Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students participate in a science experiment to show them the power that water erosion has to sculpt stone. They explore how running water moves earth and creates new landforms. Full Review »

Grade Range
11th - 12th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students identify and critique the work of Barbara Hepworth and Constantin Brancusi by their works as motivation for creation of a plaster sculpture. They implement the subtractive sculpting method to concentrate on form and movement. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students create 8 inch, or bigger, clay sculptures of the human form in this Art lesson introducing clay sculpting techniques. The works of artists studied in preparation include Henry Moore, Michelangelo, Degas, Rodin and John Quincy Adams Ward. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 3rd
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students are introduced to a variety of sculpting techniques: rolling, pinching and scoring. They practice utilizing additive and subtractive processes in making simple sculptural forms to depict bugs. Each student also interprets proportions to depict a bug. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 5th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students work in small groups to create clay sculptures that represent familiar book titles. After choosing a paper slip with the name of a book, they sculpt something that represents the book titles while the others in the small group guess the title. Next, they exchange roles until each student has a chance to be the sculptor. Full Review »

Grade Range
7th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students are introduced to myths form many cultures as a unique genre of literature. They use crtitical thinking skills to compare and contrast mythic tales, compare versions of the same story, and to respond to literature in several forms. Students collaboratively create scripts based on stories they have researched using mulitiple resources. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 8th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students participate in a charades-like game in which they sculpt clay to try and have their team guess a familiar book title. They create a list of familiar books, and in small groups take turns with the sculptor picking a slip of paper with a title on it and creating a sculpture for their team members to guess. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 6th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students research details about the brains of three different vertebrates. They compare and contrast brain sizes of different vertebrates and discuss the link between brain size, intelligence, and animal size. In addition, they sculpt and label three realistic scale models of different brains. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

Students research information about China's capital and the area known as The Forbidden City. They identify real and imaginary sculptures displayed on Beijing's streets and rooftops and sculpt and paint replicas of these sculptures. They then invent a story about how their create came to be displayed in The Forbidden City. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

Students research fireflies and compare the insects to other types of bugs and beetles. They determine the types of leaves, trees, and flowers in which fireflies can be found then sculpt a replica of a firefly in its natural habitat out of Crayola Model Magic Fusion. Full Review »