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Lacy Clay Ornaments

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research fabric lace and metal filigree and their origins in ancient civilizations. After researching, they create and decorate an ornament or pendant out of Crayola Air-Dry Clay that looks similar to the traditional lace or...
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The Clay Pot that YOU Built!

For Teachers K - 12th
After listening to a story called The Pot that Juan Built about Mexican clay pot maker Juan Quezda, learners discuss this artistic process. Then, they discuss the special techniques used to make clay pots. And, finally, they make their...
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EZ-Grout Mosaics

For Teachers K - 12th
Young artists create 2-D art using air-dry clay and acrylic paint in this mosaic-making activity. Kids trace their design sketch on a clay slab, cut out the pieces, and after drying, paint and mount their tile design.
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Dug-Out Clay Plaque

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young artists create their own 3D plaque out of clay. These beautiful pieces of art will be sure to be treasured keepsakes for everyone who makes one. The materials needed are relatively easy to procure. A kiln is needed to fire the pieces.
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Native American Storyteller Sculptures

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The Cochiti Pueblo Indians make lovely dolls out of clay. These dolls are storytellers, just like the kids in your class. Have youngsters read, write, and investigate the origin and purpose of these great artifacts. Then have them use...
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How Much Oxygen Is In The Air?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this science worksheet, students take a close look at the composition of air while focusing on the content of oxygen. They use clay to model the amounts.
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Beyond Pinch Pots: Art Lesson Plans with Clay

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use creative problem solving as they construct with clay in art lesson plans.
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Royal Letter Seals

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discover people long ago hand-carried letters to recipients, to keep the letters private, they folded the letter and put a spot of melted red wax over the edges. They make their own seal from a tiny ball of Crayola Air-Dry Clay,...
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Delicate Place Card Holders

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use air-dry clay to create small sculptures such as place card holders for meals with guests. They form flower petals, leaves and create a small bouquet. Afterward, students paint their sculptures and write names on their place...
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Old Fisherman

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Sculpting is a lot of fun and it stimulates multiple senses at once. Learners observe and then create a fisherman (or any person) out of paper clay. They mold and sculpt their clay until they have shaped a person. They then paint and...
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Mosaic Tiles

For Teachers K - 4th
Elementary schoolers create a mosaic project. This simple art lesson produces big results! The tile mosaics are beautiful, and will be cherished by the young artists who create them, and their parents. These are the kind of projects that...
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Where's My Mummy: Preservation Techniques

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
To observe preservation techniques firsthand, learners dry a flower in sand and compare cucumber slices soaked in salt water for a week with slices left out to dry in the open air. Video resources (not attached) include one about mummies...
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Casting Coins

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This wonderful art lesson invites students to design and “mint” coins bearing their own symbols. A simple carving andcasting process using Blick Wonder-Cut®linoleum and modeling clay is described in the plan. Coins can be one or 2-sided,...
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Blowin' In The Wind

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students predict and hypothesize the reasons for wind movement. After viewing a video, they describe the effects of a high and low pressure system and what makes the wind blow. In groups, they construct instruments that measure air...
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Let's Create a Sculpture!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson that is about creating a sculpture with the help of viewing sculptures in the Watts Towers in Los Angeles. They use modeling clay to create personal sculptures using the pictures as examples for personal artwork.
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Zany Wire Sculpture

For Teachers K - 8th
Young artists create a freestanding 3-dimensional sculpture using wire and modeled "clay" pieces. This immensely creative and engaging lesson should get your kids excited, because the medium is unusual to work with. Everything you need...
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Ceramics Pottery and 3D AP

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how to form clay by pinching to create a bottle with an elongated neck
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Hollow Form - Monsters - Beasties That Never Were

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate Medieval art Gargoyles/Beasties and creatures used for animation films, design an original monster, and create a hollow clay form using hand building techniques.
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Create a Flock of Birds One Pinch at a Time

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create Mexican Pottery Clay project. In this natural history/art lesson students construct their own clay bird. Students make connections between visual arts and reading to follow directions. Students also reflect on the...
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North Carolina Pottery

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the process of evaporation. They observe how when clay dries, the water evaporates and how the weight of the object decreases. They complete a worksheet to complete the lesson.
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Gargoyles: Ceramics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Study the symbolism and significance of Gargoyles throughout the Gothic era, and then make one. Kids visit three different websites to learn about these goolish protectors, then hone their sculpting skills while making one. They make...
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Let's Create a Sculpture!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine pictures to unearth the objects that were connected together to make the sculptures. Information about the artists and the history of the pieces created are discussed.
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The Composition of Soil

For Students 9th - 12th
For this composition of soil worksheet, high schoolers study the make-up of soil by identifying the amount of air in the soil, the amount of water in the soil, the size of the mineral grains in the soil and the proportion of humus in the...
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Pottery-making Methods

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students become experimental archaeologists using three methods of pottery making before the invention of the pottery wheel.

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