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ArtLex

Art Lex: Graphic Design Course

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex is a lesson plan for a secondary level graphic design class designed by Michael Delahunt. There are many projects including: Designing a poster; Altering a photo; Photoshop Tricks; studying Logos; Designing logos;...
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Career Foundry: The Key Principles and Steps of the Design Thinking Process

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide explains the Design Thinking process - including where it comes from, why it's so valuable, what it's used for, the five stages of the Design Thinking process, and how to learn more about it.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Skyscrapers: Engineering Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Skyscrapers are one of the most glorified products of Civil Engineering and contain an interesting history of progress and development. In this lesson, the students will learn about the history of the world's tallest free standing...
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The Second Principle: Brain Based Education: An Overview

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides historical information, core principles, implications and suggestions, 12 design principles, and suggestions to utilize both music and art.
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New Entrepreneur: 6 Questions to Ask Before You Design Print Publications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article on the questions that need answering for successful designed print publications. Includes purpose, image, type and graphics mix, and information hierarchy. W.11-12.6 Technology
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University of Cambridge: Inclusive Design Toolkit

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides tons of information about inclusive design. It has an Exclusion Calculator that can be used to assess a product once you understand the principles of inclusive design, as well as the Sight Exclusion Estimator -...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Web Design: Module 3: Copyright Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 3 of this course on web design, students learn about copyright law and the Fair Use Act and how these apply to web design. They learn how to find free images online and save them to a computer, how to cite sources, and how to...
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Interaction Design Foundation: The Seven Principles of Universal Design

For Students 9th - 10th
It can be easy to forget that users don't come in a standard format when designing products. We're getting better at catering for different personas or demographics but industry still lags a long way behind design that is accessible to...
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Other

Joining Dots: Why Design Means Compromise

For Students 9th - 10th
In this blog article, the author talks about some of the trade-offs that must occur during the software design process with reference to an interview with Bill Buxton who was Principle Researcher at Microsoft Research at the time....
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University of Maryland

Um: A Survey of Major Software Design Methodologies

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives an overview of software design methodology and differentiates between formal and systemic design. Then it discusses specific principles of design methodology.
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Dvd Hardware and Software Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter from the book "Robin Williams DVD Design Workshop" provides excellent guidance through the maze of tools available for authoring your own DVDs. Discusses hardware as well as software options and requirements.
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Gestalt Principles of Perception 2: Similarity

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the principle of similarity as it relates to web page design. Discover ways in which to create and design a web page that is both aesthetically pleasing and well organized.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtLex provides a complete description of the term, "balance," with various links to show how balance relates to art. A work by Vermeer is provided as an example.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Tunnel Through!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply their knowledge about mountains and rocks to transportation engineering, with the task of developing a model mountain tunnel that simulates the principles behind real-life engineering design. Student teams design and...
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Water Rocket Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The main focus of this lesson is learning about aerospace engineering and the principles of rocketry. To accomplish this, students will work in teams to design, build, and launch a rocket made out of a soda bottle, then present their...
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Appreciate a Painting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Unity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex provides a brief but effective definition of the Principle of Design known as Unity. There are links to other terms within the definition.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Harmony

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex provides a brief but effective definition of the Principle of Design known as Harmony. There are links to other terms within the definition as well as quotations by Cezanne, Seurat and Ingres.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: V Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief but effective definition of the Principle of Design known as Variety. There are links to other terms within the definition as well as quotations useful to the topic.
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Business Insider: How a Top Houseware Brand Reinvents Kitchen Gadgets

For Students 2nd - 8th
Founded in 1990, Oxo is beloved by design nerds for the way that the company takes everyday objects (like the salad spinner) and finds sometimes subtle, but always clever, ways to reinvent them. The designs are based on the principle of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Clay Boats

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Each student uses a small quantity of modeling clay to make a boat that will float in a tub of water. The object is to build a boat that will hold as much weight as possible without sinking. In the process of designing and testing their...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Marshmallow Puff Tube

For Students 9th - 10th
An engineering design process project where you will try different lengths of cardboard tubes to see how far you can blow a marshmallow. Project uses Newton's principles of unbalanced force to shoot the marshmallow far.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heredity Mix 'N Match

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site includes a lesson plan designed to teach students how genetic traits are passed down from parents to offspring. Students will explore such concepts as random selection, chrosomes, genotypes and phenotypes using jelly beans and...
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Poway Unified School District: How to Analyze Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial will lead you through the steps on how to view and understand art. Great for all ages.

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