserve the "Mona Lisa," one of Leonardo's most famous portrait paintings. Explore compositional details, unfinished portions of the painting, and other interesting tidbits about...
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Other

University of the Arts, London: Manuscripts at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
This gallery of 22 excerpts from Leonardo's notebooks is accompanied by historical information and links to additional explorations of his interests in the forces of nature, light and vision, and imagination and invention. The drawings...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st
For this lesson, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
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Website
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Raffaello Sanzio

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of the painter Raphael discussing his life and works. A link is also provided to a listing of his works.
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Website
Other

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

For Students 9th - 10th
The DAAD offers programs for study in Germany. Click the desired language tab.
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 4: 2 D Art

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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eBook
Other

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
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Website
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents extensive information for learning about and teaching evolution including an in depth course "Evolution 101", teaching materials, and a resource library.

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