Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Flipped classrooms and online tools killed the chalkboard! An awesome, hands-on technology workshop asks teachers across all content areas. to examine model lessons, become familiar with research, and explore tech tools they can...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Music and Theater Arts: Principles of Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Course homepage for "The Principles of Design." In this course, students will learn about the principles of theater design, emphasizing script analysis. Links lead to the course syllabus, calendar, readings, assignments, study materials,...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Elements and Principles of Design Word Bank [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Elements of art and design vocabulary words.
eBook
Cornell University

Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...
Handout
Other

Branksome Hall Asia: Design and Inquiry: Sustainable Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Sustainable design is a philosophy of developing products in line with social, economic, and ecological sustainability principles. In design, it is important to understand the distinction between Green Design and Sustainable Design....
Handout
Other

Yale Style Manual: Graphic Design 100

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic information about graphic design in an easy to navigate manual form.
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Constitutional Principles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Founding Fathers created a government based on a set of fundamental principles carefully designed to guarantee liberty. This lesson lets students look at the Constitution from the perspective of its foundational principles and make...
Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Rhythm

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex provides a thorough definition of the Principle of Design known as Rhythm. There are links to other sources and terms as well as visuals from artists such as Klee, Matisse and Mondrian that show further examples.
Lesson Plan
ArtLex

Art Lex: Graphic Design Course

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex is a lesson plan for a secondary level graphic design class designed by Michael Delahunt. There are many projects including: Designing a poster; Altering a photo; Photoshop Tricks; studying Logos; Designing logos;...
Unit Plan
Other

Open University: Design

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive unit looks at the process of design. By the end of the lesson you will be able to identify innovation in a wide variety of designed objects and evaluate the impact of this innovation.
Interactive
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Beginning Graphic Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how color, layout, images, composition, typography, branding, and more relate to graphic design.
Handout
Other

Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
An online manual for Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites. Includes links to Philosophy, Interface Design, Site Design, Page Design, Web Graphics, and Web Multimedia and Animation chapters, with Appendices.
Website
Other

Jessett: Graphic Design

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide to graphic design that includes information on color layout, design layout, different graphic design software, and tutorials using different types of software.
Article
Other

Design and Colour

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
Article
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Two Dimensional Design Notes: Similarity and Proximity

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level instructor's notes on two key principles of design: similarity and proximity. Collage project how-tos also provided.
Article
Other

Interaction Design Foundation: The Seven Principles of Universal Design

For Students 9th - 10th
It can be easy to forget that users don't come in a standard format when designing products. We're getting better at catering for different personas or demographics but industry still lags a long way behind design that is accessible to...
Article
Other

Wizhat: How to Design a Great Web Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on Web designing. Includes learning HTML, write what you're good at, color and design are important, and using tables. Includes example pages of techniques.
Unit Plan
Other

Career Foundry: The Key Principles and Steps of the Design Thinking Process

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide explains the Design Thinking process - including where it comes from, why it's so valuable, what it's used for, the five stages of the Design Thinking process, and how to learn more about it.
Lesson Plan
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art, Geometric Design: Learning Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the principles of geometric design that are the basis for the beautiful and intricate patterns in the art of the Islamic world.
Article
Other

Smashing Magazine: Product Design Principles: How Does Your Product Stack Up?

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of this article is to answer the question, "What do the greatest product designers consider to be the most important product design principles, and how can we apply them to our products?" In this article, you will learn six...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Principles of Experiment Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice questions on principles of experimental design.
Article
University of Maryland

Um: A Survey of Major Software Design Methodologies

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives an overview of software design methodology and differentiates between formal and systemic design. Then it discusses specific principles of design methodology.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 3: Technical Aspects of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
In this third unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn how to describe the technical aspects of an artist's work by discussing elements of art and principles of design. They also look at the stylistic qualities of an artist's...
Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Unity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex provides a brief but effective definition of the Principle of Design known as Unity. There are links to other terms within the definition.

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