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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Designer Transforms Garbage Into Glamorous Outfits

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about a fashion designer who makes clothing from garbage. Includes video.
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Goethe-Institut

German Design and Fashion From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German design and fashion sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German design and fashion, home and furniture designs from Germany, German designs of...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli at this animated site from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Other

Phoenix Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Opened in 1959, the Phoenix Art Museum contains nearly 16,000 works, with collections from around the world (American, Asian, European, Latin American, and Western American); along with Fashion Design and the Thorne Miniature Rooms as...
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Other

Fashion Institute of Technology: Museum: Collections (18Th Century to Present)

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth collection offers images and background information about fashions and accessories from the 1700's to the present day.
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BBC

Bbc: Blast

For Students 9th - 10th
So, you want to be a creative arts professional? This designed-for-teens website includes articles about what it takes to be a working artist, dancer, filmmaker, musician, writer, or fashion designer. Find interviews with arts...
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Other

Mit:glossary of 18th Century Costume Terminology

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive glossary explains the vocabulary relating to fashions of the 1700's. Includes links to visual examples.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Eighteenth Century European Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore fashion from the 1700's with the slideshow. Includes a discussion of popular styles, textiles and silhouettes.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Convertible Shoes: Function, Fashion and Design

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students teams design and build shoe prototypes that convert between high heels and athletic shoes. They apply their knowledge about the mechanics of walking and running as well as shoe design (as learned in the associated lesson) to...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lincoln Seitzman

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Lincoln Seitzman is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his fashion design.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Military Camp Jacket

For Students 9th - 10th
How was this jacket used? The military camp jacket (jinbaori) was worn over a suit of "modern equipment" or tosei gusoku armor. Though some jackets had sleeves, many were sleeveless vests like this one. The camp jacket offered protection...
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Other

Powerhouse Museum: Electronic Swatchbook of Fashionable Fabrics, 1830 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Powerhouse Museum has collected swatchbooks containing swatches of fabric from the early 1800s through 1923. Click through the swatches to see how fabrics changed over the years.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Costume Institute: Search the Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This vast collection of historical garments and jewelry contains an inventory of over 34,000 items. Includes images, dates and important facts about each piece.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Christian Dior

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief article about Christian Dior and his impact on fashion in the mid-twentieth century.
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Victorian Web

Brown University: The Victorian Web: The Arts in Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
University provides a comprehensive collection of Victorian art topics that are hyperlinked to further information and images. Topics include Victorian painting, sculpture, design, illustration, fashion, and dress.
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Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum: Clay Beads [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An online lesson plan for getting your hands dirty! The student will learn all about making beads from clay and receive ideas on what to do with them after they are done.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 6 2 14: Hi Tech Fabric Changes Color

For Students 6th - 8th
Read about "smart" fashion being designed using an ink that changes color when exposed to human touch or music.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Cars Went From Boxy to Curvy

For Students 9th - 10th
How does engineering relate to fashion? The big shift from boxy cars in the '80s to curvy cars in the '90s, explained by Vox. [4:00]
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Writing Your Own Activities Ph Et Activity Guidelines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The PhET website at the University of Colorado in Boulder has a large collection of science simulations for teaching chemistry and physics, available in many languages. This page summarizes how to write activities for the simulations,...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: 3 D Body Scanner

For Students 9th - 10th
Body scanning is a new technology that is shifting the focus of apparel production from "Cookie-cutter," to "One-of-a-kind." This site gives information about the technology, visualizations of a body scan, scenarios of the production...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Just Desserts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Identify advertising techniques designed to encourage children to overindulge in unhealthy foods. Explore the motives behind advertising and use your knowledge to think critically about ads all around you. Scroll down to "Just Desserts,"...
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Other

Recycle Runway

For Students 9th - 10th
With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.
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Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: Chronology of the Development of Steam Power 1696 1839

For Students 9th - 10th
This complete chronology of steam power is designed in time line fashion. Next to each year is a detailed description of the invention. Another useful aspect of this site is the "Link to the decades," found at the top of the page. Each...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Parallel and Intersecting Lines: A Collision Course?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students act as civil engineers developing safe railways as a way to strengthen their understanding of parallel and intersecting lines. Using pieces of yarn to visually represent line segments, students lay down "train tracks" on a...

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