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Paper Making and Stories

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a handmade paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes in a style that expresses ideas from a reading of, "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
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Vacuum that Rug

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /n/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /n/ sound through stories and rhymes. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...
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James Van Der Zee

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize James Van Der Zee as an outstanding photographer who documented and reflected life in Harlem during the 1920s. They identify important aspects of Van Der Zee's life and artwork and compose and shoot their own...
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Adaptive Reuse

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify historic buildings in their community that have been adaptively reused. Through "adopting" a building, they will study how recycling of buildings is an environmentally and economically sound practice for communities.
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Getting Down to Business

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students develop a business plan to serve as a road map that ultimately help them achieve business goals. They create a description of the business and their work.
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Three Days at Gettysburg

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss why the Battle of Gettysburg was important to the Civil War. In groups, they identify the major events of each day of the battle. They analyze how the battle changed the direction of the war and discuss the outcome.
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Designing, BUilding & Planting Appropriate Style Plantings in a Planter Box

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore designing and building a plant box. Based upon desired parameters, students create a set of plant box blueprints. Next, they choose the material and build the box. Agricultural teams select the soil mixture,...
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Production and Manufacturing/ Interlocking Project Production

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plan and design their project idea and demonstrate what their product looks like. They make a set of instructions describing a process that could be used to manufacture this product in an industrial setting. Students are given...
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Creating a Research Paper

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students orally explain First Line and Hanging Indent. Students write a paragraph describing the MLA document style. Students design a poster showing various line spacings. Students write a song or poem and perform it for their...
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A "State of the Arts" Coin K-3

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars recognize the U.S. penny, nickel, dime, and quarter by design, size, and denomination and that the portraits and other images depicted on the coins were designed by artists. They study common Texas symbols and choose one...
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Miniature Stained Glass Designs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view examples of previous miniature stain glass designs. After making their own frame out of craft sticks, they create their own design using colored paper. They outline each piece with a black marker and share them with...
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Sand Tracks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine the different markings animals make while walking through the sand. In an activity, the teacher hold up the same tracks individually and they must guess the animal who made them. They discuss the results as a class to...
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Artistic Angles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore angles by using protractors. They recognize, describe and determine the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes. Students recognize the right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle and vertex. They identify...
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Amazing Artists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how social and cultural factors affect artists. In small groups they select a specific artist, and conduct research. Students then use a digital camera and digital video camera to create a mini-movie about their artist.
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Stamps and Yo-yo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discuss items people collect, such as stamps and baseball cards, solve related word problems to practice adding and subtracting tens, complete worksheet, and share items they do or would like to collect with classmates.
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Make-Your-Own Math Practice

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners create their own math practice book. In these homemade book lessons, students create their own counting, number, and shape pages. When the pages are complete, they are bound together in a book.
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Portraits That Capture Character

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the definition of a portrait. For this portrait analysis lesson, students discuss two of Dorothea Lange's portraits and create their own portraits of their classmates.
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Flickr of Idea on a Gaming Project Led to Photo Website

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of technology. In this technology lesson, students read an article about the creator of Flickr. High schoolers discuss how Flickr grabs the attention of its audience. Students describe a technology that...
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Cell Community

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.
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Invasive Species

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore invasive species. In this species analysis lesson, students observe invasive species and review the impact the species have on the environment. Students work in groups to investigate the species in varying habitats....
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KinderArt Drawing for Kids

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils illustrate a creative adventure idea. In this arts and crafts lesson, students design drawings based on where they would like to go for an adventure. Before creating their illustrations, pupils brainstorm the method of...
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Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read Zora Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and explore her life history as well as novel analysis activities. In this novel analysis instructional activity, students identify elements in the novel and its overall literary...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a business card to market them.  In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them.  Students create a logo or graphic design that is professional and catchy. ...

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