Curated OER
The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde
Students research evidence discovered during Mesa Verde archaeological dig, view images of ancient artifacts, simultate real dig and reconstruct items buried on school grounds, and create newsletter or video tape skit.
Curated OER
Jumping Frogs
Students create a jumping frog out of construction paper, close pins and pipe cleaners. They predict how far they think their frog jump and then test it out to see how close or far away they were from their prediction.
Curated OER
Sea Urchins - Diadema Antillarum
Students investigate oceanography by painting sea life. In this crustacean lesson, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Students design their own sea...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia: Color
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This activity is from the artist's encyclopedia entry for color and includes information on the color wheel, value, mood, natural...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Primary and Secondary
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on the color wheel and it studies both primary and secondary colors using Grace Hartigan's "Billboard." The...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Warm and Cool Colors
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on warm and cool colors and works are studied from both Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell. The animation shows the...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia: Balance
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This is the encyclopedia entry for balance which covers symmetry and asymmetry, balance with color, and other types of balance.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Tints and Shades
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on tints and shades and the work studied is from Frank Stella. The animation demonstrates the difference and...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Complementary Colors
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson plan is complementary colors and the artwork studied is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Seated Woman." The animation...