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Curated OER

Trees: The Inside Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore trees. In this math lesson, students identify the basic parts of trees. Students create a model of a tree and label the parts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Frogs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter f, play with plastic toys, and more to do with frogs. In this frogs lesson plan, students also play a game of leap frog.
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Curated OER

Water Quality

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the properties of oil and water by making marbleized paper. They examine fish species by making Japanese fish prints and 3-D cardboard fish. They create posters that present messages about conserving our waterways.
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Curated OER

Make a Leaf Banner

For Teachers K
Students create an leaf print banner, and classify, sort and find patterns in the leaves as they work.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paper Making

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make handmade paper. They discuss the history of paper, examine the various methods of making paper, and create the handmade paper using different types of paper, a blender, and water.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Japanese Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
From the online collection tours of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a collection of pieces from the Japanese Paintings at the museum. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a set of 37 images with descriptions of works by Claude Monet (1840-1926). Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Website
Other

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Housed in a Pueblo-style Art Deco building, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center represents Alice Bemis Taylor's dream of gathering all the arts under one roof. In addition to music, dance, theater, film, sculpture, painting, and...
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Other

Kunstmuseum Basel ( Fine Art Museum of Basel, Switzerland)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the Fine Art Museum in Basel, Switzerland. You can browse through the artworks in the collection online. Among the paintings on exhibit are ones by such renowned artists as Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, and Van Gogh....
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Other

Studio Antiques and Fine Art Incorporated

For Students 9th - 10th
A tremendous display of fine art complete with the artist's bio and studio address, as well as the type of painting it is (oil painting, water color etc.) The font size on this site is small but readable.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts: John Singer Sargent

For Students 9th - 10th
The Museum of Fine Arts Online Collections Database contains a wealth of paintings by John Singer Sargent. Click on each individual painting to view a larger image and more information about the painting.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: European Paintings Collection Highlights

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a selection of the MFA's holdings of over 1,400 paintings from across Europe, featuring masterworks from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Spanish Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore fifteenth- to twentieth-century Spanish paintings, including major works by Zurbaran, Goya, Velazquez, and Picasso. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Website
Other

Kmska: Antwerp Fine Arts Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The collection at this Belgium art museum is comprised of unique paintings by Flemish artists such as Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling. Other greats include Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Titian, Frans Hals, Auguste Rodin and Amedeo...
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Winslow Homer: The Morning Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
This online collection contains information on artists and their art work. This site provides an image of Winslow Homer's The Morning Bell.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Appreciate a Painting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.
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Handout
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Edgar Degas

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation from the Carson-Janson Fine Art Association provides a list of Degas paintings in thumbnail format. Includes a link to his biography.
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Other

Fine Arts Museum: Teachers' Guide to American Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This guide focuses on twenty-four paintings from the impressive collection of American art housed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The earliest work, a portrait of the children of a Puritan family, dates from 1670. The last piece...
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Fernand Leger

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation has an extensive image archive features thumbnails and full-screen images of several paintings by this French Cubist.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Paintings Between 1581 and 1585 by El Greco

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides images of paintings between 1581 and 1585 by El Greco. The images can be enlarged. It includes a link to a biography on El Greco.
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Handout
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Winslow Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice biography of the American Naturalist painter, Winslow Homer, known for his paintings, "The Croquet Game" and "Home,Sweet Home."
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Handout
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Albert Bierstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
This museum article provides fifteen thumbnail images of Albert Bierstadt's paintings are available for enlarging, with biographical information on a separate page.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Paint by Number

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the history of a favorite American past-time. Learn the art of creating your own masterpieces with a little bit of help.