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Heartfelt/Handmade Activity: Hand-Molded Pottery

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners view and discuss examples of pottery. They discuss how pottery has always been made by hand and use a ball of clay to roll and shape into a form of their choice.
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Harold and the Purple Crayon

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils use their imaginations to create a unique image. They glue paper to construction paper to create images. They also use crayons to finish their art.
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Playing With the Grid

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Learners examine works of grid art by the painter Chuck Close. They discuss the process of creating a drawing using a grid, view images of grid art, and create a grid drawing.
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Fossil Fantastic

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils collect found objects, including leaves, twigs, and buttons, and create hand-made "fossils" in this 2-day lesson for the 7th and 8th grade Science or Art classroom. This is a great cross-curricular exploration of fossils and how...
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Rain Forest Stencils

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore animals of the rain forest. They create a drawing of an animal in the rain forest. Students research the animal and write a paragraph about the animal. They use a stencil to create a picture of a rain forest animal.
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Water Color Resistance Drawing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create various color combinations using water color and crayons in this Art instructional activity that teaches the technique of resistance drawing. The instructional activity is intended for 1st and/or 2nd grade and includes a...
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Making Christmas Ornaments

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this craft learning exercise, learners follow the directions provided to learn how to make a dough ornament. Students answer 11 questions about the story.
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Punctuation

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar learning exercise, students punctuate ten sentences with either commas or semicolons. Students check their answers when finished.
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"Umbrellas"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about the origin of the umbrella. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Stewardship Activities

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ocean pollution worksheet, learners read the stewardship activities for ocean pollution. Students list 3 ways to help reduce pollution. Learners then draw or write the items in the correct order of decomposition along the timeline.
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Playing With Polymers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the world of polymers. For this chemistry lesson, students make polymers and observe their properties. Follow-up questions and extension activities are included.
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Safe Subs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate ways to reduce use of hazardous materials. In this safe substitutes activity, students review hazardous wastes used in many homes and possible safe substitutes for these harmful chemicals. Students write and...
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Defining Agriculture and Natural Resources

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students define agricultural using concept maps. In this agriculture lesson, students use concept maps to determine the ideas that are related to agriculture such as farming, food, flowers, and forestry before defining the word...
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Self Portraits Part 2

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the concept of Cubist art. In this visual arts activity, 6th graders examine examples of Pablo Picasso's work and they create self portraits in Cubist style.
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Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the basis of Iago's persuasive power by analyzing Shakespeare's use of rhetoric and figurative language. In this Othello lesson, students analyze Iago's rhetoric in monologues and dialogues with other characters....
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Life is Weird

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe features of cold seep communities and list organisms that can be found in these communities.  In this exploratory lesson students complete an activity and describe the process of chemosynthesis. 
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Life as a Lighthouse Keeper

For Students 4th - 6th
In this lighthouse worksheet, learners read a one page passage titled Life As A Lighthouse Keeper and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 short answer questions.
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Kids Quilt Together

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students practice stenciling designs onto fabric in hoops. After the quilting is complete, they stitch lace around the hoop to make it more decrative. They share their quilt with the class and the class comments on the design.
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Cloze Passage: Colours

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze worksheet, learners read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is about colours.
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Fall Reflections

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a multi-media landscape of a tree in fall color. They use the Y-method of drawing a tree.
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Mixed Media Weaving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will demonstrate the ability to create the illusion of space by overlapping shapes.They will recognize the differences between art materials, techniques, and processes. Students will demonstrate the influence of personal...
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People, Props, and Places - Who Do you Want to Be?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a digital self-portrait using the current technology in the schools. They discuss how the portrait is rendered, how the portrait allows us to see into a time period that we are not a part of, and how what she is wearing...
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Pigment Plucking

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine pigments found in different fruits and vegetables and practice the processes for extracting the pigments. Pigments are used to create artwork and a class PowerPoint presentation is made on the different types of plant...
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Exhibition: Nathan Oliveira

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the life and works of Nathan Oliveira. In groups, they discuss his influences on the type of art he made and how his emotions are reflected in his artwork. They also note the characteristics of each section of the...

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