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Black-on-Black Pottery
Students research the art work of the villages of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara, New Mexico. They create pottery designs with a matte surface and shiny designs. They cut several balanced pottery shapes from paper and glue them to...
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Inked Geometric Mandalas
Fifth graders gain an appreciation for mandalas in many cultures. Compare and contrast designs from many cultures. They see geometric design in mandalas and become aware of symmetrical balance and radial balance. They create a mandala...
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Flat Shapes in Three Dimension
Students explore sculpture. In this lesson about finding sculpture ideas in movement and rhythm, students make 3-dimensional shapes. Students create a sculpture paying attention to balance, rhythm and repetition. Students will understand...
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Design - Lettering
Students, using the concepts of radial design and balance, create a project that focuses on craftsmanship, lettering, promoting a positive self-image, and design elements.
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Advertisements
In this advertisements activity, 4th graders analyze and evaluate several advertisements for caring for cats and then design a poster that advertises the importance of a balanced diet for puppies and dogs.
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Radial Design Mandala
Learners design original radial art designs.In this radial design lesson, students use compasses and a nature inspired idea to create radial art. Learners understand the use of symmetry, balance and design shapes in continual patterns....
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Fatty Food
Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits instructional activity, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags,...
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Landscape Book
Students create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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Sea Scape
Learners learn about and make models of coral reefs. In this reef ecosystem lesson plan, the class locates a number of coral reefs on a map. They learn how a coral reef is a balanced ecosystem that depends upon all of it's plant and...
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Tree of Life Mandala Print
Students create a Tree of Life. For this visual art lesson, students explore mandalas. Students investigate the concepts of balance and symmetry while designing their own unique Tree of Life.
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Dynamics
Third graders recognize and identify the three types of balance. They analyze and identify the type of balance used in various works of art. Students create a symmetrically balanced work of art. They use a ruler, shape templates, an...
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Music: Dancing a Jig
Students Watch a video to observe Celtic dancers prior to playing a game called, "Irish Jig Tag." When students are tagged with a Shamrock wand, they mimic an Irish jig. The game can be adapted to celebrate other nationalities or...
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The Giant Barrel Sponge
Students study barrel sponges. In this science and art lesson, students discuss what sponges are, create their own sponge, and share what they created with the rest of the class.
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The Cleaning Station
Students study cleaning stations. For this science lesson, students make a painting of a fish known as cleaners which take dead skin off of other fish.
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New Ideas, New Materials
Students create a three dimensional work while exploring the use of unconventional materials to create specific textures and designs. They explore basic concepts such as volume, form, texture and balance.
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Warm-Up
Students warm-up their lungs for playing. Students watch the band director and respond appropriately to his gestures. They help create a proper balance in the band. Also, students warm-up their fingers for playing, and students play...
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Save the Bay!
Students explore environmental protection by creating a presentation in class. In this Chesapeake Bay activity, students discuss the current threats from human beings towards the delicate balance of life near the bay. Students identify...
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Eating to Win
Students examine human health by completing a sports nutrition worksheet. In this eating habits instructional activity, students discuss the importance of a balanced diet and proper feeding times when competing in physical activities....
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Bean Bag Challenge
Young scholars explore the human body by participating in a physical education activity. In this bean bag lesson, students identify the hand eye coordination skills necessary to throw and catch a bean bag with a partner. Young scholars...
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Flowers and Pollination
Young scholars explore the environment by researching plant reproduction. In this pollination instructional activity, students define botany related vocabulary terms such as disc flower, petal and fertilization. Young scholars dissect a...
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Wardrobe
Sixth graders observe the wardrobe and discuss the role of the wardrobe in the culture of viceregal Mexico. They research the design and the influence of Moorish decoration in the geometric pattern on the door. Students identify...
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Create a Wrapping Cloth Design
Students create wrapping clothes using paper or cloth scraps being sure to find or make geometric shapes. They create a visually balanced composition including symmetry,and repeated patterns.
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American Indian Art
Fourth graders discover and gain an understanding of American Indian art creating three beads out of clay, showing texture on at least one bead to make a balanced bracelet. They then explain either orally or in writing what kinds of...
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Sweet Stuff
Eighth graders examine the artwork of artist Wayne Thiebaud and create paintings based upon techniques learned in this lesson for the eighth grade art classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the use of various textures, visual balance, and...
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