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Leonardo the Genius
In this artists history worksheet, students read an excerpt about Leonardo Da Vinci. They suggest what natural abilities, attitudes, and personal characteristics he would have needed to do all the famous works that he painted. Students...
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Puck Meets Leonardo
Students create a puppet of Puck from the story read aloud. Then they identify how they can use the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci to help Puck complete his task. Students also observe the inventions of Leonardo from books and online...
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The Art of "Green" Flying
Students create an airship that doesn't use fossil fuel. In this flying lesson, students research different types of flying machines that only use wind power. They discuss invention designs by Alexander Graham Bell and Leonardo Da Vinci...
Museum of Science
Open Window: Using Leonardo's Perspectograph
Students look through one eye and trace the outlines of objects seen through a window to create a drawing with natural and correct perspective.
Museum of Science
Mirror Writing: Writing Backwards
Learners experiment with writing backwards as Leonardo DiVinci did.
Museum of Science
Gadget Anatomy: Understanding Machines
Students observe a machine closely from several angles while it operates. Identify the elements of machines combined in different gadgets. Create a clear diagram of how a machine works.
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Composition in Journals
Carlos Fuentes’s The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait and Jaspre Bark’s Journal of Inventions: Leondardo da Vince serve as models for an assignment that asks class members to create a personal journal they will use...
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The Invention of the Airplane
Students explore the history of the airplane and the Wright brothers. In this aviation lesson students examine the Wright brothers stories and kites.
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Internet Inventors Scavenger Hunt
In this inventors scavenger hunt learning exercise, students research 10 different significant inventors known to history. First, they read each question to determine which inventor to search for using the Internet. Then, students write...
Statistics Education Web
10,000 Steps?
Conduct an experiment to determine the accuracy of pedometers versus pedometer apps. Class members collect data from each device, analyze the data using a hypothesis test, and determine if there is a significant difference...
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World History People Review
Who's who in World History? Help your historians keep track of major figures with this World History People Review, where students match 96 world figures to the appropriate descriptions. The matching questions are grouped by historical...
Practical Pages
Famous Artist of the Month
Feature one famous artist a month with a series of portraits, biographies, and examples of their gallery. With masters such as Augustus Rodin, Francisco Goya, and Michelangelo, the resource provides opportunities every month for kids to...
Curated OER
History and Culture of Italy
Italy is the birthplace of countless individuals who changed the course of human history.
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Depth Line
Young scholars use adding machine tape to plot increasing ocean depths and deep sea historical events.
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Build Your Own Parachute
Students study the basics of parachuting. In this flight and aerodynamics lesson plan students make a simple parachute and investigate different variables that can cause potential problems.
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Cracking Codes and Ciphers
Students explore different codes and ciphers including Morse Code, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and the Alphabet. They discuss how and why codes are used. Students create their own code and message to exchange with classmates.
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Roar-Shack Poetry
Students use tempera paints to create blots. They use the blots as inspiration for poetry writing by brainstorming and organizing all words they associate with the blot. They present their poetry along with their inspiration.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Leonardo Da Vinci
An extensive biography of Leonardo da Vinci with sections on his life in Florence and Milan as well as his art and inventions. Be sure to click on the "Works" button to view fabulous digital images. Many paintings contain commentary.
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Read Works: Art and Artists Leonardo Da Vinci
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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High Museum of Art: Leonardo Da Vinci: Hand of Genius: Teacher Resource [Pdf]
This resource presents essential background information about Leonardo, his art, his times, and his seemingly limitless and inventive mind. It is intended for teachers but useful and accessible to all.
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Leonardo Da Vinci the Man & the Inventor
An award winning site containing fantastic information on Leonardo as a man, an artist, and an inventor. You will find detailed analysis of his paintings, a section containing his drawings, articles on his life, designs for many machines...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Leonardo Da Vinci Biography
Interesting biographical information, fun facts, paintings and inventions of famous Renaissance painter, Leonardo Da Vinci.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science (Boston): Leonardo's Mysterious Machines
A game that showcases the inventive genius of Leonardo da Vinci, who made drawings of helicopters, planes, and tanks long before these machines ever became modern-era realities. Have fun learning about Leonardo's many ideas while you...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science: Leonardo's Visions of the Future
This site from The Museum of Science includes modern machines that Leonardo da Vinci first designed. Original sketches of Leonardo's machines also included.