National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: m.c.escher: Mathematics and Visual Arts
This cross-curricular middle school unit integrates mathematics and visual art. Through the study of the M.C. Escher?s work, learners explore tiling from both a mathematical and artistic point of view. Points for discussion and...
Other
Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary!
The It's Elementary! curriculum guide is home to numerous lesson plans and activities designed for teaching architecture to students in grades K-5. You'll find activities involving math, science, visual art, and social studies. Includes...
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Can It?
Pop artists used consumer products, advertising, and popular culture icons as the major source for subject matter in their art. Between 1962 and 1967, Andy Warhol painted soup cans, both individually and in groups. 100 Cans is one of the...
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Realizing the Power of Your Own Creativity [Pdf]
In this lesson, students interpret a poem called 'The Little Blue Engine' by adding music, movement, visual art, and drama. After performing their creation, they will discuss any mathematical and/or scientific connections that have a...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Art of Anatomy [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about value and draw a 7-tone value scale. They then observe and draw an area of a skeleton model on a 6x6-inch square, incorporating line, shape, and value. They color the negative space and add collage...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bridging Literature and Mathematics
Contains plans for five 50-minute interdisciplinary lessons that ask learners to write about math-related, informational books such as "Actual Size" (Jenkins, 2004) and "If You Hopped Like a Frog" (Schwartz, 1999). Students use books...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Self Portraiture 101 [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Drawing [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Art: Graph a Dance
In this lesson plan, students will choreograph a figure for a square dance, graph it, and perform it. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Visualizing Integers in Our World
Making connections between art, math, and the real world helps students understand integers in our daily lives.
Crayola
Crayola: Insect Addition Game
Learning how to add two or more numbers? This appealing, child-made board game integrates, math, science, and the visual arts using an Earth-friendly recycled box.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Those Cells Look Good Enough to Eat.
This is a student led activity utilizing visualization and association to memorize the parts of animal and plant cells. Students will work cooperatively to develop drawings to connect the parts of cells to one of their favorite things:...
PBS
Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is an Inch?
This activity gives the students the opportunity to see what an inch really looks like. It also provides them with a chance to be creative using various inch materials and to create a visual for what an inch is. It is a great...