Curated OER
Lithography Techniques/Making a Printed Circuit Board
Students create an electronic schematic on their PCB. In this physics lesson, students solder and assemble electronic components. They research the function of these components and share their findings in a group.
Curated OER
Popular Culture
Students analyze the period of Belle Epoque and the methods of art that signified popular culture. In this art analysis lesson, students consider the ways popular culture influenced art by analyzing the images and completing image based...
Curated OER
Ideal Living
Students examine two artists Vasily Kandinsky and Marcel Breuer. In this artist analysis lesson plan, students explore the principles of Bauhaus and consider the elements of chair design. Students identify the technique of lithography...
Lawrence Hall of Science
Photolithography
Examine the use of photolithography in the fabrication of circuit boards and other components. An advanced activity teaches pupils a process for transferring a pattern onto a surface. Using UV light and a light reactive substance,...
Curated OER
Papier Colle Printmaking
Papier Colle is a printmaking technique used by many famous artists, including Georges Braque and Henri Matisse. Have your class master this art using this fantastic resource. What a fun, new art technique to learn!
Teach Engineering
Making Model Microfluidic Devices Using JELL-O
Nothing flows like J-E-L-L-O! In the final portion of a four-part series, pupils create scale models of microfluidic devices out of gelatin and bendable straws. They use their devices to test various flow rates in the delivery of...
Curated OER
Ceramic Tile Wall Murals
Students create multi-color lithographic posters, reinterpreting the technique of a famous artist or artistic style. They discuss art history, aesthetics, criticism, and personal expression. Students focus on the elements of design and...
Curated OER
Intermediate Critical Reading - Photography
Inform your class about the origins of photography with this short passage and accompanying questions. After reading a short informational text, leaners answer 3 questions about the content of the text. This resource could be used in a...
Curated OER
Printmaking for Grades 6-8
Students create a relief print. The chosen image for this print be a setting from a novel that played an important role in the plot of the story. They conclude this lesson by writing a literature response about their setting.
Curated OER
Mythopoly: Where in the World Is Odysseus?
Students study Greek mythology. Among other activities, they evaluate a work of art and discuss the influence, significance, and history as it pertains to mythology. As a culminating activity they create a board game that shows their...
Curated OER
Art for Protest or Persuasion
Students examine Chicana/o and earlier prints made for protest and persuasion. They compare characteristics of different processes and distinguish multiple original prints from mass-produced reproductions of artworks.
Other
University of Delaware Physics Department: Lithography
University of Delaware Physics Department provides this indexing page for a slide show presentation.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? How to Carve With Light?
Students explore nanotechnology. The article discusses deep-etch lithography and three-dimensional micromachines. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
Other
Linda Hall Library of Science: Women's Work: Scientific Illustrators: Printing
Historical overview of two early forms of printmaking: intaglio and lithography.
Other
Warnock Fine Arts: Printmaking
Article that explains and gives examples of many printmaking processes. Includes details about relief printing, lithography, serigraphy, intaglio and more. Links to books and artist's examples.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Lillian Russell
This poster of Lillian Russell, star of light opera, was produced by the Strobridge Lithography Company. Find out how it was produced and why the artistic choices were made in designing it.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Vlsi Design
A collection of video lectures from a VLSI design course taught at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. The course focuses on design, verification, and test with forty lectures. Topics covered include bipolar junction...
Arizona State University
Asu: Lesson Two: Art for Protest or Persuasion (Printmaking Option)
Site for teachers who are seeking to integrate art and printmaking with language, communication and social studies. It is based on Chicano and Mexican use of the print to make social statements.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Alphabetical Listing of Printmakers
ArtCyclopedia offers a clickable list of printmakers from the formation of the media to the present--includes links to biographies and works.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Henri De Toulouse Lautrec
This website from discoverfrance.net features Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the famous postimpressionist painter.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 4: 2 D Art
This fourth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of two-dimensional art. Students learn about the invention of paper, early perceptions of drawing, how hatching and cross-hatching were used by Michelangelo,...
Other
Original Antique Prints and Print Processes
Reference and glossary for printmaking with a gallery of print examples connected to the sites home page.
Other
St. Louis Art Museum: What Is Printmaking? See for Yourself
See a gallery of different types of prints and watch simple animations that illustrate four printmaking methods: etching, lithography, block printing, and screen printing. Includes an exercise that challenges visitors to compare and...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: M. C. Escher
This resource provides a very informative biography as well as a gallery with 15 pictures of great Escher art.