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Texture
Students learn the importance of texture as an element of design in fashion. They complete a portfolio page discussing their knowledge of texture.
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Fashion Terms
Young scholars listen to a lecture on fashion terms and define these words. They identify examples of terms in fashion magazines and take a quiz.
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Clue In On Color
Students consider the effects of color on moods and feelings. They participate in a variety of demonstrations to explore the role of illusion and suggestion in human perception. They consider which color best represents their personality.
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High School Poetry Writing Workshop
Students are given an on-screen overview of the Poetry Writing Workshop, including how to access and navigate the 2Learn Site and the web page, prior to signing up for the workshop or commencing work on the site.
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Make a Pinhole Camera
Learners explore the ability of light to project images by making and using a pinhole camera.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music In America Music In America
Students study early New Orleans Jazz music and recognize Louis Armstrong as an early jazz artist. They recognize the elements and roots of Jazz.
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1st Grade - Act. 03: T-Shirt Glyph
First graders create glyphs (symbols or icons) which represents them, and read the glyphs of others using a legend to explain the data on the glyphs.
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1st Grade - Act. 16: Dancing Mice
First graders creating mouse attached to a helium balloon, and dance around to the sound of some fun music.
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Landscape Book
Students create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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2002 City of Newark Mayoral Campaign
Students research community issues and develop a consensus of issues they think the next mayor should address and study the candidates' positions they have chosen to track.
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My Inspiration Project
Students reflect about decision making in their lives and explore their feelings about these life events. They create 100 word narratives and poems with specific details then create Power Point presentations of their project.
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Personalized Postcards
Students create and send postcards to friends and family members. Using actual photographs, they write a rough draft and final draft of a paragraph and print it out to glue onto a postcard template to mail to their friend or family member.
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Tower Investigation and the Egg
Students build three types of towers, engineering them to hold an egg one foot high for 15 seconds. They discover that engineering designs are subject to constraints such as time, money and size specifications. In this activity students...
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Production Work Sample
Eleventh graders practice reading a basic blueprint for a closet. Using the blueprint, they identify the parts, measure and cut the wood and square a wall. They review safety procedures and use hand tools to attach a track to a cement...
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Clothing Color Wheel
Learners are introduced to the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Individually, they are to create a color wheel with all three levels of colors in a creative way. To end the lesson, they present their wheel to the class and...
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Client Profiles
Students collaborate in a group setting while determining the specific housing needs of their "clients". Once the needs have been addressed, they find a floor plan that meets those needs and create a presentation outlining how the floor...
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Color Scheme Picture Assignment
Students identify, explain and use the basic elements of design. They discover what the seven different color schemes are that are covered in this lesson--monochromatic, analogous, neutral, neutral with an accent, complementary,...
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Interior Design Proportion and Scale
Students explore the principle of design proportion and scale using discussion, projects, state core standards, etc. They recognize the difference between scale and proportion for practical application in their own lives and describe...
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Global Eyes
Twelfth graders consider global issues and their effects. They identify the themes of human needs, human rights, and the environment, select a topic and research articles for a Global Current Events Portfolio. Working in small groups,...
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El Amor Perfecto
Students discuss the popularity of Hispanic music in the U.S. and listen to a song and discuss the refrain. They then discuss characteristics of their perfect love/friend and develop the ability to use the subjunctive in adjective...
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Learning about Vincent Van Gogh
Students conduct research on the life and artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. They explore various websites, answer research questions and write a paragraph about the information found online, and discuss as a class what makes Van Gogh's...
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Interior Design Techniques in Black and White
Students create interior designs using white paper and black ink. In the process, they incorporate all four line techniques - horizontal, vertical, curved, and diagonal. While the designs do not need to be tangible representations of...
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Clothing 2 Sample Notebook
Young scholars view a sample notebook of different types of clothing and techniques. In groups, they practice using the techniques to create their own sample notebooks. To end the lesson, they are introduced to more advanced sewing...