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- 1st
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Students create bead jewelry based on the jewelry of Native American Indians. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students create their own clay instruments while learning about musical influences both past and present. This hands-on, 3-dimensional, interactive lesson plan can be used for any age or skill level. Full Review »
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- 4th - Higher Ed
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Students show an understanding of how millefiori beads are constructed by making some in several styles in polymer clay. They view images and techniques on a website imbedded in this plan, then attempt to make their own. Full Review »
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- 5th - Higher Ed
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Students explore how to make millefiori cane beads. They use clay and beads to form the unique art. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students experiment with textures and polymer clay while creating individual pendants. This lesson is suitable for all ages and includes ideas for adding "personal touches" to each pendant, baking the pendants, and applying texture and images. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students listen as the teacher reads "When Clay Sings," by Byrd Taylor. They discuss clay, and view a variety of clay items. Students watch a video clip "Interests in One of a Kind Pots." They watch a demonstration on working with clay. Students create a slab of clay. They cut a medallion shape and use a dull pencil to draw a historical design onto the clay. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students make story telling plates or tiles based on David Stabely's technique. They are shown slides of original work contemporary artists who are using nontraditional approaches to the clay surface. Students are shown work that David Stabley does and discuss his process. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students discover information about different colors of natural clay, finding that mineral composition has its effect on the color of different clays. They simulate the varied colors of organic clays to create a marbelized dish suitable for display or as a gift. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students in a special education classroom examine the various types of molds made by natives. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the types of molds that are made today by different processes. They are given an amount of clay in which they make their own modes and let them dry. To end the lesson, they use watercolors to color their art. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students identify instruments and their sounds and use them to model their own orchestra. After choosing an instrument to investigate further, they research to become familiar with the sound of the instrument, how the sound is created, and how the instrument contributes to the orchestra or other group. Students use modeling clay to create a model of the instrument they have researched. Full Review »
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