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Around Derby Museum and Art Gallery

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Derby Art Gallery worksheet, students complete 15 fill in the blank questions regarding the paintings and information at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Answers are provided.
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Around Derby Museum and Art Gallery 3

For Students 4th - 7th
For this Derby Art Gallery worksheet, students complete 15 fill in the blank questions regarding paintings and information that can be found in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Answers are provided.
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P & P "Portraits and Perspective" Digital Photography for Kids

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use digital photography as a lesson on portraits and perspective. For this photography lesson, students explore their school grounds and take pictures using their cameras. Learners' goal is to create architectural and...
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Exploring the Masters: Looking at Van Gogh

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the life and works of Vincent Van Gogh. For this master artists lesson, students discover details of Van Gogh's life, examine his painting Bedroom at Arles and then paint their own dream bedrooms.
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Barbie Holder

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a barbie holder. In this craft lesson, students put a toilet paper tube into a piece of cardboard and decorate it. They put Barbie's legs into the tube and let the skirt lie over the tube. 
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Bubble Art

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students add color to the bubbles. In this art lesson, students lightly blow the bubbles onto the paper and then the paper dries. Students enjoy making an easy art project.
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The Museum Idea

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students discover the nature and uses of museums by completing several creative projects. Students also analyze abstract art with teacher guidance.
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Photography

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore using photography as an editorial enhancement. In this photography lesson, students discuss the captions of samples of photos and crop their own photos to use with a writing piece.
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What Bees Eat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study plant and animal interdependence by studying bees and pollination. In this interdependence lesson, students discuss flower parts and dissect it to show its reproductive parts. Students then use tissue and pipe cleaners to...
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Mass and Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils view a variety of sculptures analyzing how space and mass interact, and how sculptors make choices about mass and space to express meaning in their art. They make small three-dimensional sketches experimenting with mass and space.
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Origami

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students, through active participation in Japanese origami, demonstrate their skills in this cultural art form and develop an appreciation for other cultures.
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Paper Batik Flowers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine and demonstrate the art concepts of drawing simple flowers, and overlapping. They create flower paintings utilizing the technique of Batik.
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Architecture is Elementary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn the four orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. They create their own 3d structure and work together in groups. They create basic geometric shapes. # Have fun learning about art history,...
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They Put On Masks

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine Native American art. In this mask making lesson, 8th graders compare mask making traditions among different cultures. Students watch a demonstration of mask making and construct a mask of their own.
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Ceramics: A Vessel into History

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students view ceramic vessels from different time periods and cultures, and discuss their meanings, functions, and original contexts.
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Thirty-Second Look

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students articulate why more than 30 seconds is required to examine a work of art, in order to gain an understanding of it. They give reasons why discussing a work of art increases their understanding of it.
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Paper Bag Zoo

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create animals that might be found in a zoo using paper bags, construction paper, and other materials. They present their animal to the class stating any facts that they may know about the animal and its habitat.
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One Of A Kind

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore current fashion trends. As a class, they discuss the statements that a dress makes, brand names, and cultural trends. Fashions from other cultures are observed and discussed by students. In pairs, students create...
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Torn Paper Collage Portrait

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers watch demonstrations on how to create a collage out of different materials. Using town paper, they create their self-portrait and view art by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. To end the instructional activity, they...
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Text as Texture Collage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of rhythm, movement, contrast and texture. They practice using new vocabulary and work on creating a college after designing the arrangement. They self-evaluate their collage and critique their classmates...
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Psychedelic 60's

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the Pop Art of the 1960s. Using the internet, they become experts on the subject through research. They compare and contrast the literary work to the art work during this same period and examine how the culture of the time...
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Architecture Is Elementary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars learn the four orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite and create their own 3D structures in this Art/Art History lesson for fourth through sixth grade. The lesson includes a book resource list for...
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Mud Puddles And Bubbles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create muddy foot prints, "paint" with their feet, and explore the uses of bubble mix in this three-part lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The three activities can be used separately, or adapted depending on the...
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Paper Batik Flowers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create original works of floral art in this three-day Art lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Included with the lesson is a picture example of the finished project and tips on how to create the art using black India ink...