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AZTEC TILES
Pupils observe the shapes and lines that make up Aztec sculpture, study Pre-Columbian art as they discover the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas. They create a small-scale Aztec tile using pasta. Creative, clever and engaging.
American Museum of Natural History
Mesozoic Museum
Mini museum curators create an exhibit that showcases the Mesozoic era. Pupils use their knowledge of dinosaurs to make informative posters, drawings, and dioramas. Following three steps to complete the hands-on activity, scholars read...
Mathed Up!
Reflections
Tracing paper is not just for art anymore — pupils can use it to find reflected images, too! Two videos show how to reflect images using tracing paper and find the reflection between the pre-image and image. Learners perform reflections...
Umaine Museum of Art
Bony Fish Anatomy Worksheet
Take time to appreciate the beauty in the anatomy of animals with this cross-curricular art and science activity. After viewing examples of fish-themed artwork, children complete the included activity by labeling the...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Happy, Sad, Scared and Mad: All Belong To Me
"What are feelings?" and "Why are feelings important to understand?" are the essential questions of a lesson plan that boosts self-awareness. Scholars discuss the four basic emotions—happy, sad, scared, and mad—in...
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Crafting Models of Efficiency
Students build and compare models of both an energy inefficient and efficient classroom. In this energy efficiency lesson, students creatively use recycled materials to build two separate classroom models. They factor in concepts such as...
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Values and Composition
Students examine and analyze the values of gray and the composition in photographs by Ansel Adams. They discuss elements of art, draw shapes and lines, complete a tone rectangle, and create a still life drawing.
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Everyone can explore architecture
Young scholars draw like an architect. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research and draw several examples of different forms of architecture through societies, cultures and times, then present them to the class.
Starfall
Oo is for Octopus
Learners learn to print the upper and lower case DeNelian letter Oo in this language arts worksheet. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters in the unlined boxes. Also included is a Connect-the-Dot and counting...
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Learning the Color Blue
In this recognizing the color blue worksheet, students observe a box colored blue, draw a picture of something blue, trace and write the word Blue. Students complete 5 activities.
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Learning the Color Purple
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color purple and print the word. Students draw something purple in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "purple" before practicing on their own.
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Learning the Color Orange
In this color word instructional activity, students learn to recognize the color orange and print the word. Students draw something orange in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "orange" before practicing on their own.
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Learning the Color Pink
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color pink and print the word. Students draw something pink in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "pink" before practicing on their own.
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Learning the Color Brown
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color brown and print the word. Students draw something brown in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "brown" before practicing on their own.
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Learning Black and White
In this color words worksheet, students learn to recognize the colors black and white and print the words. Students draw something black and white in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the words "black" and "white" before...
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Learning the Color Yellow
For this color yellow worksheet, students learn to recognize and print the word "yellow". Students draw a picture of something yellow. Students trace the word and then practice printing "yellow" on the line.
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Acorn Designs
Students study painting. In this art lesson, students draw an object reated to Autumn or Fall and place it into a box. Students then squeeze paint in the center of the paper and put acorns into the box rolling the acorns through the...
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Texture And The World Around You
Students discover different textures used in art by exploring objects, creating magazine montages, and printing collagraphs. The lesson spans three days and includes three different activities to aid in the learning process.
Starfall
Uu is for Umbrella
For this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter u. Students trace several examples before generating their letters in the boxes.
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Introduction of Primary Sources
First graders create two personal artifacts to add to a primary source shoebox that represents information about themselves. The first draw a self-portrait then build an artifact from Play-Doh and pipe cleaners to represent something...
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Learning the Color Red
In this recognizing the color red worksheet, students observe a box colored red, draw a picture of something red, trace and write the word Red. Students complete 5 activities.
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We Are All Different in Many Ways!
Students draw a picture with only one color crayon. As a class, they discuss how the world would be different if there were only one color crayon to use. After being read a book, they discuss how each person is important even though...
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Practice Exercises in IT Skills Pack 4: Presentation Graphics
Learners explore how to annotate and align clip art as well as create Powerpoint presentations. In this presentation graphics lesson plan, students expand their IT skills set by completing 4 projects employing clip art and presentation...
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Can You Sell Your Cereal?
Learners evaluate television commercials about cereal and create their own cereal product. They watch cereal television commericals and evaluate cereal boxes to compare their features. As a class they create a T-chart to identify words...