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Wavelengths of Light

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Explore physical science by participating in a visual spectrum experiments. Budding scientists identify the colors in the color spectrum and view the colors in class by utilizing cellophane, flash lights, and other arts and crafts...
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Youth Art Month Pins

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars design and create pins advertising Youth Art Month and incorporating mini versions of famous prints.
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Under Water Scene

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore foreground and background colors. In this visual art lesson plan, students create an underwater collage from varying colors and textures of paper showcasing the color transition between background and foreground colors.
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Using Tone

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of using tone in their art. They paint a narrow strip of tone of white and adding small amounts of black. Using cellophane, they put it over their strips and examine the tones of the different...
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Visual Arts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the stained glass produced for the Gothic cathedrals, needlework, castles, and tapestry of the Middle Ages.
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Materials and Process: Plastics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the development of plastics in the twentieth century. In this plastics lesson, students complete image based discussion activities for the pictures and methods of polymers. Students create an object timeline...
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Pablo Picasso Collage

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read the story SAIL AWAY by Donald Crew to show different pictures of water and oceans. They are then introduced to a collage showing examples of Picasso's work. They construct a collage using different methods.
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 22

For Students 3rd - 8th
Pupils of all ages will benefit from this online quiz. As long as they have intermediate to advanced English proficiency, this resource is appropriate for them. There are 20 sentences, and the quiz-taker must choose the correct word for...
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The Cay Word Wall

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Support your learners as they read The Cay by Theodore Taylor with a word wall. This resource includes 50 words from the book. All the words are printed in large font, and some of the words are paired with images.
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Sun-Catcher Aquarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss which elements in the world would make the best sun-catchers. Using a worksheet, they cut out and color the plants and animals that could be placed in the aquarium. They use cellophane and place their aquarium under a...
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A Sweet Flower!

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a flower made of candy for a special person. Students glue hershey kisses bottom to bottom, wrap them in cellophane, tie ribbon on them and give them as gifts.
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Ag in My Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explore the definition of agriculture.  In this Language Arts and Social Studies instructional activity, students read an article on products that are produced in agriculture, then they complete a vocabulary assignment and...
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Paper Collage With Eric Carle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the illustrating work of Eric Carle. They discuss how the illustrations are made and then decorate their room by creating artwork in the same style.
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Music- Found-Object Orchestra

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students construct simple musical instruments. In this music lesson, students read the text Max Found Two Sticks and construct their own instruments from classroom materials.
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Let's Celebrate Hanukkah!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars identify and analyze various multicultural celebrations. They list their prior knowledge of the Jewish Holiday known as Hanukkah and listen to various books about the celebration. Students also compare and contrast...
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Verbs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verbs activity, students read a Shel Silverstein poem and fill in 27 missing verbs. Students are given a word box with the missing verbs.
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Making Stained Glass Windows

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, research several European cathedrals from the Middle Ages. They design stained glass windows and decorate a school window with their design using black construction paper and cellophane.
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Paper Dragon Puppet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct simple dragon puppets in honor of Chinese New Year. They are introduced to Chinese mythology, make the puppets out of recycled materials and put on a show with the finished puppets.
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Olympic Torch

For Students K - 2nd
In this making an Olympic torch worksheet, students follow 4 steps to decorate an Olympic torch. Extra materials are needed to complete the product. Students may use the finished product for various classroom activities.
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Tell a Tale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create a class story using picture cards. Each student picks a card, tapes it to the board, and retells the story in sequential order using the words then and next.
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Monet's Garden

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review impressionism and one of the well-known artist of this period, Claude Money. They explore "en plein air," an outdoor painting technique that Monet employed to create his work. They also experiment with warm and...
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Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils listen to a story about tropical fish and view photographs. Using a piece of construction paper, they draw a fish and add eyes, a mouth and fins. They also add colorful scales to make the fish their own and place it into the...
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How Does It Feel?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners identify the textures of materials in their environments in order to expand their language, math, sensory, and observational skills. In this sensory activity lesson, students first write a list of different words to describe...
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Night and Day Talk

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars practice writing and saying the letter O. They examine pictures and discuss what is going on in them depending on the time of day. They write about what they do during the day and night.