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Sand & Water: Shape Search
Students act as amateur archaeologists as they participate in their own "dig" to explore and record unusual shapes. In this shape exploration lesson, students use trowels and shovels to dig, and learn to sift the dirt with screens to...
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Dividing By 3 and 4
Third graders are introduced to how to divide by 3 and 4. They are told that are going to use the same procedures as they did on yesterday, except with new divisors. Students turn their attention to the Paddle Problem on page 206 of...
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Tempera Batik
Students utilize elements and principles of design and develop strong composition. They explore colors, contrast and simplification of forms. They sketch in pencil, then trace in chalk before applying their paint.
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Probability Fun
First graders use probability terminology to describe all possible outcomes of certain events. In this probability lesson, 1st graders use counters to create a pretend "purse" of objects. Students create their own probability...
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Egyptian Parody
Sixth graders investigate Egyptian art and draw themselves in an Egyptian pose.
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Mystery Masks
First graders listen to "Is Your Mama a Llama?" for descriptive words. They make a mask showing features of one animal. They draw a self-portrait and staple their masks onto the self-portrait. They write 3 complete sentences that...
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Fraction and Decimal Garden
Third graders write fractions and decimals using unifix cube models and grid paper. They draw a garden using grid paper and label each section with the correct fraction and decimal to the tenths. This is a clever way to use manipulatives...
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Showing Depth
Fourth graders examine and demonstrate how to create a middle ground, background, and foreground on a picture or work of art. They identify middle ground, background, and foreground on Michael Sowa's works of art, then create their own...
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Empowering "Crack Is Wack" Mural
Students create an anti drug mural inspired by the work of Keith Haring. In this mural lesson plan, students use line, color, and Haring people.
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Dr. Seuss Tints and Shades
Students identify Dr. Seuss as an author/illustrator. They explain what those jobs include. Students identify four art elements in illustrations and explore reasons why Dr. Seuss may have limited his color palette.
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Leaf Scribbles
Students use leaves to create a fall art project. In this leaves activity, students tape leaves down, place paper on top of them and color on top of the paper. The leaf image will appear through the paper.
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It's Raining Idioms!
Sixth graders analyze idioms and find examples from literature. They choose one idiom and finds pictures or draws pictures to show what it would mean if taken literally and what is it generally thought to mean.
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Turkey Feather Writing
Learners create a Thanksgiving writing piece. In this holiday lesson, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.
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Making a Globe
Students examine the mercator projection or nautical chart and observe how global maps do not have the same distance as flat maps. They design handmade globes using the meridians and equator as guides to draw in the land. They paint and...
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Superhumans and Bionics: Building Hi-Tech Exoskeletons
Students explore how the body works. Students experiment and participate in activities to compare speed to stride length. Using the data collected, students draw conclusions about the biology of dinosaurs, their speed and stride length.
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What's Special About Me?
Students identify personal strengths that can help them cope with events in life like 9/11. They address two factors that have been demonstrated by research studies to assist students in adapting to and coping with stress. Students are...
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Sixth Graders Express Themselves
Sixth graders create examples of expressionistic paintings using pastels, black paper, and chalk in this 6th grade Art lesson. Emphasis is on creating an emotion for the painting using simple lines and large shapes and cooperative...
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Genes
Fifth graders learn of how genes transfer information from one generation to the next. They flip a penny and circle traits to create an offspring. Next, they will draw a picture using the traits circled with colored pencils on the "Who...
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Value And Perspective
Young scholars investigate the values of light and darkness. They see how they can be mixed in ways to compliment one another. The use of this method is for giving a picture a perspective to be appreciated. They use computer software as...
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Earth Egg
Students discuss plate tectonics and the layers of the earth's interior. They use eggs as models of the earth and answer questions regarding which part of the egg would represent which part of the earth.
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Sound Walk: Discovering Data and Applying Range, Mode, and Mean
Elementary schoolers sharpen their listening skills as they use sound maps, tallies, and line plots to organize and interpret data. Everyone takes a "sound walk," and focuses on the sounds around them. They chart and tabulate the sounds...
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The Sweet Connection
Students use maps to find what crops are dominant in areas where honey bees are raised and discuss possible correlations. They mark the top ten honey- producing states on a US map.
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Celebration of Trees
Second graders listen to various, grade appropriate stories about trees. They create their own construction paper trees and discuss the importance of trees to the ecosystem and the importance of taking care of them. Finally, 2nd graders...
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I'm Convinced!
Middle schoolers examine persuasive techniques used to sell products, and create and write an advertisement for peanut butter.