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Let's Make Play Dough
Students create their own play dough to use for art projects. In this art lesson plan, students measure, pour and mix the ingredients to make their own play dough. Then, students use the clay to create their own sculptures.
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Particle Collection
Students research various substances to test their ability to collect particles from a comets tail. In this inquiry based space science lesson plan, students drop a clay ball into a substance to test if the ball has been changed in...
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Toad Adobe
Students explore the importance of toads and the need for toad habitats in the environment. In this animal habitats lesson, students create an adobe habitat for toads by using a clay pot. Students paint their pots and place them in their...
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Expressive Papier-Mache Masks
Young scholars create papier-mache masks showing different human emotions. In this mask lesson, students choose what facial expression they want and sketch out their mask and background. They form the "face" in clay and then papier-mache...
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Keepsake Handprints
Students spread out model magic on a plate. In this art lesson, students press their hand into the model magic to make an impression in the clay. Students let it dry for at least 24 hours and then paint the handprint. Students enjoy...
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Egyptian Symbols: What story do they tell?
Students create a stele to represent what symbols are the most important to them. In this symbols lesson plan, students learn about Egyptian symbols, and then put their own important symbols into model magic clay according to their size...
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Volume of Rectangular Prisms: Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2009
Young scholars find the volume of rectangular prisms. In this volume activity, students use a formula to find the volume of rectangular prisms. They discuss the definition of volume and draw rectangular prisms. Young...
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Project Ahupua`a: Map Construction
Fourth graders construct a relief map of the Big Island of Hawaii. They work in groups to conduct research, design and construct the map. Students use clay, gessoed boards and reference maps in their projects.
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Rock Your World
Students define soil, dirt, clay, silt, and sand. They conduct an online scavenger hunt, answer pre-written online questions on a piece of paper, and play the Earth Materials Game after completing the scavenger hunt.
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Inside a Geode
Students examine a variety of geodes and discuss how they are formed. Individually, they make their own geode creation out of markers and clay. To end the lesson plan, they use watercolors to paint them to their desired color and glitter...
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Leafy Gold Jewelry
Students work together to collect a variety of leaves from their school grounds. Using clay, they shape it to form a mold of the leaf and paint it a gold color after it has dried. To end the lesson, they attach a string to make a necklace.
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Tadpole to Frog
Students explore the transformation of a frog from tadpole to adult frog. After reviewing the steps in frog maturation, they use modeling clay to create a frog in each stage of development and maturation.
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Your Environment, Your Health: Runoff, Impervious Surfaces, and Smart Development
Can a sidewalk increase the amount of pollution in local streams? Scholars learn the answer to this question though research and experimentation in the fifth unit in the six-part series. Pupils study runoff, impervious surfaces, and the...
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Crayola Model Magic Fantastic Fantasy Creatures
Students discuss and describe fantasy creatures such as the centaur, mermaid, dragon, Pegasus, griffin, etc. They create a sculpture of a fantasy creature using clothes hangers, newspaper, and Crayola?? Model Magic™.
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Manage Soil
Students identify and classify soil ypes according to data on the soil triangle. Given examples, students identify soil conservation practices, using criterion assessment instrument. When giving a case situation involving soil...
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Creating a Japanese Garden Lantern in Crea-Stone
Students create a Japanese Garden Lantern. In this step-by-step ceramics lesson, students follow simple how-to directions to mold and create a Japanese Garden Lantern out of Crea-Stone.
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Hands-On! The Invention of Writing
Students are introduced to the way writing was invented in Mesopotamia. In groups, they participate in re-creations of events that occured in a traditional Mesopotamian school. They practice writing in cuneiform script on clay using...
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Nature Abstractions - Georgia O'Keeffe
Students examine the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and forms of nature. Sketches are made of natural objects and then abstracted. Clay forms are then made using draped slab method and hand building techniques.
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Mi Casa es Tu Casa
Students make animated houses using slab-built clay ceramic techniques. They treat the surface of the house with a technique known as majolica.
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Processes of the Rock Cycle
Students explore, predict, and create each major rock form (sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous) with colored modeling clay, discover cycle of rock formation, and examine important relationships of heat and pressure in rock development.
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Construction Workers
In this visual thinking instructional activity, students analyze a picture of a straw and clay ball figure. Students write how many of each will be needed to construct the figure. There are 4 questions on the page.
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Personification Stories
Students create a clay object in which they are to personify. They use their own personal experiences to help the viewer imagine what it would be like to be that particular object. They also watch videos of fables to help them with...
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Starfish Project
Young scholars discuss ocean waters, tides, tide pools and the animals which live in the tide pools. They practice the push and pull method with a chink of clay to create a starfish from clay. They apply texture and decorate the...
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Porosity and Permeability
Students examine the concepts of porosity and permeability. They conduct experiments to determine the porosity and permeability of gravel, sand, and clay. After performing the experiments they collect and graph data, comparing the...
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