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Imagin on Fun and Games: Create a Crane [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these simple directions for making a three-dimensional crane out of paper.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Abakanowicz on the Roof

For Students 9th - 10th
"On the Roof" refers to the location of her art. This installation artist has found a home on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Line

For Students 9th - 10th
This online dictionary of art terms from Artlex is a valuable tool. Line is on the Li page. Just scroll down to Line and read a definition with links or look at a sample works of art by Rembrandt or Richard Long. There are quotes by...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Roy Lichtenstein on the Roof

For Students 9th - 10th
A web exhibit focused on Lichtenstein's sculptures on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Features images of large bronze and aluminum sculptures.
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Personified Sculpture

For Teachers K - 1st
After learning about Fernand Leger's sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Child's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, each student will use gouache and wood to create an original piece of art based on a childhood story book.
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Tech4Learning

Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Sculpture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dozens of useful photos of various sculptures from around the world! A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Shape

For Students 9th - 10th
This online dictionary of art from Artlex provides terms is a valuable tool. Shape is on the Sg-Sh page. Just scroll down to Shape and read a definition with links to other important terms.
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Curated OER

Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice images of outdoor scupture by five different artists including Mark di Suvero. Various mediums were used such as steel, concrete, granite, and bronze.
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Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help young scholars understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
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Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help students understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Architectural Model

For Students 9th - 10th
An architectural modeling lesson that first demonstrates how architects combine forms to create buildings and then provides instructions for building architectural models. Includes links to architectural terms and to useful illustrations...
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Jan Van Eyck

For Students 9th - 10th
This online gallery contains copies of many van Eyck paintings. Also includes a link to view his biography. A good source for reports and papers.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara

For Students 9th - 10th
A mandala is a schematic diagram that portrays the sacred environment of a particular deity. The mandala is used by practitioners as a guideline for meditation. It helps people visualize the way in which they will restructure the world...
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El Education: Get Bent

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This book was created by seniors at High Tech High in San Diego, California. During this three-month long project, teams of students created a chair with a bend or curve and a lamp of their own design. Following the completion of this...
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Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: Carve a Free Form Sculpture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Instructions on how to carve a small sculpture using plaster of Paris, a table knife and spoon. Also included is background information on the emergence of modern sculpture.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin

For Students 9th - 10th
In the sacred architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires, domes were viewed as symbols of heaven. Correggio merged this symbolism with the Renaissance's fascination for three-dimensional illusion. He transformed the dome of the...
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Relationships: Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
The dynamics of shape in art and the relationship of shape with the other elements of art. The effects of angles and lines on perception.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Perspective Drawing Inspired by n.c. Wyeth [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson, students will generate unique fantasy drawings that utilize perspective and create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Deriving inspiration from the American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth's The...
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Parker Middle School: Relief Sculpture

For Students 6th - 8th
This resource presents a general history and links to everything about relief sculpture. There are image examples and links to Greek, Ancient Roman, Egyptian and Chinese sites.
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Sketch Up

For Teachers 9th - 10th
SketchUp is a program that allows the user to use their creative talents through design in 3D. SketchUp is offered free to educators and is targeted toward K-12 education.
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Up to Ten: Make a Fleet of Paper Airplanes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"With just a few sheets of paper and colored pencils (or pens), you can make a whole fleet of paper airplanes from these plans."
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Sidewalk Chalk Guy

For Students 9th - 10th
This unknown chalk pastel artist creates unbelievable 3-dimensional images on the sidewalks of the city.
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National Gallery of Canada

Cybermuse: Introduction to Pictorial Space

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A site featuring the work of Cezanne, Monet, Picasso, and Mondrian, among others, that explores pictorial space in a composition There are lesson plans for ages 4-18, and a great section where works are juxtaposed for comparison. Use the...

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