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Critical thinking graphic arts lessons
Eye of the Dragon : Art Lesson Plan
Dragons are captivating, aren't they? The students love these fantastic creatures! So I'm delighted to present this art project: "Eye of the Dragon"! We'll be working with pencil crayons to create gradients and textures. Your students will not only be impressed by their creations, but also passionate about this unique project that showcases their artistic talent.Level:For students in Grade 3 and all the way up to High School.Technique:DrawingVisual language:Your student learn how to create co
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3rd - 12th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
STEM Challenge Bucket Tower Problem-Solving Learning Activity Upper Elementary
This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters
STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions
This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures
Inside Out Movie Guide | Inside Out Movie Activities | Social Emotional Learning
Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi
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4th - 7th
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STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity
It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn. Inevitably, there will be gigantic containers. Please note: This challenge is available in money-saving bundles!➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM Volume Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM 6-Pack Math Skills Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % wit
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math
Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
In this yearbook bundle, you'll have everything you need to plan, prepare, market, design, and create your student publication with this one-stop resource for your yearbook program. This yearbook curriculum includes all of my best-selling tools for creating a yearbook and conducting a yearbook and/or journalism class, plus some NEW tools (only in this bundle) to make a full, cohesive curriculum for yearbook/journalism advisers. *DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW FOR FULL LIST OF CONTENTS*-Units include the f
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM
Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas
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K - 5th
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STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project
Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4 different versions of this resource. ➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?Students will use raw spaghetti strands to build a structure that will hold weight at the top. There are 4 variations of this
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Introduction to Art Curriculum, Art Projects for Middle School, High School Art
Do you need meaningful middle school art or high school art curriculums? This art curriculum bundle pack includes lessons, worksheets, art projects, and a lot more to fill every single day of a school year (can also be trimmed down to a semester-long course). All you need are the art-making supplies and you are set for the year! I have taught high school Introduction to Art since I started teaching art. I have tweaked things over the years, and every now and then I switch things out. This is a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Autumn Art Activity and Lesson Plan for Kids: Autumn Leaves
Fall is already at our doorstep! Why not celebrate it with magnificient colored artwork to put on your bulletin board?Level:This projet is convenient for everybody starting first grade. Kindergarten level can also do it with a little more assistance from the teacher. As for 6th graders, they can work harder on the pastel mixing.Technique:Drawing and paintingVisual language:Warm and cold coloursStraight linesVertical, horizontal and oblique linesRepetitionThick linesMaterials:Cartridge paper or w
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K - 6th
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Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 1 Visual Art
Introduction to DSLR Digital Photography Curriculum - 1 Semester High School Art
Are you struggling with how to teach DSLR digital photography in your high school art class? This introduction to digital photography curriculum includes everything you need to teach every single day of an entire semester in your digital photo class. Watch as your students learn how to use a DSLR camera and take pictures in manual mode and become mini-experts! This introduction to digital photography curriculum includes everything from the timeline course overview, syllabus to an end-of-semester
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Grades:
6th - 12th
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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Indigenous Artists in Canada | Elementary Art Lessons and Projects
This set of art projects incorporates painting, oil pastels, printmaking and carving to study six different artists in Canada who identify as First Nations or Métis through creating a piece of art inspired by George Littlechild, Bill Reid, Dana Standinghorn, Jason Carter, Benjamin Chee Chee and Leah Dorian.This inspiring product includes:six different art projects (each one can usually be completed within a few hours from start to the end of clean-up).complete lesson plans with step-by-step inst
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
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5th - 10th
STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM Challenge will have your st
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Fun Challenge Bundle
Fingerprint Self-Portraits: Creative STEAM Project, Journaling & Self-Expression
Go beyond the typical self-portrait lesson with Fingerprint Self-Portraits! While most self-portraits emphasize what a student looks like, this lesson provides a snapshot of a child’s personality and self-reflection at a specific time in their life. Middle schoolers and up will enjoy sharing their opinions, their likes and dislikes, and some fun facts about themselves all in the pattern of their very own fingerprint. What could be more unique and personalized than that?!Fingerprint Self-Portrait
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5th - 8th
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Imagination Workout Creativity Test Drawing Sub Art Lesson Plan Doodle Worksheet
This listing includes 3 worksheet pages with 36 different boxes total. This listing also includes a colored example page for reference. All pages are contained within a single PDF file and you can print what you would like. Each worksheet includes 12 boxes that have "starter" lines. Students are instructed to create an image or design from these starter lines...the more creative the better!I have an additional imagination workout pack 2 available for download as well. Click here to visit pack 2
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1st - 9th
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Also included in: Imagination Workout Bundle 6 pages Sub Lesson Creativity
Perspective Drawing Unit w One & Two Point Perspective Art Lessons, Art Projects
Unlock the power of one and two-point perspective and elevate your students' drawing skills with this comprehensive perspective drawing unit! Perfect for middle school art or high school art, this unit includes detailed art lesson plans, engaging activities, an art project and helpful resources to teach the essential technique of one-point and two-point perspective in a fun and interactive way.Throughout this perspective drawing unit, your students will learn about one-point perspective and comp
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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
Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
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K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
STEM Marble Maze Challenge – Problem-Solving Activity
You will love the versatility of this challenge. Three versions of the activity are included. Each version has a teacher's guide. Student lab sheets and sample answers are also provided. Your students will be a"mazed" with this project, too!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM activity will have your students design a maze through which a marble can travel. They will fold and bend paper or cardboard into the maze paths and then
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-1
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Also included in: STEM Projects Building Models - Mazes, Boats, and Cars Challenges
STEM Marshmallow Bridge Challenge Project-Based Learning Activity
You will love the simple materials used in this challenge! The marshmallow bridges are not very long but will test the patience and diligence of students as they work to finish this successfully. And, they will! Great cheering will happen when a bridge spans the gap and holds a little bit of weight!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource and 2 additional bridge building activities.What is the challenge?The design challenge lesson contained in this package is a bridge-building experience.
Grades:
4th - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Bridges Bundle 3 Activities
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