Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Honor Your Special Qualities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view different sculptures from artist Ronald Baron. They discuss what the sculpture depicts. They are to create a thank you trophy for someone they know. They are to focus on that person's special qualities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fall Reflections

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a multi-media landscape of a tree in fall color. They use the Y-method of drawing a tree.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Easy Bias-Covered Curves

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students watch a demonstration on how to make easy-bias covered curves. Using that information, they practice making their own with different types of materials. They share their creations with the class to end the lesson.
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Curated OER

Nurturing Green Thumbs at School

For Teachers K - 6th
Incorporating a school garden into the curriculum cultivates many benefits.
Lesson Plan
Crayola

Crayola All About Adjectives and Alliteration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan (for students age 4 and up) from the Crayola website, incorporates phonics, adjectives, and visual arts. Students make "Rubbings," with crayons while discovering adjectives that begin with the same letter. Provides...
Interactive
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia: Texture

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This is the encyclopedia entry on texture and it covers types of texture, visual texture, and illusion of space.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia: Line

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This is from the artist's toolkit encyclopedia and includes information on types of lines, edge and outline, expressive line,...