Here's a mobile assignment that will brighten up your classroom. Each group is assigned one color from the color wheel, paints the pure color, three tints, and three shades of that color on precut forms the group designs, and hangs the...

Students research folklore and scientific information about rain and water cycles. Then they communicate their understanding of water cycles by creating mobiles showing each stage. Students also write their own folk tales, explaining the...

A getting-to-know-you activity that is perfect for the beginning of the year! Kids craft their portrait out of clay, then make a mobile by dangling ceramic representations of things they love. This project builds self-awareness, motor...

Help your class listen and respond to a fictional story by creating a story structure mobile illustrating the main characters, setting, plot, problem, story events, and solution. Using a coat hanger, they will create an artistic element...

Middle schoolers construct three-dimensional solar system mobiles.

Students examine works of stained glass in one dimensional art form then adapt it a three dimensional transparent mobile. They create their mobile using patterns of shapes and simple images from computer line art, printed art books or...

Have a hopping good time reading The Wide Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner and connecting your reading to these fun arts and crafts projects. Including directions and printable materials for creating a mobile and frog puppet, these...

Students empathize with the plight of hungry people. They discover one way that hungry people are fed in their area. Afterward, they gain awareness of the specific needs of a food bank and render their understanding in a 3-D format.

Student take two sheets (8-1/2- x 1-inches in size) of orange construction paper and hold then together as they cut out the shape of the body (not the stem) of a pumpkin. They should end up with two identical pumpkin shapes. They then...

Second graders are given a variety of materials to communicate the symbols of farm life. They create a mobile utilizing the given materials depicting farm life and following step-by-step instructions correctly. Students also read the...

Students participate in a lesson that covers the concepts of solving equations and inequalities. To master the concept they must demonstrate visually and verbally how both sides of an equation must be balanced. They construct a balanced...

Students investigate the sculptures of Alexander Calder. They view and analyze pictures of various types of sculptures, discuss how mobiles are a type of sculpture, listen to the book "Roarr: Calder's Circus," and create a class mobile...

Students demonstrate their knowledge of how volcanoes and islands are formed in the product of a mobile. In this islands lesson plan, students identify different island forms.

Learners explore where our food comes from. In this science lesson, students discuss how much of our food comes from animals. Learners construct a mobile.

Students create a solar system mobile out of drinking straws, cut out shapes, and string. In this solar system lesson plan, students list the planets and other items in the solar system and create their solar system in groups of 2.

First graders study the planets in the solar system.  In this planets lesson, 1st graders read Planets, then create a mobile containing all of the planets in the correct order. Students will label the planets with descriptive words.

In this number recognition learning exercise, students trace the large number 4. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 4.

In this number recognition worksheet, students trace the large number 1. Students then cut out the apple and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 1.

In this number recognition worksheet, students trace the large number 2. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 2.

For this number recognition worksheet, students trace the large number 6. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 6.

In this number recognition instructional activity, students trace the large number 8. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 8.

In this number recognition worksheet, students trace the large number 7. Students then cut out the apples and the number to create a mobile to represent the number 7.

In this mobile worksheet, students determine the mass of the missing pieces of a mobile by using the mass of the other pieces and the length of the crossbars. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.

Student create mobiles to promote self-awareness and discovery. In this creative hands-on mobile lesson, students use large star patterns to create a mobile that reflects a theme they've chosen, representing something about themselves....