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Texture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how texture affects fashion as an element of design. They define texture, and find examples from magazines. They also complete a handout that serves as a note taking guide.
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4-H Line & Design Activity Page

For Students 2nd - 7th
In this 4-H activity worksheet, students will select their favorite activities and projects from a menu of choices. Then they will work with their 4-H leaders and parents to create a project plan for the year. The activities include...
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Sequencing The Three Billy Goats Gruff

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in sequencing activities. In this sequencing activity, 1st graders read the book the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Students retell the story and act out the scenes in groups. Students create a mural of the story...
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Technology: Recipes Around the World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research international cuisine and create Web pages based on them. Once they have organized their findings, they demonstrate their research with a multimedia presentation. The project concludes with a party using food ...
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Ellis Wilson: A High School Art Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the principles of design and element of the art of Ellis Wilson. They examine how art can create social commentary.
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Woodwind Instruments and Pitch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore musical pitch. In this cross curriculum musical instruments and "sound" physics lesson, students identify and describe common traits of woodwind instruments. Students research "pitch" and what causes pitch fluctuation by...
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Linear Sculpture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss how artists communicate visually in their work using the elements of design. The elements of design should be used as the building blocks of the structure you are trying to create. The elements of design are form, space,...
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Visual Literacy

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students focus on visual literacy in this lesson which can be incorporated to any previous lesson. Using images, they identify the visual elements and design in them and examining the various patterns present. In groups, they discover...
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MEDIA COLLAGE

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use old magazines to create a collage. They may focus on elements of design. They discuss their collage or they may write a brief essay.
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Digital Self Portraits

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars use digital cameras and computers to create their own self-portrait. After taking their picture, they download the image and use brush and shape tools, colors and the elements of design to create a distorted portrait of...
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Fahrenheit 451 Symbol & Test Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the second page of this two-page sheet probably won't benefit you much (considering you won't have the materials referenced), you could still use the first page to assess your class's understanding of the symbols used in...
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Mapping the Mediasphere

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare/contrast the media messages they see in two different communities in their city. They list the elements of art and the principles of design in the photographs they have taken in those two different communities. They...
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Transportation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Here's an interesting lesson plan that combines elements of language arts, sociology, and a study of the many ways that people use transportation to get from one place to another. The eight-page plan includes worksheets and a word search...
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Education World

End-of-Year Student Survey

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Take the time at the end of the school year to learn from your youngsters about their experience in your class. Designed for elementary pupils, this survey asks students to comment on such elements as activities/lessons they did and...
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T-shirts for Change

For Teachers 5th
Can school children change the world? With a social or environmental issue in mind, 5th graders use what they know about advertising media to make t-shirts that have something to say. They research the issue they'd like to focus on,...
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Trinity University

Julius Caesar: The Power of Persuasion

For Teachers 10th Standards
"Friend, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..." Those words begin one of the most persuasive speeches in literature. Explore the elements of persuasion in a series of lessons related to William Shakespeare's Julius...
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Thinking Spelling

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.
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Faux Cloisonne Enameling

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Middle and high school students engage in enameling and apply design elements. They study the history and tradition of Cloisonne. The history of traditional Chinese Cloisonne dates back over 700 years, with the most beautiful, artistic...
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Symbols and Trading Cards

For Teachers K - 5th
A silk rank badge was a symbolic emblem worn by high officials during the Qing Dynasty. Your class will get a chance to examine the details, symbolism, color, and design of such a badge as they make their own symbolic trading cards....
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Shaping the View: Composition Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the elements of composition in various artworks. They analyze and discuss paintings, explore "The National Gallery of Art" website, identify the shape of compositions in paintings, and draw a diagram.
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Multi-screen Apps

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Scholars continue their study of event-driven programming by creating a multi-screen app in the fifth lesson of the series. They incorporate previously learned elements and events in the mini-project.
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Understanding the Research Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second lesson in a unit on set design focuses on the importance of historical and stylistic research. Working in teams created in the previous session, groups consider what resources they will use as they consider design concepts for...
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Mission to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider the affects of space travel on the human body. In this human physiology instructional activity, students compare how the 5 different body systems work on Earth and in Space. Students then design a product that an...
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All About Linear Programming

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Class members connect engineering with an understanding of linear programming using a technical resource. Scholars learn about linear programming (linear optimization) and how it applies to engineering design in the first of two modules....

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