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Chinese Dragons
Students use texture, line, shape, pattern and color to create their own dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.
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Easter Pop-Up Card
In this activity worksheet, students color, cut, fold and paste a picture of the Easter bunny to make a card. Teachers are given a brief history of the holiday and traditions associated with it.
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Ancient Egypt Artifacts: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Learning and Outreach
In this Egyptian artifacts learning exercise, students study photographs and information from the Birmingham Museum. There are 23 pages, each with a color photograph of an actual artifact and background information. There are no questions.
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Glyph: The Year of the Tiger
In this Chinese calendar worksheet, students read about the Year of the Tiger and the common attributes of people born in those years. Following 12 directions, students color the tiger picture in different colors depending on their own...
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Designing Medieval Shields
Students design and create a medieval shield. They read and discuss the history and color schemes of how shield symbols are chosen, design and construct an original medieval shield, and write a paragraph explaining the design and symbols...
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Canada Arrives in a Splash of Color
Learners investigate social and political issues surrounding founding of Canada and compare their relevance to Canada today, interpret art works representing Canada's past identity and compare that identity to how Canada is perceived...
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Mexico
Students complete a unit about the geography and culture of Mexico. They compare and contrast the weather of their own city and Mexico, read books about Mexico, count in Spanish, color in a flag of Mexico and the Mexican Coat of Arms,...
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An Emergency Father's Day Card!
In this emergency Father's Day card instructional activity, students assemble, color and fold an emergency Father's Day card for their fathers for Father's Day.
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Exploring Color: Paper Chromatography
Students experiment with colors. In this art lesson, students investigate the combinations that can be made with primary colors using chromatography paper and markers. Students complete a color mixing worksheet in groups.
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Seven Great Ways to Make Quilts With Colors You Love
Students design a quilt on their own with guided practice in this six week course. The first week is called spontaneity class, the second is called color enrichment, and the third week is call value study. During the fourth week students...
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Visual Elements in the Giant Kites of Guatemala: Shape, Rhythm, and Color
Learners view pictures of and discuss geometric shapes included in kites from Guatemala. They discuss the repetition of shapes and how that creates a motif. Students draw three concentric arches across their paper. They create a design...
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Recognizing Numbers Worksheet 2
In this number recognition worksheet, students study the various numbers and letters on the worksheet. Students color the number only.
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Puppy Answers
In this number recognition worksheet, young scholars study the puppy colors and associated numbers. Students then color the puppies according to their numerical descriptions to show the answer to each problem.
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Letter Oo
In this letter and word recognition worksheet, students study the various images and color the pictures that start with the letter O. Students color the images of the oar, onion, owl, octopus, olive, one, and orange.
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Letter Nn Pictures
In this letter and word recognition instructional activity, students study the various images and color the pictures that start with the letter N. Students color the images of the nest, needle, nose, newspaper, nurse, net, and nail.
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Haring Mural
Students create a class mural emphasizing color and lines. In this mural lesson plan, students first study the work of Keith Haring before they create their mural.
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Rhythm and Art: Elements of Art
Students discover the three elements of art. In this visual arts lesson, students examine line, shape, and color of works by Torres-Garcia and Picasso. Students then identify the elements of art in works by other artists.
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Elements of Art
Third graders discover elements in visual art. In this visual art lesson plan, 3rd graders explore the use of line, shape, and color in visual art. After reviewing works of art, students create unique art pieces. Technology resources...
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But, Why Sex?
Learners investigate the importance of sexual reproduction in evolution. In this sexual reproduction lesson plan, students simulate species with two traits: eye and skin color. They determine what characteristics are beneficial for the...
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Technoartist
Students explore the Microsoft paint program to examine artwork styles and recognize certain features. In this graphic art lesson, students incorporate computer technology with visual arts while acquiring basic computer knowledge....
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Why are Polar Bears White
Students explore camouflage as they study polar bears and their habitat. They study how color can help animals in the wild.
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Look Before You Think: How To Appreciate a Painting
Young scholars develop an elementary understanding of the history of art. They study the basic elements of a painting including perspective, composition, color, light and symbolism. They look at each selected painting and analyze it,...
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Spring Activities
In this Spring instructional activity, students read a poem about a furry caterpillar. Students color the picture and underline the rhyming words. Students also write the rhyming words and compose their own caterpillar poem.
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Beans and Birds: A Natural Selection Simulation
Students solve the following problem concerning the evolution of seed color in pinto bean plants: "How does natural selection change the frequency of genes or traits over many generations?" They use the constructivist approach to...