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Magnetic Art (3+)

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore the different fields of force of magnets and magnetized objects through the movement of metal filings. They use a magnet and metal filings to create a work of art.
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Using Natural Resources In Chinese And Japanese Art

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the uses and availability of natural resources in China and Japan and how those resources effected visual art from each country. This lesson includes two possible enrichment activities.
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Animal Cracker Lapel Pins

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students make animal cracker lapel pins. In this visual arts lesson, students use animal crackers to construct lapel pins. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Artwork Display

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students display their artwork. In this visual arts lesson, students display their artwork using the clothespin strips that their teacher installs. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Bear Hunt Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students create their own illustrated books. In this visual arts lesson, students use the paints and other materials to illustrate their own version of Going on a Bear Hunt. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with...
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Corn Sayings

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create corn sayings. In this visual arts lesson, students use kernel corn and other art materials to make autumn message artwork. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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A Deeper Shade of Purple

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the color purple. In this visual arts lesson, 3rd graders sort purple objects in various ways and create the color purple by mixing paint. Students create a purple portrait of a character from the play, Lost and Found.
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Drawing with Wire

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify visual arts by examining visual models. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss the history of Keith Haring by researching information on the Internet. Students view images showing Keith Haring's work and...
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Picture it!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice the skill of visualization to process the benefits of reading text without pictures. They must master visualizing in their minds what the words are stating on the pages of a text. Each student receives a copy of "The...
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Let's Create a Picture

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice using visualization to aid in their reading comprehension. After a read aloud of a selected story, students write a brief summary of the plot accompanied by an illustration of the characters they have visualized.
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Side by Side

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this visual thinking learning exercise, students analyze one particular figure and then draw that figure in the space provided and using the additional instructions provided. This will change the shape of the original object. There...
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Treasure Hunt

For Students 1st - 5th
In this visual thinking worksheet, students follow the clues provided to find the treasure on the grid. There are 3 treasure hunts on this worksheet. The last one allows students to design their own treasure hunt.
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Clothespin Magnets

For Teachers K - 6th
Students decorate letter, clothespin magnets using basic art supplies in this Art lesson for the elementary classroom. Teacher preparation should include cutting out letter shapes for each student and connecting clothespins prior to the...
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Dynamics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize and identify the three types of balance. They analyze and identify the type of balance used in various works of art. Students create a symmetrically balanced work of art. They use a ruler, shape templates, an...
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O'keefe's Flowers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in a lesson about the artist Georgia O'keefe by examining here artwork as a model for style. The art is displayed and students are allowed the time to paint their own paintings. Then they write a journal about the...
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Confetti Eggs

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students create a confetti filled egg. In this art lesson students use multiple steps to decorate and fill an egg. The result is an egg that has been hollowed, filled with confetti, and has a decorated shell. The students break them open...
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Be an Artist: King Eider

For Students 3rd
In this science activity, 3rd graders use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students create the image of a king eider.
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Be an Artist: Backswimmer

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a backswimmer.
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Be an Artist: Hermit Crab

For Students 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students create the image of a hermit crab.
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Pata Pata Pat Pat

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are exposed to the arts with a simple, introductory rhythm/dance activity which can lead into the traditional Pata Pata folk dance, or dance in general.
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"Small Still Life Paintings ala Courbet"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students observe and discuss "Apple, Pear and Orange" a still life painting by Gustave Courbet. They paint their own realistic still life and create an elaborate frame. They utilize art elements: line, shape, color, value and pattern.
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Marketing

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students view a "Marketing" a painting by Robert Gwathmey. Using the painting, they explain the use of symbols and the placement of shapes. In older grades, they identify the relationship between the elements of art and the principles of...
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Heart coloring page

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
In this heart worksheet, students color a picture of a heart. Students color this picture and then they can cut it out or do other art activities with it.
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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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