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Castles and Cornerstones

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students become familiar with the style of architecture of medieval times.  In this architecture lesson plan, students design a model of a medieval castle including its cornerstone. Students understand scale in their representation.
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Ethan Frome

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students can earn up to 50 points in Section I "C" Level. They can earn up to 10 points in Section "B" where students can complete only one activity. Students can earn a maximum of 20 points in Section "A" activities.
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Personal Identity Bust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a ceramic bust of themselves.
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Line and Design

For Students 8th - 11th
With photography as the focus, students learn about line and design. Learners take pictures, and use the photos as a means to analyze artistic elements.
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Tell a Totem Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study and view pictures of Native American totem poles on the internet. They create totem poles using PowerPoint that represent their family histories using symbols to designate historic events.
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Supercomputer Breaks Its Own Record

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students tour the inside of a computer, and then step back in time to meet some of the people who contributed to computing technology's development. They write about the specific innovations they found to be the most interesting.
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Playground Design

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students design recreational equipment for a community. In this architecture lesson, students work in pairs to design the equipment. Students select materials and begin designing. Students assess themselves with a pre-made rubric.
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Creating Animal Prints

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students investigate the habits of animals by studying their prints.  In this animal life instructional activity, students investigate the different types of tracks left from animals by researching the Internet.  Students...
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Cells are 3-D!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design three dimensional models of plant and animal cells. They identify the cells parts, and compare animal and plant cells.
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Designed to Scale

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study ratios, scale and distances according to a three dimensional model.  In this exploratory lesson students create their own constellation and prepare an oral presentation that describes their model. 
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Sketching Prisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sketch and create nets of different polygons.In this geometry lesson, students differentiate prisms from other three-dimensional shapes. They define the properties of prisms.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 16: The ABC of Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students follow directions in the ABC of Symmetry to make a butterfly which shows a line of symmetry.
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Accenting the Negative Space in Ceramics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply knowledge of the elements of design and hand building techniques in clay to illustrate the concept of negative space by cutting shapes out of the form to create an intricate pattern.
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Illusions of Depth

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice drawing a landscape to show an illusion of depth. In the drawing, they can put whatever objects they choose to but have to remember to show depth. They explain how overlapping and size differences show...
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Drawing Into the Imagination

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a non linear story with multiple possibilities and endings. In this non linear story lesson plan, 6th graders research non linear stories, create their own, and illustrate it.
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STAINED GLASS IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE GREETING CARD

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils research the history of stained glass and Mother's Day. They practice mixing colors related to the artistic style of impressionism.Students also research the concept of landscape and how the impressionist artists used them.
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The Very Busy Spider-Pattern

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore two- and three-dimensional shapes.  In this very busy spider instructional activity, students read the story and then create a spider web pattern of their own. The webs must use a symmetrical pattern....
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Paper Mache Animal Sculptures

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders choose and construct farm animal paper mache sculptures. They paint their sculptures using primary colors and mixing colors, and explore various textures and forms.
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Propaganda Flyer

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a persuasive flyer to sway the opinion of the class on a controversial issue. They read assigned editorials representing the viewpoint that they must defend.
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Sequential Still Life

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify and use the concepts of shading, outline, and watercolor wash. They design a unique sequential still life painting with pencils and watercolors.
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Break Down

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply their understanding of the elements of plot structure and conflict to cooperatively create storyboards and speak effectively as they present their products. They create storyboards for some of the classic Disney...
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Greece: The Landscape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars work in small groups to create a topographic map of Greece. They must include labeled line drawings of bordering countries and bodies of water. Students use salt and flour clay to make Greece three dimensional, showing the...
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The Landscape of Poland

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize and re-create the political boundaries and physical features of the nation of Poland. They create three dimensional topographic maps of Poland. In addition, they compose two journal entries written in two different...
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Graphing Made Easy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the appropriate way to construct and analyze bar, line, picto, and circle graphs. They set up frequency tables and perform some statistical analysis (mean, median, and mode) on their data.

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