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A Fresh Twist on Fabric Folding

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice different ways to fold fabric. Using different types of fabrics, they create 3D fabric models to be used in quilts or clothing. They share their designs with the class and critique their classmates design.
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For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers play several activities that allow them to know the terminology used.  In this project management lesson students create a storyboard. 
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Satchmo's Blues

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students work cooperatively to create a jazz composition using the computer program GarageBand and incorporating the musical stylings of musician Louis Armstrong. Internet access is required for this lesson.
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See What I Hear

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine relationships between music and color, emotion and imagery, listen to different passages of music, and visually depict what they hear.
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Stress Factors and Careers

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore factors that cause stress. They identify stress factors and how to deal with them. They role-play differences in cultures and equity issues and how they are affected by them. They record stresses they have and rate...
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Probability and Sports

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the concept of probability in sports. In this probability in sports lesson, students research a sport that they enjoy. Students find probability information related to their sport. Students share their findings with the...
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Life Skills - Advertising Tricks - Learning About Food Advertisements

For Students 5th - 8th
In this advertising worksheet, students learn about food advertisements, including jingles, images, products, animation and more. They then complete the 3 activities in which they create their own product, spokes-character and jingle.
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Dragonwings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the literature study of Dragonwings. They write about the story from the perspective of a reader that is well informed towards the last chapters. Students also find target vocabulary and...
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Moving Lines

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students gain an introduction to gestural line drawing along with art history correlations. They are encouraged to focus on the energy, mass, and expression of the subject rather than on illustrated replication.
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Origami

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students, through active participation in Japanese origami, demonstrate their skills in this cultural art form and develop an appreciation for other cultures.
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Dream Bed

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners view and discuss two beds in the Getty collection and design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this imagery beds lesson plan students have to describe and compare/contrast works of art, orally and in writing. They...
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Dream Bed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this interior design instructional activity, students use various art materials such as paint, fabric, boxes, and string to create a model of a bed. Students use descriptive...
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Hooway for Wodney Wat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine speech difficulties by reading a children's book in class. In this children's literature instructional activity, students read the story Hooway for Wodney the Wat, and analyze the characters, story and the bullying that...
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Packaging

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this environmental awareness lesson, young scholars discuss packaging and the importance of using recycled materials in their packaging. Students bring in all sorts of items from home, and brainstorm ways that those items could have...
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Painting - Architecture Study

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study architectural elements, then develop a strong composition from an interior photographs. They explore color planning by developing a painting with a variety of values.
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Acting Out Conflict

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars practice solving given conflicts. They act out different scenerios and decide on the best one. They discuss questions to end the lesson.
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Create a Popstar

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students develop an awareness of one's media and consumer habits. They recognize advertising techniques, such as the use of celebrity spokespersons and music.
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3-in-1 Color Tool

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use a new tool to help them be more creative in designing their quilts. After watching a demonstration, they design their own color combinations and select the fabric for their quilt. They reiew the color wheel and warm and...
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Photography

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice the basic operation of a point and shoot camera while taking a variety of photographs. Included in this activity are various activities that aid the student in becoming familiar with camera terminology and usage....
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Adding "Homeside" to "Schoolside" Learning

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars participate in activities in order to improve their ability to work cooperatively in groups at school as well as with their family at home. They complete the activities at home with their family then discuss the results of...
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Recognizing Propaganda - Unreliable Testimony

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how product endorsements can be a form of propaganda. They analyze various shampoo ads, discuss celebrity endorsements and unreliable testimony, and create a written non-propaganda ad for or against a celebrity...
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Preparing & Delivering Oral Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the important characteristis of an effective oral presentation. Students participate in an activity to discover the essential elements of evaluation an audience, timeliness of the topic, and delivery of the speech. ...
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The Road to Careers (Part 1)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore career options and potential jobs. In this career lesson, 5th graders study various careers and the training or education needed for those careers. Students study posters and name career paths as well as occupations...
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Area Of Sectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student find the area of a sector of a circle. In this geometry lesson plan, young scholars  define the sector of a circle using a sketch. They find and identify examples of sector in the real world.