Eighth graders investigate art appreciation and Renaissance portraits through time. They create a portrait.

Students read the text The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. In this literacy lesson plan, students discuss the characters in the text and the various shades of skin they observed on each page. Students read the beautiful descriptions...

Students analyze how artists have applied color relationships (value, intensity, tints, and shades, cool and warm colors) to create descriptive and expressive effects in artworks. They judge an artwork based on whether its organization...

Pupils investigate oceanography by painting sea life. In this crustacean lesson plan, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Pupils design their own sea...