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Jin Soo Kim

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine and discuss a sculpture by the artist Jin Soo Kim. They explore and identify basic sculpture techniques, and create a sculpture using found objects, plaster, and cardboard.
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Roger Brown

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine and discuss the use of symmetry in a painting by the artist Roger Brown. They draw a geometric shape, divide it with a line of symmetry, and create a painting using the geometric shapes demonstrating symmetry.
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Joseph Raffael

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine and discuss a painting of a lizard by the artist Joseph Raffael. They list descriptive words about the lizard, and write a Cinquain and create a painting about a lizard.
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Hats Throughout History

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils discuss the history of hats including uses and origins and discover there are many types of hats for many purposes. Students create their own hats from paper after looking at slides of various types of hats.
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Green Worksheet

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this color recognition worksheet, students study the various images and color the pictures of things that can be green. Students color the pictures of the frog, bell pepper, crayon, turtle, alligator, and pear.
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Fairness Fair

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
How can we create a more fair world? Chances are, class members have some ideas! After reading a text about fairness, individuals create skits around the ideas of fairness. Extend the learning and make their presentations a...
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Fabric Scrap Flower Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Crafting is fun, it increases eye-hand coordination, and it is a great way to accent any lesson. Celebrate Earth Day by creating scrap fabric flowers for a pop-stick flower garden. Children of all ages will love gluing, cutting, and...
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Bug Jars

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore symmetry.  Students observe a variety of bug and plant drawings, then draw a bug jar. Students observe bugs from the top of the jar for a symmetrical view, and the side of the jar for an asymmetrical view.  Students draw...
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Go Fly a Kite!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners study kites. In this social studies lesson, students discover the history of kites and what kites are made of. Learners create their own kites to fly.
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Valentine Character Mailbox

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a valentine mailbox. In this holiday lesson, students celebrate Valentine's Day and create a mailbox for valentines.
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Quilt Squared

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study West Virginia quilts. For this mathematics lesson, students use symmetry, geometric shapes, and patterns to create their own quilt square.
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Math Cubes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice addition and subtraction while making and then playing a game. For this addition and subtraction lesson, students will make dice using a cube tracer and number and number sign tracers to make the numbers and number...
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Camouflage: A Study of Stealth and Survival

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study insect camouflage. In this organisms lesson plan, students design and create their own 3D insect models to blend into a habitat. Students write a paragraph about the camouflage their insect has and explain how their insect...
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Disposing Garbage

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore environmental cleanliness by completing a worksheet in class. In this waste management lesson, students identify the technological advances in society and how they increase waste production our planet is unable to deal...
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Plantable Pulp Cards

For Teachers K - 8th
What a great way to give a gift that keeps on giving! These homemade plantable cards are not only beautiful, but can be planted into the ground to sprout in the right season. Incorporate this project in a science unit, or for a Mother's...
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New Class Museum

Lesson: Emory Douglas: Decoding Images and Vocabulary Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
To better understand the work of Black Panther logo artist Emory Douglas, learners define literary devices. They define a series of words such as metaphor, simile, and assonance, then place an example of that device found in Emory...
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Playing the Cardboard Dulcimer

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create cardboard dulcimers. They discover that sound is produced by vibrating strings and analyze the pitch produced by changing the sizes and length of the strings of the instrument. They also discuss the history of the...
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African Drumming - Repetition of Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students are introduced to basic patterns used in African drumming. They listen to examples of drumming by Kundidzora Azim, participate in chants and repeat demonstrated rhythms as a class.
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Create a Hawaiian Tako Lure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a tako lure. In this Hawaiian culture lesson plan, students research how Hawaiians use natural resources to survive. Students are introduced to new vocabulary and create an octopus lure.
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What's Below the Earth's Surface?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify the geological layers of the Earth. They graphically depict each layer's characteristics. Students label and develop a color key for their exhibit. They create a down-to-Earth 3-D display with Erasable Markers.
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Forests and Treescapes with Romey Stuckart

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss Romey Stuckart's painting, "The Cedar," paint a tempera or acrylic picture of a forest or treescape, using overlapping shapes, intense hues, and heavy brush textures, and discuss managed forest techniques preserve...
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A Tree is a Friend

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover the value of trees in our society.  In this ecosystem instructional activity, 5th graders read the book, A Tree is Nice, and discuss with classmates how trees are essential to our existence due to creating oxygen...
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The Letter Bb

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students participate in a variety of activities to practice words with the Bb sound. In this Bb sound lesson, students use craft rolls to create butterflies. Students create a letter book with B words
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Sew, You Want To Quilt?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars become familiar with the achievements of the artist Faith Ringgold. They take notice of the patterns in their environment. They connect the mathematical concept of patterns to create a class quilt.

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