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Granite School District

7th Grade CCSS Math Vocabulary Word List

For Teachers 7th
Address key vocabulary in the seventh grade Common Core Math Standards with this comprehensive list. A series of word cards is also provided that supports each term with images and examples, making this an excellent tool for teaching the...
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Texas Instruments

TI-Nspire™ CAS

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
When it comes to rating educational calculators, this calculator is always near the top of this list. Now it's available as an app. There is a lot of calculator power wrapped up in this app. Not only is this a fully functioning...
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Texas Instruments

TI-Nspire™

For Students 6th - Higher Ed Standards
We landed on the moon with less computing capabilities than you can find in this app! Here is a multiple function calculator that takes all the power you get from a handheld and adds the wonderful large screen that only a tablet can...
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Curated OER

Reading Stories in Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study how artists tell stories using visual images by identifying and comparing elements of narrative (setting, characters, and plot) in a painting and a Greek vase.
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Balance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish between symmetrical (formal) and asymmetrical (informal) balance. They create a black and white picture which displays both symmetrical balance and asymmetrical balance.
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Tessellations and T-Shirts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students combine the visual arts and technology with mathematics in the creation of these beautiful t-shirts. They view examples of the work of artist M.C. Escher.
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Research Project

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research a given topic and organize information in order to write a report or make an oral presentation. They design and create a visual aid (poster, model, PowerPoint, etc) to help clarify the concepts of their...
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Curated OER

Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars display the two still-life paintings that they created in previous lessons, along with their artist's statements. They write a review of a peer's work and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique.
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Who Am I? A Look at Portraits

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine a variety of portrait examples in order to visualize how information is portrayed in the pictures. They create a portrait.
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The Needs of Living Things

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils investigate the global food chain by creating a visual chart.  In this ecology lesson plan, students discover the elements needed for life to sustain itself, contrasting living things vs. non living things.  Pupils fill...
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Curated OER

Shades of Blue

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students sharpen their visual literacy and color vocabulary by making and sharing collages that explore the different shades of colors.
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Shades of Blue

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sharpen visual literacy and color vocabulary by making and sharing collages that explore the different shades of colors.
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Rpbert Henri: People, Places and Perceptions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use artworks to investigate the idea of cultural perspectives. They use the works of Robert Henri and the Ashcan School are used to initiate the discussion. Students e to view the examine and distingusih the formal qualities...
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Curated OER

Multimedia Stained Glass Window Design

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct and display a stained glass gothic window box made from cardboard boxes, color tissue or colored plastic sheets of mylar, and glue.
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Magnificent Monet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research the water lily paintings of Claude Monet and the impressionistic art period. They create their own impressionistic art works and display them in the classroom.
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Petite People

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students design a toothpick/clothespin doll by following given instructions. They use toothpicks and embroidery floss (or clothespins and yarn) to create a little people pins to be worn or displayed in student created dioramas.
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Studying African American Artists

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the internet to search for a teacher assigned African American artist. They create a PowerPoint slide displaying a sample of the artists work with brief bits of information about their artist. Students write a short...
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Jingle Bells

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify people of different ages, cultural backgrounds, traditions, and careers. They explain how they contribute to the community. Students sing a song to display the different Christmas traditions that are celebrated in...
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Development of Industrial New Hampshire

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work in groups to research and share information about several different topics that were part of the development of Industrial New Hampshire. Students complete five parts of the project which include researching, role playing...
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Aerial Cameras

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students will explore ways of documenting their landmarks by a creating visual display exhibition in this Youth Source activity. Each student will need a camera and film and reflecting worksheet. Students will then reflect on their ideas...
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Pictures and Slogans Persuade an Audience!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand that writers utilize various techniques to persuade an audience. They develop an awareness of how the media works to persuade them as the consumer. They create a visual representation of various feelings and emotions...
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Poetry - Landscape, Comparison, and Critical Response

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students compare and evaluate landscape poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read poetry by Owen Sheers that describes place/landscapes. They read and compare two similar poems before looking at visual images related to the poems....
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Evolution Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the pattern of natural variation in a society. They examine Darwin's theory of evolution and analyze data. They use computer programs to graphically display the variation in organisms.
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Favorite Days

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students collect and organize data about themselves. In this data analysis lesson, students discuss their favorite calendar dates and explore ways to display the data.