Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of scale drawings and models. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...

In this instructional activity, students will watch artist Christopher Hart draw a cartoon dog, then draw one themselves. The teacher will convert the drawing into digital format for students to edit. Additional lessons on editing,...

The official website of SmartDraw offers comprehensive information about this drawing software, as well as a free-trial download. Additional content includes tutorials, examples, and scenarios. This software is often used in...

Ideas taken from the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" are outlined here. This article discusses seven concepts that students need to be able to do to master the art of drawing.

Ideas taken from the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" are outlined here. This article discusses seven concepts that students need to be able to do to master the art of drawing.

This article explores the shape, symmetry and surface structure of a football (or soccer ball, depending on your nationality) to see how this understanding can help one draw these sorts of complex shapes.

This site offers tremendous drawings by Vincent van Gogh that are listed in alphabetical order. Peruse through the listings and gaze upon some of the most creative works of art in history.

Do ants sometimes ruin your picnic? There are some chemical ant repellents you can spray to keep them away, but who wants to spray poison all over their food? In this experiment you can investigate some less toxic solutions that may be...

Twenty-seven techniques, from basic to fairly complex, are described to help artists better use pencils as an artistic medium.

In this activity, students will create a pendulum that creates beautiful designs with its repetitive patterns. Study the movement of pendulums with these designs.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use their imagination to complete the story. How will it begin? How will it end? Great lesson for practicing sequencing.

Create an acute, right, or obtuse angle using a given vertex.

During this lesson plan students practice measuring and converting to scaled measurements. Students measure various places on campus, such as a classroom or the gym. They place their findings on a spreadsheet. After converting these...

A lesson plan about Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone and Thomas Edison's patent for the electric lamp. Contains good background information and historically pertinent documents. It also discusses the role corporations...

Brief rules for writing Lewis structures for simple compounds. Some examples are included.

A collection of highly engaging learning modules on various topics within mapping skills. Covers map symbols, how to use four- and six-figure grid references, cardinal directions, distance, contour mapping, and drawing cross-sections....

Through this lesson, young scholars will learn how to use ratios to create a scale drawing of their classroom's floor plan. It provides adaptations, discussion questions, assessment rubric, and suggested readings to help develop...

In this resource, learners will practice identifying and describing the actions of a character. Teachers will model these skills through the use of text and pictures from the story No, David! by David Shannon. Students will then draw a...

Links to 36 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to...

Everything you ever wanted to know about ethers! Includes an organized chart showing the compound name, line drawing, and a 3D model. Cyclic ethers, crown ethers, epoxides, and sulfides are also defined along with an organized chart. Try...

After reading the picture book When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden, students will research an artist with a unique style. Students will partner with another student who's artist has a different style. Students will pretend their two...

An award winning site containing fantastic information on Leonardo as a man, an artist, and an inventor. You will find detailed analysis of his paintings, a section containing his drawings, articles on his life, designs for many machines...

This site lists easy-to-follow steps for drawing Lewis Structures. Examples are given.

This lesson plan has students solve problems using scale drawings on a map.