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Critical thinking art history projects
Project Based Learning: Geometrocity! A Math PBL
Project Based Learning: GEOMETROCITY! Build a City Made of Math with Geometry.Imagine, Design, and Build a City with this 2D and 3D Adventure!-Project Based Learning-Real World Application-Geometry, Maps, & More -Extension Activities -Differentiated Levels***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL!***There is a link to a Google Slides Version. Details below. *This resource can be used for distance learning and e-learning.*Geometrocity is a project based learning activity where students will take their
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
Create a Board Game! Project Based Learning Unit - Templates + Rubrics + Slides
Unleash creativity with our Board Game Project Based Learning Unit! Ideal for 1st grade and up! Make learning fun by creating a board game. Includes templates, rubrics, and more! PDF & Powerpoint Slides to introduce the project to students.KEY FEATURES:64 PAGES OF VALUE: Includes 464 pages of resources to support the entire project lifecycle from planning and crafting to reflecting.TEMPLATES FOR EVERYTHING: Comes with a variety of templates including warm up activities, planning, game design
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2nd - 8th
STEM Index Card Tower Challenge - Easy Prep Project- 2 Versions
This easy prep STEM Activity is surprisingly challenging! Students will have a fantastic engineering opportunity through problem-solving. Index Card Towers show your students how to persevere and redesign based on their initial thinking and planning (plus the towers are fun to build!) The best part is that your prep includes one basic material and the students take over from there. Just stand back and watch them brainstorm and build incredibly tall towers. They will groan when the tower falls, d
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Shark Tank Interactive Invention & Innovation Project! (DIGITAL and PRINT)
**UPDATED With New Link! (4-1-22)**Now includes DIGITAL student worksheets for remote learning. You will need to have a Google account in order to access and edit the Google Slides.**UPDATED (3-23-19)** Now includes:-Student Checklist -Updated Shark Tank Successes-Pictures of completed student products/presentations!-Speech guidelines-Optional Extension Feedback Activity (with pictures!) -Shark Tank Judges Questions Sheet -Questions/Worksheet for students to fill out during their peers' presenta
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3rd - 12th
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Project Based Learning: Zoo Design, Area & Perimeter (PBL) Now For Google Slides
Project Based Learning: Zoo Design with Area and Perimeter, Map Skills, and More! This also includes differentiated activities, math skills, problem solving, aligned with Common Core, and extension activities.This project is based around the idea of students creating a zoo using their knowledge of area and perimeter, along with many other math (and academic) skills to create a unique learning opportunity that apply to real-life situations.***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL for DISTANCE LEARNING***
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
Hispanic Heritage Month Activities: Pablo Picasso Art Project, Roll a Dice Game
Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with a fun Hispanic Heritage Month activity? This Pablo Picasso art project will boost confidence and creativity. Kids will be amazed by his abstract Cubist portraits. Moreover, they’ll connect with his personal story about discovering Cubism. And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on modern abstract portrait artists like Pablo Picasso. During this lesson on Picasso your class will learn about Cubism, an art style
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4th - 7th
STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity (Printed & Digital)
Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Op Art and the Elements of Art • Art Lessons • Step by Step Tutorials
Op Art is perfect for you if you are looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your elementary art students about the elements of art. Op Art and the Elements of Art includes five different optical illusion lessons that incorporate the elements of art, allowing your students to learn about line, color, space, and more. Your students will learn how to manipulate the elements of art to create stunning works of op art. They will explore optical illusions and use contrasting colors to create eye-p
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Op Art MEGA Bundle!
Simple Self-Portrait Drawing Guide | Grades K-2
Drawing faces can be incredibly intimidating when you are a beginner artist- so I created this simple step by step guide to help even the most timid of artists gain confidence in creating a simple self portrait. In this intentionally simplified drawing guide, you will find the steps to creating a portrait that is illustrative in style allowing everyone to find success and feel like an artist!With easy to follow steps, a fun cartoon style, and minimal written instructions, this visual is perfect
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K - 3rd
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Pop Art Lesson: James Rizzi Cityscape Roll A Dice Game and Art Sub Plan
Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with a no prep, Pop Art projects? This James Rizzi Cityscape art lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be delighted by his cheerful buildings with faces. Moreover, they’ll connect with his ability to showcase the sights and sounds of his beloved home, New York City.And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on Pop Art artists like James Rizzi. During this art project, your class will discover
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2nd - 5th
Genius Hour Passion Project: Research Skills for Inquiry Project Based Learning
Your students will love this Genius Hour Passion Project! They'll develop strong inquiry research skills while engaging in project-based learning (PBL). You'll SAVE TIME with this EDITABLE NO-PREP research unit that includes a bulletin board kit, rubrics for assessment, and much more. Genius Hour is a classroom favourite because it allows students to choose a topic of interest and create a presentation. ABOUT OUR GENIUS HOUR PASSION PROJECT RESOURCE✪ PDF files for easy printing and computer com
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4th - 8th
Pop Art Lesson: Keith Haring Dancing Figures Art Project, Sub Plan, Artist Study
Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with a no prep, Pop Art lessons? This Keith Haring art project will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be energized by his brightly colored dancing figures and barking dogs. Moreover, they’ll connect with his personal style of painting public murals about important social causes.And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on Pop Art artists like Keith Haring. During this art project, your class will lea
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4th - 6th
FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM
These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Shark Tank Project: Language Arts Project Based Learning Unit
Engage your students and utilize language arts, writing, public speaking, collaboration, creativity, and other 21st century skills!This project is a favorite in my classroom! Students come up with a product and then pitch their idea to the "sharks". Students also take on the role of the shark to evaluate their classmates' pitches and decide which businesses they would like to invest in. Whoever gets the most investments becomes the top entrepreneur! Check out the Language Arts Project Based Lear
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3rd - 7th
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Roll a Sugar Skull Day of the Dead Art Project, Template, & Elementary Sub Plans
Need a Day of the Dead art project for your bulletin board in November? Imagine these sugar skull drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art teachers.A fun roll a sugar skull game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan Dia de los Muertos ac
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4th - 7th
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Shark Tank Elementary Economics Project for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Loosely based on the show, Shark Tank.... this is a great unit to use for late elementary and middle school students to learn economic terms while working through the planning process of designing a good or service as an entrepreneur. Includes planners for all steps of the process and links to Shark Tank snippets on YouTube as examples too! Thank you and enjoy! ⭐ CHECK OUT THE FULL PREVIEW ABOVE! ⭐ * Each section of the project below includes teacher directions * Links to Shark T
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2nd - 7th
Superheroes ! Pop Art Project - Art Lesson Plan
Who doesn't like superheroes? Students love them!A theme that boys love, and girls can also enjoy.This project is a great occasion to work on how to draw characters, while discovering an incredible artist: Roy Lichenstein, through the Pop Art movement.Level:Grade 3 and up. Also great for Junior High and High School.Technique:Drawing with feltsMaterials:Permanent black feltsRegular coloured feltsTactile or glossy paperScissorsGlueLead pencil, eraserVisual Language:Thick and thin linesPrimary colo
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 6 Visual Art
Wayne Thiebaud Pop Art Lesson: Step By Step Drawing, Art Sub Plans, & Exit Slips
Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with a no prep, Pop Art still-life project? This Wayne Thiebaud art lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be delighted by his Pop Art cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, and pies. Moreover, they’ll connect with his personal style of impasto painting on canvas.And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on Pop Art painters like Wayne Thiebaud. During this art project, your class will learn how Wayne Thi
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2nd - 5th
Forensics Fun - Murder Mystery for Middle School: Getty Palace Hotel
There has been a murder the old historic hotel in downtown. The concierge has been found dead in the basement elevator. Your detective team has been assigned to the case. Can you solve the murder?Click here to save 20% on our TRIO Murder Mystery BundleUsing their skills critical thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and team work, the Junior Crime Detectives work in partnerships or teams to solve the murder mystery.Everything you need for your Junior Detectives is included in this kit including
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Grades:
6th - 9th
"The Frame" Frida Kahlo Collaborative Poster | Great Cinco de Mayo Accompaniment
“The Frame” by Frida Kahlo Collaboration Poster. This art activity is great for your Cinco de Mayo celebrations, Hispanic Heritage studies/celebrations, or to accompany your history lessons on Frida Kahlo and your art lessons about her famous artwork, “The Frame.” 3 options includedWith colors assignedWithout colors assignedIn Spanish+plus a bonus coloring pageThe final poster is great for:• Art shows• An auditorium• A hallway • Your classroom bulletin boardThis art activity is intended to compl
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2nd - 10th
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Persuasive Techniques Unit - Media Literacy Analysis PowerPoint & Project Bundle
Teach persuasive techniques, ad analysis, and propaganda with this bundle of media literacy activities. This comprehensive bundle includes bellringers, projects, PowerPoints, and quizzes for teaching persuasion through engaging advertising analysis, interactive practice, and creative projects. In this bundle, you’ll get 3 weeks of engaging activities to introduce or strengthen student understanding of persuasive techniques. This is a perfect foundation for media literacy with a variety of activ
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6th - 9th
Chinese New Year Art Project: Chinese Ming Dynasty Vase Art Lesson & Sub Plan
Ready to liven up your middle school art curriculum with engaging, no prep Chinese New Year art projects? This Ming Dynasty vase lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by production of the cobalt blue porcelain ceramics. Moreover, they’ll enjoy playing a roll a dice game to make a vase of their own!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on ancient China. During this art project, your class will learn about pottery, earthe
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5th - 7th
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Growth Mindset Art Project
“A growth mindset is when students understand that their abilities can be developed,”(Dweck, 2014).It is so important for students and teachers to change their "Fixed Mindset" into "Growth Mindset." With this fun art project, students are encouraged to reflect on their thinking and set a Growth Mindset goal for the school year. This project is great for the first couple of weeks of school, New Year's, and/or Open House.This resource includes:· Materials List· Step by Step Directions· Zentangle
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Not Grade Specific
Op Art Cubes Lesson
A great art project made from simple materials found in almost any art room! Students will learn about the Op Art movement of the 1960s. They will then create their own "Op Art Cubes" using paper, and Sharpie markers. Included in this lesson:- Op Art Design Booklet Containing 10 Different Designs- 13 Pages of Step-By-Step Lesson Instructions- Short Reading Article on the Op Art Movement- Practice Sheet - Cube Template- Grading Rubric
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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