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Tin Can Sculpture

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create art from recycled materials. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can artwork.
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Creating a Paper Mache' Sculpture

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders sketch themselves in an active pose. They build an armature of wire 10-12 inches tall and attach it with nails to a base of wood. Students cover the armature with paper mache' and paint it when finished. This work is...
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Wire and Pantyhose Sculptures

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students produce a sculpture made from wire and panythose.
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Exploring Electricity: Light Sculptures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study electricity by making their own light sculptures. In this light sculptures lesson, students review electrical loops and circuitry components. Students then plan, create, and refine light sculptures.
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Shaping Ideas: Symbolism in Sculpture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use criteria developed in class to evaluate which of their own sketches would make the best symbolic sculpture. They choose a final design, techniques and materials, and create sculptures based on their designs.
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Montana Animal stacks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students view Ode to Chief Seattle and create an animal sculpture.  In this art lesson, students choose a variety of materials for creating an animal sculpture using flora and fauna and other environmental images.  Students discuss the...
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Flat Shapes in Three Dimension

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students explore sculpture. In this lesson about finding sculpture ideas in movement and rhythm, students make 3-dimensional shapes. Students create a sculpture paying attention to balance, rhythm and repetition. Students will understand...
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Go Fish! Fish or other Sea Creature from Recycled Materials

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students brainstorm what a fish looks like determining the parts from schema and research. They create a unique and interesting 3-d sculpture of fish or underwater creature mostly from recycled materials, then examine the aesthetics of...
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Visual Arts Lesson: St. Michael, the Archangel

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine art of indigenous cultures of Mexico, and how sculpture represents European and indigenous traditions; students describe the process and materials used, and create their own sculptures in a lightweight material.
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Sculpting

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use clay, molding, and cardboard to create a sculpture of a bird and a bird house. Students complete 5 steps to making this sculpture.
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Flat Shapes in Three Dimensions

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Learners examine the 20th-century sculpture "Gandydancer's Dream" by Mark di Suvero. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the sculpture and then use flat shapes and wire to create their own sculpture. The learners are encouraged...
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Making a Chiminea

For Teachers 7th
A chiminea is an outdoor fireplace usually made from terracotta. Your class will make miniature versions of this useful heating device to practice specific sculpting techniques. This lesson spans four days. It includes vocabulary and an...
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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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Shape Shifters- Trees and the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a tree sculpture. In this trees and the environment lesson, students learn about the parts of a tree, discuss what a tree needs in order to grow, find images of trees in art and nature, use various materials to create a...
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Shoe Shine

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young artists use Paintstik colors on paper, canvas, metal, fabric or another surface to create a work of art to be presented in a gallery. Students research the origins of the "Snakebasket" they are creating. These art lessons produce...
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Timeless Totems

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students respond an email from Roger Totem, who is the curator of a new museum opening. students discuss with the art teacher to explain the project and get support. Students, in accordance with the guidelines, divide into groups...
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Calder's Balancing Acts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students learn the vocabulary of contemporary sculpture and distinguish between abstract and realistic sculpture, mobile and stabile, biomorphic and geometric. They write equations using Calder's mobiles
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Family Portraits

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars view and discuss realistic family portraits and respond to them by creating abstract art work, form and draw imaginative still life, prepare story about their family history or history of family in community, and write...
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Create a 3-D Community Model

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the term community.  In this Social Studies lesson, 7th graders develop a definition of the term community.  Students create a sculpture that is related to their community.
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Art Studio

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students collaborate with their classmates to create a sculpture with the provided materials in order to cultivate fine motor and social skills. In this collaborative art lesson plan, students work in small groups to design the pedestal...
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Nature Abstractions - Georgia O'Keeffe

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and forms of nature. Sketches are made of natural objects and then abstracted. Clay forms are then made using draped slab method and hand building techniques.
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Art & Culture Influence Each Other

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the effects of culture upon the community and visa versa. In groups, students create Chumash style artwork and proportioned sculptures. They examine the perspective of the Renaissance Period and design...
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Create a Cat with Amaco Scuptamold and Wireform Metal Mesh

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners create an animal from Sculptamold and metal mesh. In this hands-on arts lesson, students use the materials provided the create a piece of art in the form of an animal. This lesson includes easy step-by-step directions.
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Barns and Silos

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars build a barn or silo out of clay. In this sculpting lesson, students plan and design a barn or silo and follow step-by-step directions in order to create their finished product out of clay.

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