Students discuss ocean waters, tides, tide pools and the animals which live in the tide pools. They practice the push and pull method with a chink of clay to create a starfish from clay. They apply texture and decorate the starfish...

Seventh graders create textures and pattern in clay.

A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.

Fantastic images of a bronze statue of a horse from Western Han period (25-220). This site is from the Miho Museum in Japan. Click on the thumbnail-sized image of the horse to see it from other angles and in detail.