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Mobile Forces

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students design and build original mobiles and consider how the forces of gravity and convection air currents affect the finished piece. They explore how an understanding of balancing forces is important in both art and engineering design.
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Social Studies: Adinkra Printing

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate a sense of artistic composition by creating shapes and symbols in the pattern of African Adinkra printing. They use glue to create a raised design and then print it on colored paper. Students use symbols from...
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Expressive Self Portrait Montage

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students create self portraits similar to the Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe portraits using digital images.
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Build the Tallest Building

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the design and construction of skyscrapers. They use the internet to research information about different types of skyscrapers. They create their own building and defend it to the class.
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Cardboard Structure: Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a structure made of cardboard pyramids that will hold their weight. In this pyramid structure lesson, students determine a way to make a structure of interlocking pyramids that are sturdy enough to hold a student's...
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Color Mixing Cookie Exercise

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore how primary colors create secondary colors. They incorporate their knowledge of primary and secondary colors by creating various colors of frosting. Given the cookie shape, they complete a decoration plan for...
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How can my breakfast help the birds?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders design farms with a bird's habitat in mind. In this farm lesson plan, 6th graders research how sun grown coffee destroys a bird habitat, and then they make their own farm with a bird's habitat being preserved. They then...
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Eric Carle Collage

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students gain appreciation for the work of Eric Carle. They speculate about a work of art, what materials, techniques and skills were used. They study Carle's work to determine how he did it and explore various water color techniques.
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Drawing With Scissors Like Matisse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the life and art style of Henri Matisse. They view various prints from his early and late art styles. Then students draw something they enjoy and cut out pieces of colored construction paper and glue them onto pieces of...
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An Uplifting Experience

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research and complete a graphic organizer about the principles of flight. For this aviation lesson, 5th graders experiment to understand the work of Daniel Bernouli and his discoveries about air pressure. Students create...
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The Power of Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore emotions represented in artwork.  In this cross curriculum social studies and art lesson, students explain examples of political and social issues expressed in artwork by Dorthea Lang, Diego Rivera, Dan Eldon,...
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Flat Shapes in Three Dimensions

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine the 20th-century sculpture "Gandydancer's Dream" by Mark di Suvero. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the sculpture and then use flat shapes and wire to create their own sculpture. The students are...
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Children's Book Creations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a children's book version of the Japanese folk story "Momotaro Boy of the Peach" and present the story to elementary students. In this children's book lesson, students design their book to explain Japanese culture to...
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Claycrete Calaveras - Dia de los Muertos

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars create skeletons to celebrate the Day of the Dead. In this visual arts lesson, students explore the importance of the Day of the Dead celebrations in the Mexican culture. They create skeletons and decorate them with paint,...
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For the Well-being of Our Citizens Lesson 2: Poverty And Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the definitions of poverty and impoverishment. They design a poster that show the Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that are violated by poverty. They write an article for the school...
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Bowls of Reconciliation

For Teachers K - 12th
Students decorate bowls designed around a chosen theme. The project is based around Bellvue Museum's Israeli/Palestinian relations exhibit. While the theme may be too sophisticated for younger grades, the theme can be modified as needed.
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Logo Design and Ad Campaign Relating to Forestry Management.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore organizations that promote effective marketing strategies and create their own visual symbols that benefit effective forestry cultivation.  In this creative lesson students study logos of organizations, create their...
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M. C. Escher - Design - Math Integration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a tessellations using rotation and translation. They also create a tessellation using reflection.
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Batlik- Art of Japan

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders will examine the use of Japanese ar tforms. The paper lantern is the example drawn from for learners to connect with the culture. The end result is a creative project that should reflect the culture of Japan.
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Painting with and Learning From Art History - Extend the Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a painting based on an artist from a chosen period in history. They research a modern artist and write a critique.
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Mapping the Mediasphere

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare/contrast the media messages they see in two different communities in their city. They list the elements of art and the principles of design in the photographs they have taken in those two different communities....
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Create a Wrapping Cloth Design

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create wrapping clothes using paper or cloth scraps being sure to find or make geometric shapes. They create a visually balanced composition including symmetry,and repeated patterns.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 10: Wanna Trade?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to a book that facilitates a discussion of trade and things that people need. They determine what things might be traded.
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Grade K Literacy in Social Studies: Thinking About Families

For Teachers K Standards
Family is a wonderful subject for little learners to get excited about. Family is also the theme for a social studies unit that uses literacy standards throughout. The guide outlines approximately three weeks of instruction and breaks...

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