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Joseph Stella: Movement and Unity

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore line,shape,color and repetition,to create unity and movement. They discuss Joseph Stella's Battle of Lights, Coney Island and visuals of roller coasters. They use colored pencil techniques and create an artwork.
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SEASHELLS - PENCIL DRAWINGS

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore realism through drawing techniques to create 3D drawing on a 2D surface. They review steps of drawing and vocabulary and develop eye hand coordination while creating their own sketch. Upon completion of sketch students...
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Texture Towns

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore different kinds of communities as well as identifying and discussing the attributes of their own neighborhood. They make choices about what kinds of shapes best create the look of the type of community they wish to...
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Express Yourself: Make Art From Your Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils analyze and discuss various sculptures by the artist Andrea Arroyo. They discuss ways artists use symbols to express abstract ideas, design and create a plasticine plaque, and write a journal response.
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine different "cycles" that are found in nature, such as the water cycle and recycling. They create their own artwork about cycles to be displayed on a bulletin board
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A First Look at the Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - K
For any teacher who is planning a field trip to Missouri's Botanical Garden, this lesson packet is a must-have! In it, young learners engage in pre-visit activities so they will be prepared to get the most out of their trip. There are...
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The Tibetan Plateau

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the characteristics of the biosphere, with a focus on the Tibetan Plateau. They participate in a question and answer period discussing biomes and climate patterns. They compare and contrast different ecosystems.
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Try a Drawing Drawer

For Students 2nd - 6th
Integrating art into your classroom every day just got easier. This fantastic idea provides 43 strips intended to keep early finishers busy and to bring art into the classroom. You cut the strips, put them in a drawer, and have early...
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Staghorn Coral

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students recognize that staghorn coral helps reef growth in the Caribbean.  In this Coral Reef lesson, students design a habitat model using various art materials to explain how staghorn coral helps the reef grow. Students share...
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Thanksgiving Placemats: A Community Service Project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students complete a community service project to brighten the holidays. They work together at a food kitchen or shelter. They reflect on their experiences.
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Tints, Tones, & Shades Painting

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students experiment with color mixing, using paints as the medium to discover tint, tone, shade, value and intensity.
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The Cleaning Station

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study cleaning stations. In this science instructional activity, students make a painting of a fish known as cleaners which take dead skin off of other fish.
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Keith Haring Painting Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils paint a picture based on the work of Keith Haring including Haring people. In this painting lesson plan, students also look and discuss the art of Keith Haring.
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Take Apart Sentences

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the two main parts of sentences, subject and predicate. They, in groups, mix up their sentence strips and then place them face down and have a contest to see which group can rebuild the sentences correctly in the...
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Transportation Unit

For Teachers K
Students maintain a journal and write about various types of transportation.  In this transportation lesson, students write using flash cards to describe vehicles. Students listen to stories and sing a song...
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Pre History through Modern Day Timeline

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars explore the historical sequence of cultures throughout history. They demonstrate the ability to organize events in chronological order and demonstrate how time is measured and annotated.
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Sea Urchins - Diadema Antillarum

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils investigate oceanography by painting sea life. In this crustacean lesson, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Pupils design their own sea urchins...
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Ceramic Terms Crossword Puzzle

For Students 8th - 12th
In this ceramic terms crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 20 art clues to fill in the appropriate words pertaining to ceramic studies in order to solve the word puzzle.
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Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete verb worksheets. In this verb lesson, students complete two worksheets to help them identify and then use action verbs.
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Primary Keyboarding Skills

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice their keyboarding skills by learning phrases to help them remember proper finger placement on the keyboard.
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Transportation Types

For Teachers K
Students answer questions after listening for details that identify many different kinds of transportation.
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Colors of Our World Crossword

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle in which they read 12 clues and fit the answers in the spaces. All answers will be the names of colors. No word bank is given.
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Color Theory: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site was created by an art teacher and has several fun lesson plans that could be adapted to different grade levels. The activities are about color wheels, color theory, tints and shades, and several other subjects.
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Color Cube: Color Fun

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Six activities sure to engage students of any age! Interactive games and puzzles let you play with color and create your own unique designs!