Curated OER
Mandalas, Polygons and Symmetry
Students create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Students create...
Curated OER
Tibetan Monk Sand Paintings
Students complete an art project. For this sand paintings lesson, students learn about the history of mandalas and then create a sand painting of their own. Extensions include writing a story or poem about their sand painting, study of...
Curated OER
Sun-Shadow Mandala Worksheet
In this Sun-Shadow Mandala Worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer and create an original mandala. Students are given 8 categories with related questions as a guide.
Curated OER
Mandalas : polygons
Fourth graders create mandalas. For this mandala lesson, 4th graders look at these polygons in nature and man-made forms. They create their own by using tangrams.
Curated OER
Magnificent Mandalas
Learners examine the principle of radial symmetry and apply it to an original mandala design. They draw a design using organic and geometric shapes, repeating the design symmetrically around the paper.
Other
Mandala Project
Online educational project dedicated to the expression of peace through the creation of mandalas. With resources that explain the significance of mandalas and a gallery of submitted works, many by children. Stories accompany gallery...
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: A Perfect Sacred Sphere [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders will explore protractors, rulers, balance both radial, and symmetrical, and concepts of angle measurements as they create their own mandalas.
University of Pennsylvania
Mandala: Buddhist Tantric Diagrams
Mandalas are used in the rituals of tantric initiation in Tibetan Buddhism and they influence the design and decoration of Tibetan monasteries.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Symbolism of the Mandala
Illustrated explanation of mandalas and the symbols seen in them.
Other
Asian Art: Early Tibetan Mandalas: The Rossi Collection
Access the text and associated images from a catalogue written to accompany an exhibition of mandalas mounted by London-based gallery Rossi and Rossi.