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Shape Hunt

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore two-dimensional and solid shapes. In this shapes and patterns geometry lesson, students work with a partner to create identifiable objects using tangrams. Students describe the attributes of their shape and their partner...
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Beginning Letters of Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this beginning letters of words worksheet, young scholars look at an object in a box and determine what the beginning letter of that word is. Then, they circle the correct letter. There are 9 objects on the worksheet and all of the...
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Draw, Pardner!

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students explore how to draw in 3-D. In this visual arts lesson plan, students use newsprint and a yard stick to construct three dimensional drawings of objects.
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Perspective

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explain what is near and far in respect to the horizon line on a 2-d surface. They blend and use oil pastels correctly and explain the concept of a horizon line.
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Faberge Easter Egg

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine the Russian culture under the Czars and how there was a demand for intricate and beautiful objects. They attempt to create a "jewel-like" object out of an egg using a Spring template supplied by the teacher.
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Mosaic Tiles

For Teachers 1st
I would consider this an outline and not a complete lesson. It would take a little work on your part because you would need to look on the internet for examples of Ojibwe art to show your pupils. They could explore the patterns that the...
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Conventions: Hyperbole

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss hyperbole. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders understand that hyperbole enables writers to make a point by describing something in an overly dramatic way. Students create a list of objects that can be used to...
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AMCO

Clay Face Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Let your class explore their sculpting skills with a lesson on making clay masks. Each step in the process is fully described alongside a helpful image. Kids of any ages will be able to construct fantastic representations of the human...
PPT
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Adjective Clauses

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Have your class practice using adjective clauses with this resource. Learners discuss adjective clauses and the words commonly found in these types of sentences. This resource is a comprehensive and worthwhile exploration.
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We're Off To the Races!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a magnet to "race" objects from one side of a racing track to another. They predict what the results are, then run the race. Pupils sort and graph which items were successfully moved, they attempt to race again. This...
PPT
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Fractions 2

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
A well-composed and professional resource can be a wonderful way to add importance to a topic. This presentation is very well done and acts as an assignment which can be completed individually or during whole-class instruction....
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Sink or Float

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore floating and sinking and make predictions about whether certain objects are likely to sink or float. They read the story Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen. Pupils loacate rhyming words and discuss the events of...
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Paper Is Not Dead

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Now that much of people's lives center around their electronic devices, paper is being used less often. However, sometimes you do need paper. Have your class brainstorm  the uses of paper and of electronic devices and compare their...
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3D Printing Robots

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What is water worth to you? The answer probably depends on many different variables. Learners explore the value of water in space and what it takes to transport the resource to locations in a galaxy far far away. They then consider...
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Contour Drawing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a contour drawing of a hand creating an illusion of depth. After a brief demonstration of contour drawing, students practice by creating pictures of various objects. The final project consists of creating a contour...
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Metamorphosis

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students select organic object and transform it to an inorganic object in five or six steps, and complete value rendered drawings.
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Quiz: Who and Whom

For Students 6th - 7th
In this word use worksheet, learners learn that "who" is used as a subject and "whom" for the object. Students complete a 25 question multiple choice assessment. Note: A professor's name is printed at the top of the page.
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Vocabulary Exercise

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks, group items into categories, match objects to definitions, and more. Students complete 5 activities total.
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Experiencing 3D

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore photography by utilizing digital cameras. In this 3 dimensional lesson, students create eye glasses using red and blue acetate in order to view 3-D images. Students utilize computers and digital cameras to enhance...
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It's a Bug's Life - Crayon Resist

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students reate an original crayon resist painting of a bugs life. They Choose 1 or more bugs to draw in composition and simplify objects into simple shapes, forms, and patterns students draw objects with spontaneity and imagination.
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Wonders of the World

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine two-dimensional objects and create a 3-D image of the object. They make models of the Taj Mahal and buildings in Delhi.
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Perspective

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create oil pastel landscape paintings in this middle-level Art instructional activity on perspective, horizons, foreground, background, and middle ground. The instructional activity includes resource links to books on teaching...
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Prepositions

For Students 4th - 5th
For this prepositions worksheet, students identify prepositions and their objects in sentences. In this drawing lines and arrows worksheet, students identify prepositions and objects in ten sentences.
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Improvise a Short Story through Jazz

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students evaluate jazz music and a jazz music performance. They collaborate and create an improvised group short story. They improvise a musical piece on found objects.