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Hard Edge Painting
Students study the history of hard edge painting and discover demonstration techniques using a variety of fonts and discuss lettering. They present a number of abstract works of art with hard edge technique and works of art with text.
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Ilya Bolotowsky Biography
Students decipher the meaning of abstract art using Ilya Bolotwosky art examples. In this art analysis instructional activity, students complete activities to analyze abstraction art. Students complete criticism and aesthetics...
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Painting - Architecture Study
Students study architectural elements, then develop a strong composition from an interior photographs. They explore color planning by developing a painting with a variety of values.
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Cave Painting
Young scholars research ancient cave art in France via the internet. They apply the skills and information by creating their own cave art.
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The View From Here
Study the beauty of the landscape around you with an innovative art instructional activity. After discussing the foreground, background, and middle ground of landscape art, kids work on making their own piece of landscape art. The...
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Rocks and Minerals in Our Lives
Young geologists discover the important role that rocks and minerals play in our everyday lives through this series of hands-on activities. Starting off with a lesson that defines the difference between plants, animals, and minerals,...
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Color Theory Unit: Op Art Complementary Color Designs
Students learn skills in mixing and applying paint while enhancing understanding of complementary colors.
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Starry Night
Pupils examine Van Gogh's work Starry Night. Foreground and background are discussed. Students create their own version of Starry Night using crayons and black paint. Pupils create their very own crayon relief.
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Art/Ocean Scene
Students draw and color an ocean scene based on the paintings of Wyland. In this ocean art lesson plan, students view slides of seascapes before they complete their project using oil pastels.
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Best Practices in Technology Integration
Young scholars go through various construction techniques needed to bisect angles, lines and arcs, construct a perpendicular from a vertex to a line, construct the center of a circle, transfer an angle, and various other constructions...
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Romanticism 1800-1860
What do Roger Chillingworth, Dr. Heidegger, and Ethan Brand have in common? They are all American literature poster boys for Romanticism, advertising the dangers of valuing reason over feeling and intuition. Introduce your class to...
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Fan Club for Artists
Students research a famous artist of their choice to experience their lives and achievements. They choose an artist they look up to, a hero perhaps, and share their lives with their peers to develop a banner on that artist to exhibit in...
Indiana University
World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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Why Polar Bears Are White
Pupils are introduced to the concept of camouflage and protective coloration as well as Arctic animals. They examine how color can help animals in the wild. Students discuss where polar bears live and why they are white.
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Light and Shadow
Students compare and draw items with shading based on where a light source is in relation to the object.
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Why are Polar Bears White
Students explore camouflage as they study polar bears and their habitat. They study how color can help animals in the wild.
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Homonyms - Quiz 12
In this online interactive homonyms learning exercise, students choose the multiple choice homonym word that completes 20 sentences correctly.
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Plate Tectonics
Students complete a data sheet. In this Earth composition lesson, students learn what happens when the Earth's plates push against each other. They watch a teacher demonstration and complete a data sheet.
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Tin Can Sculpture
Students create art from recycled materials. In this visual arts lesson plan, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can artwork.
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Faux Rice Paper Holiday Cards
Students investigate the history of the uses of rice paper. They learn to use controlled brush pressure and work within a border that they create. Students use many materials to create a functional piece of artwork.
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Quilting Connections
Learners research online an influential woman, then create on the computer a quilt block with text and graphics. Quilt blocks are then printed and combined to form a quilt of connections.
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Science Writing for the Masses: a Primer
Young scholars demonstrate a basic understanding of the molecular basis of heredity. They discuss the chemical and structural properties of DNA and explain how genetic information is encoded in genes, replicated, transcribed and...