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Multisensory Sight-word Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson plan that uses sight word strategies in order to increase reading comprehension. The skills are applicable to rote skill, math facts, formulas, etc... The lesson plan includes sample exercises for the teacher...
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Mixed-Media Self-Portrait with Symbols

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch segments of a video to explore portraits. They create a self portrait using mixed-media.
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Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a class alphabet book or "ABCDarium," a book that uses images of animals or objects to illustrate each letter of the alphabet.
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The Cleaning Station

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study cleaning stations. In this science lesson, students make a painting of a fish known as cleaners which take dead skin off of other fish.
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Pumpkins

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a pumpkin lantern. They work in groups to illustrate the growth of a pumpkin seed. Students are asked what they think of when they see the color orange. They choice one person from the group to get a piece of...
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William Walton [1902-1983] LAM 102 Belshazzar's Feast (1931)

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the musical composition of William Walton. In this listening exercise lesson, students answer the questions that are based upon the influences of the composition of the piece of music, Belshazzar's Feast.
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Patterns in Nature Booklet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils examine patterns on objects in nature, then use rubbings of these patterns to create pattern booklets.
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Proper Perspective

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider what makes a famous painting realistic, then examine a theoretical debate about how Renaissance masters created their true-to-life images. They create their own realistic drawings.
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Outside - Inside Drawings

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use observational drawing to study the unfamiliar They use oil pastels to mix/blend colors. They be introduced to using drawing as a tool for documenting what we can learn from close observation.
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Color Schemes - Interior Design

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discover the effects of color.
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Rocky Observations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners examine two images of rocks, make their own observations of individual rocks through drawing, and explain how the same observation skills can be used in the study of geology.
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What's Your Expression

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore facial expressions in a mirror and create drawings of people with a facial expression of their choice. They graph the facial expressions drawn.
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Dirty Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how food, clothing and shelter come from soil after they examine soil from their own backyards. They map soils on the color wheel before making glue and soil pictures and tie-dying T-shirts in red soil.
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Recycled Tree

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine a sculpture by the artist Jin Soo Kim, and discuss the concept of recycling paper. They create a tree sculpture using recycled paper and reusable paper products.
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Mother Earth - Father Sky

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and write about Cyrus Dillan. They explain one of Dillan's sculptures. Students locate six constellations and two planets. They research and write about the daily life of the Pawnee.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars create a design for a school garden. In this garden design lesson, students analyze what plants grow best in their school's climate and work in teams to design a garden. Young scholars measure the existing space, determine...
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Let's Catch Some Dirt From the Air

For Teachers K
Students create "catchers" that collect dirt particles from the air. They observe the particulate matter that is collected from the air and discuss the effects and causes of air pollution.
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Berry Basket Painting

For Teachers All
Students use plastic berry baskets to make different print designs with paint.
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Honor Your Special Qualities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars view different sculptures from artist Ronald Baron. They discuss what the sculpture depicts. They are to create a thank you trophy for someone they know. They are to focus on that person's special qualities.
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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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Easy Bias-Covered Curves

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students watch a demonstration on how to make easy-bias covered curves. Using that information, they practice making their own with different types of materials. They share their creations with the class to end the lesson.
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Knowing the Essential Elements of a Habitat

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare their environment with that of Belize by researching via the internet on the sites provided. Students participate in various activities/centers utilizing the information they discovered.
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Essential Elements of Habitat

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare their local area with the Belize landscape. They construct maps of the school area, adding descriptive information. They write haiku poems about their favorite outside places.
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Crayola All About Adjectives and Alliteration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan (for learners age 4 and up) from the Crayola website, incorporates phonics, adjectives, and visual arts. Students make "Rubbings," with crayons while discovering adjectives that begin with the same letter. Provides...