Arts Now Learning: Acting Hot and Cold [Pdf]

In this lesson, 3rd graders take on the roles of characters in a drama centered on preserving the environment. Students will play different living things that inhabit a forest. They will improvise dialogue and analyze environmental...

In this lesson, 3rd graders reflect on who they are by listing their likes and dislikes, beliefs, hobbies, etc. They then create a rubbing of their name and add rubbings of objects they like, along with symbols and sketches. Next, they...

In this lesson, students will learn about rondo form and practice a chant. After learning about the structure of the chant, they will work in small groups to create a chant about a habitat. The chants will then be combined with the model...

In this lesson, students build upon prior knowledge of the planets in the solar system by becoming aliens living on the planets. As aliens, they learn about their planets and create advertisements to persuade someone to visit them there.

Young scientists transform themselves into rivers, oceans, clouds, and drops of water in order to explore the water cycle. After assigning and explaining to students their different roles in the activity, the teacher reads aloud a...

In this lesson, 3rd graders will investigate the three types of rocks and personify the formation of each type with movement.

In this arts integrated unit, 3rd graders will explore Rocks and Soil. These projects focus on bringing multiple art forms to the Earth Sciences for third graders. Students will focus on comparing and contrasting the 3 types of rocks, as...

Make snakes with your class to demonstrate how recycled materials are perfect for art. Learners use colorful plastic cups, pantyhose, paper fasteners, and fishing line to make articulated snakes. This project would be great when learning...

In this instructional activity, students create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal....

In this video, a teacher conducts a science lesson where students create a tableau of an ecosystem. As the teacher calls upon them, each student explains where they get their energy from and where it goes in the ecosystem. The teacher...