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Digital Self Portraits
Students learn some of the basics of Photoshop software. Then they adjust a photograph for high contrast and produce a digitally inspired self-portrait using scratch art.
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Maracas
Students create Maracas out of various supplies while learning about percussion instruments in this Art and Music lesson for the elementary and middle level classroom. Detailed directions for two different methods are given.
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Hatsiatsia Music
In this music worksheet, students learn about the rhythms of Hatsiatsia music. Students read about different instruments and facts about Ghana and see a map of the African continent.
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Drawing an Elephant-- Grid System
For this art worksheet, learners learn to draw a detailed picture of an elephant by using a grid system. Students use a grid to position each body part as they recreate the picture on their own grid paper.
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Music From China
In this music worksheet, students learn how Chinese people use music in their festivals. Students read a paragraph explaining why Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale. Students locate 16 words pertaining to Chinese music in a word...
Fuel the Brain
Skill: Equal Grouping with Leftovers
Learning to complete word problems can be challenging, especially when the answers can contain leftovers. Through reading, solving, and illustrating each problem, your youngster will understand that answers can contain leftovers.
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Digital Art Show
Students put together an art show. In this photography lesson, students learn how to use a digital camera and walk around the school to take pictures. Students select their favorite photographs and add them to the digital art show.
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The Republic and Its Images
Students study the meaning of The Republic and the symbols of the Republic. They learn definitions and look at images that are meant to be a lesson that comes before a museum visit. They look at images of artwork from this era of French...
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Creative Dancing
Students dance a Cossack dance. In this dance lesson, students learn to keep the beat and follow a movement sequence to dance a Cossack Dance.
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Helen Keller- Book Marks
Learners learn about the life of Helen Keller. In this cultural and disability awareness lesson, students read a biography about Helen Keller and discuss the differences in her life and theirs. Learners discuss which sense they would...
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Musical Alphabet: Skipping Down
Students explore the concept of skipping down while reading music. In this skipping down lesson, students review how to step up, skip up, and step down when reading music. Students then learn how to read music by skipping down.
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Shaving Cream Snow!
Students spray shaving cream on a table and then play with it. In this art lesson, students make lines with their fingers and can even use other objects as well. Students attempt to make a snowman, snowflake or anything related to snow...
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Bestiarity and Gargoyles
Students complete an art project. In this gargoyles lesson plan, students learn about gargoyles and other medieval architecture features and discuss their purposes. Students create their own monsters using an etching technique. This...
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Phonics Monster Game Suggestion: Change It
Students play the game "Change It" and practice making words from phonic monster cards. In this "Change It" lesson, students read words and phrases that are used as functional print with visual cues. Students respond to icons, pictures,...
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Smithsonian Jazz Class: Ella Fitzgerald
Students play "Ella's Match Game" to learn an overview of Fitzgerald's life and career. In this Ella Fitzgerald instructional activity, students listen to excerpts of Fitzgerald's music and respond by creating writing prompts.
Open Oregon Educational Resources
Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud, Revised Edition
How can Adobe Creative Cloud enhance digital art and media design? Readers explore just that with the Digital Foundations eBook. They learn how to source images and how to create symmetry and asymmetry in their digital designs. They also...
Ohio Department of Education
Writing and Comparing Numbers in Scientific Notation-Grade Eight
Explore scientific notation in this mathematics lesson. Young mathematicians explore multiple representations of large number in scientific notation through the use of models, visual representation and expanded form. The lesson provided...
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Lines: Invisible Journeys
Students create visual roadmaps and follow them with gesture to create lines. They draw lines with a white crayon on paper and then paint to create a crayon resist.
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What Is Art?
Young scholars discuss the definition of "Art" and are introduced to the richness and complexity of the visual arts in this Art or Art appreciation lesson for grades 7 through 12. The lesson can be adapted for any grade or ability level,
Smithsonian Institution
Stamp Stories of Westward Expansion
What a fantastic project idea for discussing not only the history of America's expansion into the West, but for reviewing any major unit of history in your class. Pupils build stamp collections to visually represent themes of the unit,...
Contemporary Arts Center
Mughal Miniature Paintings: Pattern Transformations
What is the artist's role in the post 9/11 world? How do artists use imagery to convey meaning in their work? After examining the work of Mughal artist Imran Qureshi, class members create their own work that uses combative imagery to...
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Book of Little Things
Students inquire about visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students examine the book Nina's Book of Little Things and create their own drawings based on their personal life. Students emulate...
Berkshire Museum
Camouflage!: Collecting Data and Concealing Color
Help young scholars see the important role camouflage plays in the survival of animals with a fun science lesson. Starting with an outdoor activity, children take on the role of hungry birds as they search for worms represented by...
Columbus City Schools
Biome Basics with a Disastrous Twist
Bored with your current biome bag of tricks? This bundle is a bountiful bag of biome fun! Travel the globe with seventh graders and explore the biotic and abiotic factors that define our world's biomes. Then, introduce a little chaos to...