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Totally Awesome Answers to Wacky Wonders
Middle schoolers work with a partner to gather information on a question from two sources using a computer program and the Internet. They also write a report with visuals to air on closed-circuit TV for the school. Use this lesson to...
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Alien Beauty
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," is a popular phrase in our society. The lesson here puts the phrase to the test as pupils explore what truly is beautiful through a study of some Japanese folk art. A careful examination of the...
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Recycled Book Boxes
Your class can create colorful book boxes with recycled boxes. Versatile and fun, this project can be adapted to various lessons: book reports, history projecs, science collections, and more!
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Reverse Pastel Paintings
Create a unique spin on reverse painting with oil pastels and acetate. The combination results in a beautiful and vibrant art piece. This is a great project to introduce your class to oil pastels.
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Metal Foil Drawings
Have fun with foil. This art lesson involves mediums that can easily be found in your home, classroom, or local store. Your young artists will create a design on foil that will result in a beautiful, shiny picture. Tip: Have everyone...
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Cast Handmade Paper
Upper graders make cast handmade paper. This is another beautifully-designed art lesson from this source which will produce fabulous results. The process behind the paper making is relatively simple. The challenge is securing all of the...
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The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday
Turn your classroom into a pig sty with a instructional activity based on the Appalachian folktale The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday. Similar to the story of The Three Little Pigs, the folktale tells a story of four pigs who leave...
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End of the Year Photo Writing Project
Close out the school year with a look back at a specific event. You provide individuals with photos of themselves, and each pupil fills out the graphic organizer here to prepare for writing a paragraph about the memory depicted in the...
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Fish Banners
An art lesson involving fish can accent a wide variety of subjects. Here are the steps needed to create a fish banner with paint, shapes, cardboard, and paper. This would be a nice way to start or finish a unit on fish or underwater...
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Life size figures - Moveable Murals
Learners create life-size human figures and decorate them in a collage style with torn colored pieces of pictures from magazines. They display them around the school, creating life-size murals.
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Graffiti Project
Students inspect performing arts by participating in a class presentation. In this art collage lesson, students examine the graffiti art created on New York subways and discuss the life of Keith Haring. Students create their own images...
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Mother Goose Caboose
In this Mother Goose worksheet, students color the nine different shapes one color, cut each piece out and glue them together on a separate sheet of paper. Students follow each direction as they piece together their trains.
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Expressing Emotions Through Art Lesson 3: Everybody Works Together
Students examine works of art that convey the idea of working together and analyze how artists use foreground, middle ground, and background. They use two-and three-dimensional materials to create a work of art.
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Living on the Edge - "Illegal Art"
Young scholars explore how copyright and trademark laws impact art. After researching cases on the topic, students use and existing postcard as the basis for a new piece of art.
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Western Sunsets
Young scholars observe and paint sunsets. In this sunsets lesson plan, students look outside and at pictures of sunsets, paint sunsets using water color or tempura paint, and cut out silhouettes from black paper and insert them into the...
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Picture of Family at the Park
In this family learning exercise, students color a learning exercise, showing a family with 2 children and one in a stroller. Students use 2 pages to color the picture.
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Chinese Art: Botanical Motifs
Students are introduced to Chinese Art and how artists used botanical motifs. They look at slides of motifs and then create a watercolor themselves. A functional motif will be created by them and they have to provide its meanings to...
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Rainy Weather
In this rainy day coloring worksheet, students color the rainy day scene and then they use fine motor skills to trace the dotted lines to make more rain.
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My Snowman Has...
In this winter-themed coloring worksheet, students use crayons and markers to color and decorate the picture of a snowman with no features.
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Mixing Primary and Secondary Colors
Students create their own color wheel by mixing colors of Playdoh. Each child names the primary and secondary colors.
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Drawing of a Hippopotamus
In this coloring worksheet, students observe a cartoon-style black line drawing of a hippopotamus. Students color the picture.
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Piglet Drawing
In this coloring worksheet, students observe a black line drawing of a cartoon-style piglet. Students color the picture which has no title.
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Angry Bull Drawing
For this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a cartoon-style angry bull. Students color the picture which has no title.
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Jaguar Drawing
In this artistic drawing learning exercise, students view, discuss and analyze a drawing of a jaguar and then color the picture with appropriate colors.