In this ESL vocabulary instructional activity, students cross out the measurement words in the diagram by following the 10 directions. Students read the leftover words that creates a proverb.

Students brainstorm words about giving/kindness that begin with each letter of the alphabet. In this alphabet giving lesson, students bend into the shape of the letters and act out their giving words. Suggested words are included in the...

In this same, similar and different activity, students complete sentences about given shapes, comparing them using the above phrases. Students then complete sentences using either like or alike.

Students place emphasis on the use of figurative language when analyzing prose and poetry. In this figurative language instructional activity, students explore the tone of a story and its imagery. Students read and discuss how the author...

Students investigate image and pre-image. In this geometry lesson, students identify the reflection and rotation of different shape on a coordinate plane. They identify similarities and differences of image and pre-image of a reflection.

Pupils create a foil sculpture representative of a human figure and a landscape drawing as a backdrop for their figure.

Students use assorted drawing materials and sheets from a cow shaped pad to create a unique, bright, colorful cows.

Young scholars create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.

Learners use a brief history of the growth and decline of the anthracite region in the state to create a photograph and map "peak shaped" time line. They practice map and photo analysis strategies to "read" photographs and maps.

Learners design a pattern from a single shape and use overlapping to create color blends. They experiment with the effects of using a stencil.

Learners create a multi-media collage still life that reinforces basic skills taught in art class. They use watercolor, markers, gluing and cutting skills.

Students design and create pins advertising Youth Art Month and incorporating mini versions of famous prints.

Students learn the history behind hippos in Egyptian culture and create their own paper mache hippos.

Students explore realism through drawing techniques to create 3D drawing on a 2D surface. They review steps of drawing and vocabulary and develop eye hand coordination while creating their own sketch. Upon completion of sketch students...

Third graders view examples of previous miniature stain glass designs. After making their own frame out of craft sticks, they create their own design using colored paper. They outline each piece with a black marker and share them with...

Pupils study paintings by a Pennsylvania artist, Horace Pippin, to explore African-American contributions in World War I. They create presentations based on their impressions of the artwork.

Young scholars visit the Art Discovery museum for four consecutive weeks. Each session includes a tour of the galleries and a hands-on studio component. During the four sessions students work on both individual and collaborative...

Fifth graders design and create an African mask using black paper and oil pastels.

Fifth graders create a dollhouse-like drawing of a house, as it would look if the front walls were folded out.

Sixth graders explore three-dimensional objects. In groups, they create and decorate their own polyhedron design. After identifying the faces, vertices, and edges of the polyhedron, 6th graders determine a relationship between the...

Students examine images of sand art from different cultures. They create their own version of a sand art picture.

Students create an ink blot and examine it to find a shape that inspires a picture. They illustrate their picture with details and background design and color it in.

Third graders discuss how shapes look differently close up and far away. As a class, they examine how artists make three-dimensional space in a two-dimensional painting. They create their own three-dimensional drawing to end the lesson.

Tenth graders identify and interpret vocabulary terms as they relate to vectors. Students practice translations by creating several tessellations. Students determine the direction and distance using vectors. Students use grid paper to...