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- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students see how to identify regular polygons, how to slide, turn and flip polygons, and why certain polygons tessellate better than others. Groups create a one foot square design to be used to tile the classroom. Great lesson! Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students explore the medium of clay and use a variety of tools to impress designs into a small clay slab. They create a ceramic tile, paint it with faux metallic finish, and affix the tile to a box to decorate the lid. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students produce a ceramic tile mosaic using an animal as a metaphor to represent their individual personalities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study the history and many uses of ceramic relief tiles. They survey the community through a tour of the Joslyn Art Museum and the Hot Shops including Wilson Custom Tile Company, or another company that produces artistic tiles and completion of a ceramic tile project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - Higher Ed
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Students will create a ceramic tile with an architectural design that utilizes the technique of sgraffito.The inspiration for the tiles is drawn from observing visuals of different types of architecture. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students discuss the different seasons, weather conditions and warm and cold colors. They create tiles out of clay to represent each season and choose colors that best describe weather conditions occuring during the individual seasons. The tiles show the change in seasons. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students create a butterfly drawing that includes the elements of art and principles of design. They create artwork that can be made into ceramic tiles to be installed around the classroom doorways in our new addition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students create a ceramic tile heart that incorporates the themes of Texas, art and heart. The tiles are created by pressing clay into a mold, trimming it and attaching it to a heart-shaped tile. The tiles will be fired and glazed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 12th
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Students engage in an activity of painting impressionist style paintings onto the background of a ceramic tile. They practice preparing different paints with the desired colors to fill individual pallets of color. As an extension they can paint of ceramic plates or cups. 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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