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Tomatoes for Toyotas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate and become aware of our country's trade relations with East Asia with emphasis placed on Japan. They explore the global affect of technology, production, distribution and consumption as well as exchange and economic...
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Cave Painting in the Ice Age

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students take notes and sketch during the Internet research. They take notes of the colors found in the cave paintings (black, browns, ochre, sienna). They create an initial full size comprehensive sketch on scrap paper and in their...
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Watercolor Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify and analyze the anatomy of an insect and create a watercolor butterfly. They identify the three body parts of a butterfly by pointing to them on the butterfly they have created and demonstrate the splatter paint...
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J. Paul Getty Museum Education Staff

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will examine a manuscript page from a Flemish bestiary and discuss how it was used to teach ideas about Christianity. In this Christianity lesson plan students study the given manuscript and then compare the stories from the...
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Easter Eggs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create Easter eggs. In this Easter lesson, students cut out an egg shape from a paper towel. They color on the towel with washable markers and then paint it with water to let the colors run together. 
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An Underwater Sediment Slide?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils explore the proximity of the Hudson Shelf Valley and the Hudson Canyon to one of the Nation's most populated areas. They study that from 1987 to 1992, two dumpsites in the Hudson Shelf Valley and Hudson Canyon, one 12 miles
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Painting a Mural

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars research create and design symbols to welcome students to their school. They present their idea to the class that includes a budget. The class work together to paint the mural.
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Handprint: Watercolors (Paints, Techniques, and More)

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource for watercolorists that includes a clickable index of topics ranging from biographies and critiques of recognized masters of the art of watercolor to information on how the eye perceives light, on paper choices,...
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
This long-term exhibition, "Tigers of Wrath" watercolors by Walton Ford was on view in 2006 at the Brooklyn Museum. This page takes you into the exhibition with images of selected works from the exhibit as well as a teachers packet for...
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Brushed With Light: American Landscape Watercolors

For Students 9th - 10th
The 2007 long-term exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection" is presented here with selected works from the exhibit, a description of the show and sections with audio clips,...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: John Angelo at the Water Color Exhibition by Elizabeth Champney

For Students 1st - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book John Angelo at the Water Color Exhibition by Elizabeth Champney (1883), an illustrated children's book about John Angelo's visit to a watercolor exhibition.
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Watercolor Painting Special Emphasis in Reference Photos

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides tips on how to create emphasis on foreground, middleground and background in a watercolor painting from original reference photographs.
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Virtual Jamestown: Index of White Watercolors and De Bry Engravings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a comparison of watercolors and engravings of Native Americans by John White and Theodor De Bry. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Tour: Winslow Homer Watercolors: Themes and Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of Homer's watercolors in the collection of the National Gallery of Art considers his technique and choice of subject. With links to a biography of the artist and to information about his work in other media.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Water Color Mixing

For Teachers K - 1st
In this classroom lab activity, young scholars will experiment with mixing the primary colors together: red, yellow, and blue, to determine what new colors may be observed.
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Watercolor painting.com: Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
A great introduction to color theory with colorful illustrations and examples.
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Watercolor painting.com: Watercolor Paper: Your Substrate of Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the history behind paper and how it came to be used for painting. Specifications for finding the perfect watercolor paper are revealed.
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Watercolor painting.com: Pigments and Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an extremely detailed account of watercolor pigments and paints. It includes a long list of colors and how they are made.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Technical Glossary of Watercolor Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of watercolor painting with this technical glossary of watercolor terms from the Art Institute of Chicago.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Exploring Weather Conditions in Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Enrich your science lesson with watercolors! This lesson plan contains assessment criteria, links to more information, and step-by-step ideas to cultivate your students' knowledge about weather conditions.
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Watercolor painting.com: A Very Brief History of Acrylic Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline explains the emergence of acrylic paint into the art arena.
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Watercolor painting.com: Creating Journal Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Journaling with words or pictures can be a great way to empty and open your mind. Here's a no fail art lesson that will have you seeing things out of thoughtless lines and squiggles.
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Design and Colour

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Adolf Dehn

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Adolf Dehn is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with watercolors (including his three books on the subject).

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