Know how to use your tools before you can become a great creator! Here, learners experience their drawing tools using various degrees of pressure as they draw contour lines. This is a preparatory skills practice intended for use prior to...

Third graders investigate the use of lines in different pieces of art by creating their own ink print.  For this art analysis lesson, 3rd graders identify the contours and lines of natural objects such as twigs and leaves. Students...

Learners view and identify the colors on the color wheel. After viewing a PowerPoint, they discuss the reasons why animals become endangered. They examine the life and works of Andy Warhol and review contour drawing. To end the...

Sixth graders explore master paintings by Rousseau. They explain how the artist creates depth by overlapping images. They design and create an "imaginary" tropical landscape for a tempera painting.

Students discuss different types of maps, their similarities and differences. Using a Topographical Maps CD-rom program students create their own map.