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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore how to form clay by pinching to create a bottle with an elongated neck Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students compute circumference from a section of a circle and construct analogies based on their own experience about possible functions of ancient or historic ceramics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students investigate many of the relationships that contribute to the look and design of decorative arts objects such as ceramics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students view ceramic vessels from different time periods and cultures, and discuss their meanings, functions, and original contexts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students brainstorm and illustrate different types of costumes and characters. After a lecture/demo, students choose their favorite character and create a ceramic marionette. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students combine handbuilding techniques to create zoomorphic form. They demonstrate craftmanship in forming and decorating a tripod vessel. They compare and contrast ceramics by Pre-Columbian cultures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students will compare and contrast various forms of artistic expression associated with specific groups of people, geographic regions, or time periods. Investigate processes and beliefs used by various cultures and institutions, past and present, to create works of art -- Describe how artists use materials, tools, images, and ideas to create works of art. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students create plans for their ceramic birdhouse and draw up a "blueprint" for their design. They cut patterns on clay slabs for the house walls and score and slip each piece as they assemble their house. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students investigate some of the basic skills involved in the art of ceramics. They practice slab rolling, slumping, texture, and design characteristics. The final product is a bowl that has been fired and glazed. Students practice the hand over hand technique to aid those who have physical impairments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine a variety of ceramic pieces and trace their route through China into Europe. As a class, they discuss how ideas and patterns were carried along with the art itself. To end the lesson, they write a report on the information they gathered. Full Review »
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