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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Stone Lanterns [Pdf]
A study of the stone lanterns that can be found in Japanese gardens. Students will learn about their history and symbolism, and create lanterns of their own out of clay. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Printing [Pdf]
An activity where learners learn about the koi, an important symbol in Japanese culture, and create a gyotaku fish printing. This is designed to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden but can be easily adapted.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's in Your Secret Garden?
After reading F.H. Burnett's The Secret Garden, learners create their own secret gardens and design a slideshow presentation of their gardens to share with the class.
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Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
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Unesco: Iran: The Persian Garden
The property includes nine gardens in as many provinces. They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of...
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Institute of Texan Cultures: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Growing Texas [Pdf]
A activity unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Students must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well together, and...
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Unesco: Japan: Hiraizumi Temples, Gardens, Archaeological Sites
Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sites, including the sacred Mount Kinkeisan. It features vestiges of government offices dating from the 11th and 12th centuries when...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sequence Flower Reports
This is a hands-on book report project. It will be an extension activity that occurs after the reading of the stories The Secret Gardens and/ or The Gardener. Paper Flowers will be designed and put together by each student. Story events...
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Martha stewart.com
Martha Stewart's website covers the latest in interior design, home improvement, gardening, and cooking.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Introducing Nature Journal
Why do scientists use a nature journal? This activity is designed to introduce learners to learning the routine for using a nature journal and practice using their observation skills and descriptive writing skills in their journal...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Maya Lin
Use this site to learn about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the architect who designed it, Maya Lin.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Olmsted and Vaux, Central Park
Harper's Magazine declared in 1862 that Central Park was "the finest work of art ever executed in this country". Read about the history of Central Park, the design process, and view pictures.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Landscaping With Native Plants
What is a native plant? Why should I use native plants? Which plants will attract birds and butterflies? These questions are answered and a number of important facts are discussed in the highly informative site.
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The Mount: The Estate: Edith Wharton's Beloved Home
Learn about Edith Wharton and the house she designed. Wharton was the author of such works as "Ethan Frome" and "The Ages of Innocence." This website includes gorgeous pictures of Wharton's home as it has been restored.
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Miho Museum: Landscape
See the collection of ancient and classical art from both eastern and western traditions, housed in the Miho Museum Museum of Japan, which was designed by I.M. Pei and features an integrated Japanese garden.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Maya Lin
In this student-written article, learn about artist and sculptor, Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, the Civil Rights Memorial, as well as many other amazing amazing and influential architectural projects.
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Unesco: India: Red Fort Complex
The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad - the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the...
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Unesco: Germany: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Minnie Evans
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Minnie Evans is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her surrealistic paintings.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Nature Sculptures
Have you ever wanted to make your own sculpture? You can use materials readily available in your garden, neighborhood, and local park to design a nature sculpture.
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Unesco: Spain: Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
The Aranjuez cultural landscape is an entity of complex relationships: between nature and human activity, between sinuous watercourses and geometric landscape design, between the rural and the urban, between forest landscape and the...
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Unesco: Brazil: Rio De Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes Between the Mountain and Sea
The site consists of an exceptional urban setting encompassing the key natural elements that have shaped and inspired the development of the city: from the highest points of the Tijuca National Park’s mountains down to the sea. They also...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Derby Summer House
This is a rare example of an 18th-century American garden house. Designed in the 1790s by Samuel McIntire, it resided on the estate of Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby until 1901, when it was moved to the Endicott family's Glen Magna...
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