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What Is Clay?

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This resource could come in handy the next time you feel like teaching about clay. Basic sculpting techniques, vocabulary, and history of clay are outlined in this informative resource. Use prior to teaching an art project involving ceramics or with other sculpting projects found on Lesson Planet. 

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pottery, ceramics, clay

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clay, pottery, teaching tool, content specific vocabulary, sculpture, sculptural techniques, decomposition of rock, artistic terminology, visual and performing arts
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Pre-K - 12th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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