Learners write haiku poems on leaf paper.

First graders compare their local area with the Belize landscape. They construct maps of the school area, adding descriptive information. They write haiku poems about their favorite outside places.

Second graders advocate to others the dangers associated with excessive sun exposure. In this health lesson plan, 2nd graders participate in an experiment in order to identify methods for protecting themselves from the sun.

Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art, texture, by identifying different types of textures found in multiple works of art and hypothesize what materials and techniques were used to achieve that texture. Then,...

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...

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...

This lesson plan (for students age 4 and up) from the Crayola website, incorporates phonics, adjectives, and visual arts. Students make "Rubbings," with crayons while discovering adjectives that begin with the same letter. Provides...

A short lesson for students where they click on parts of a painting to learn more. Several pages of info about textures, reflections, and brushstrokes.

This site is a partial index for an art dictionary. Scroll down to texture. This gives a comparison between actual and simulated (visual) texture.

Art moves fashion designers to play with unusual forms and shapes, while fashion can encourage artists to think about qualities such as texture and create art that engages with the human body. Take a look through this glossary for terms...

Art students will learn about visual balance, visual texture, and textural paint by following the example of Wayne Thiebaud, famous for his dreamy 1960s paintings of cakes.

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This is the encyclopedia entry on texture and it covers types of texture, visual texture, and illusion of space.

A great resource for introducing different types of textiles and weavings to your young scholars. A good amount of background information is included as well as a few simple learning activities.

A definition of composition with other terms and how they relate to composition. This site shows an example and also explains the terms provided.

This site from the University of Evansville is a great place for the aspiring artist to visit. Receive free professional advice and tips on basic drawing techniques. The site focuses on perspective drawing and shading.

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.

A site dedicated to providing vocabulary for the elements of visual design. Includes a visual notation system for describing both the elements and attributes of art.

A collection of science lessons where students explore the characteristics of different materials and everyday objects and create their own objects and art. They study the properties of the materials that make them strong, absorptive,...

This tutorial shows you how to make great wood textures for your 3D models and drawings using the tools Photoshop has to offer.

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This is from the artist's toolkit encyclopedia and includes information on types of lines, edge and outline, expressive line,...

A full-featured exploration of Rembrandt's "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch," better known as "The Night Watch." Learn who is in the painting, the symbols in it, what makes "The Night Watch" innovative,...

This lesson plan from KinderArt will show learners how to use pastels to create a variety of lines and textural effects after the manner of Vincent van Gogh. Students will learn that colors can be subjective as well as objective.

This page contains a definition for "frottage." Read about what it is, when it was first introduced, and view an example of a piece of art that uses the frottage technique.

This page contains a brief definition for "impasto" and provides some examples of paintings made with impasto technique.