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Manipulative Mania

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore tangram vocabulary and tangram designs, creating an art design that contains various geometric parts. They complete a checklist titled, Important Thing About a Quilt Design.
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Crayola® Model Magic® Colored Courtly Characters

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students create a "Noh"-style mask, based on Japanese Noh theatre masks. They experiment with different colors of modeling clay and explore ways to show facial character.
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Looking For Triangles

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems with triangles. In this geometry lesson plan, students analyze shapes to find different triangles. They name the shapes created by putting triangles together.
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Miniature Chinese Robe

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create a miniature Chinese robe made of paper.
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Planet/Constellation Mobile

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils, through small group discussion, identify and share a rationale for shapes and patterns in the construction of a mobile that represents the solar system that makes them think of the creation of our solar system.
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Joseph Holston Exhibition Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners, in groups, view original artworks by Joseph Holston in a gallery space. They create a genre work of art that emphasizes the use of the artistic elements line, color, and shape.
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Tigers and Twilight

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this tiger shaped word search worksheet, students find 12 words and mark them in the puzzle. All pertain to the book Tigers at Twilight.
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Spanish Numbers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Spanish language worksheet, students read the names for the numbers 1-20 in Spanish. Students find these words in a word search puzzle that is in the shape of numbers.
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Cute as a Button Quilts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create appliqued blocks for a quilting project. Students complete the process of tracing, cutting, fusing, and finishing an applique. They explore button embellishment on quilts.
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A Look At Spending

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use an outdated budget to examine what the county spends its money on for its citizens. Using county information, they describe how the Board of Supervisors make budget decisions and how it can shape public policy. They also...
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Planning a Healthy City

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a scaled model city. They create a blueprint that provides for the economic and cultural needs of a community. They identify where essential elements of the city should be located and explain the rationale for the...
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Exploring Centers of Triangles

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore properties of triangles using angle bisectors, incenters, circles, midpoints, and altitudes. They use Geometer's Sketchpad in order to create triangles and their properties.
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Rainforest Exploration

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn the simple concepts of the rainforest and its inhabitants. They create a 3-D rainforest using one of the animals learned about.
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Paper Making

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make handmade paper. They discuss the history of paper, examine the various methods of making paper, and create the handmade paper using different types of paper, a blender, and water.
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Heritage Deer

For Teachers K
Students trace body parts to create a deer in this excellent Kindergarten lesson that teaches basic Art skills and cultural awareness. The lesson includes a materials list, vocabulary used, a bibliography, and is best suited for use...
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Basic Design Elements Computer Art Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils use PhotoDraw software to create original drawings. Using the basic design elements, line, shape, form, texture, value, and color, students create original drawings on the computer based on drawings previously rendered by hand.
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Sailing Vessel Contour Creations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore different types of sailing vessels and the rigging, sails, masts. They discuss contour lines and how they can be used to create a portrait of a sailing vessel then they choose a sailing vessel image as a reference to...
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Oceanography Class Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create and observe a collage of oceanography topics that be placed on quilt tiles in a culmination art project to represent information learned.
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders inspect prime and composite numbers. Using graph paper, they draw as many different shaped rectangles as possible. They use the dimensions of the rectangles to discuss prime and composite numbers. Students create a chart...
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They create words using the cluster ump.
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What Do You Know About Saturn?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discuss what they know about Saturn. They create drawings to show what the planet looks like and identifies its characteristics. They write a paragraph about the planet as well.
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Precision Tools

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss the appropriateness of using a specific tool to measure and define an object. After measuring the area of their classroom and the objects in it with the appropriate tools, they create a floor plan that makes the most...
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How to Make a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern

For Students 3rd
In this Halloween worksheet, 3rd graders study the way to make a jack-o-lantern. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about the process involved and the chronological order of creating the perfect Halloween face.
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What's Your Expression

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore facial expressions in a mirror and create drawings of people with a facial expression of their choice. They graph the facial expressions drawn.