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Clay Whistles Lesson PlanClay Whistles Lesson Plan
Publisher
Tasha McKelvey
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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Activities & Projects
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Duration
28 days
Instructional Strategy
Hands-on Activity
Year
2008
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Clay Whistles

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Create clay whistles with your elementary or middle school students. The project is outlined in great detail here, complete with step-by-step photographs, finished examples, a materials list, student handouts, and a rubric. Students create marine animals here, but you could do this activity with any type of animal. 

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visual and performing arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Incorporate into a unit on arctic, desert, or rainforest animals instead of marine animals

Classroom Considerations

  • Do this yourself before launching into this four-week project, as there are many opportunities for pitfalls that would be best ironed out with experience

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  • Finished sample photographs
  • Step-by-step handout for kids to reference

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