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Critical thinking visual 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
Art Lessons & Art History | Art Lesson Plans for Elementary | Famous Artists
Your elementary students are going to be so excited to study history, culture, geography and literacy when they have the opportunity to view it through the lens of Art and Art History. These amazing Art History lessons provide a unique and interesting way to engage learners and integrate learning on multiple levels. Each Art History unit includes a student-friendly teacher script to read aloud to students. Questions are also included to support you in helping students to engage in discussions. T
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1st - 3rd
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K-5 Elementary Art Curriculum Lesson Pack Bundle
This product is a bundle of the Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, and Fifth Grade curriculum lesson packs in my shop. It also includes a sub plan pack from my shop for when you're out. You can read their individual product descriptions by clicking on them! This bundle also includes a K-5 30 week pacing guide [ZIP file containing a word document and pdf].
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K - 5th
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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
Art Principles of Design Worksheet, Activity Art Sub Plan Review Elements of Art
This art worksheet pack focuses on the principles of design. The activity pack includes 10 front and back worksheets that show how to use the elements of art in 10 principles of design-focused handouts. This handout bundle can serve as an art lesson, early finisher, sub plans, digital activity for virtual students, or an introduction to a project for elementary art, middle school art, and high school art classrooms. The front of the art printable handouts has information about successfully incor
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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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
Elementary Art Lessons | YEAR-LONG Art Project Bundle
Struggling to find time in your day to plan, prep, AND teach art? In my first few years of teaching, I depended heavily on craftivities and directed drawings to fill my "art" time - there was just too much to prep! While there is nothing wrong with those activities, they can't replace an art lesson focused on essential art concepts, studying famous artists, learning artistic techniques, and exploring different media. These Bite-Size Art lessons will take your whole-class art instruction to a who
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1st - 5th
Place Value Jellyfish Math Craft | Art Crafts Activities Projects First Grade
PLACE VALUE JELLYFISHA craft to reinforce place value using paper base ten blocks.Integrate first grade math and art to reinforce concepts in a fun and engaging way! Practice and solidify core math concepts with this adorable place value jellyfish math craft! My students LOVE learning math through art activities, and my classroom is always bright and colorful as we display our projects.This simple project integrates math and art together to create an adorable jellyfish made of paper place value
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K - 2nd
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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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Northern Lights Winter Landscapes | Art Lesson | Google Slides + PDF
Looking for the perfect winter art project? Well then I've got y'all covered. This Northern Lights Winter Landscape is not only visually stunning but students of all ages and artistic abilities will create a gorgeous work of art that is sure to be a show stopper! Your students will learn all about the gorgeous natural phenomenon that is the aurora borealis, and use super fun, engaging and (dare I say MINDBLOWING ) techniques to create their winter landscape. This is also the perfect lesson to c
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Elementary Art Lessons | Growing Bundle
Turtle Time Clocks Math Craft | Art Crafts Activities Projects First Grade
Integrate first grade math and art to reinforce concepts in a fun and engaging way! Practice and solidify core math concepts with this adorable turtle clock math craft! My students LOVE learning math through art activities, and my classroom is always bright and colorful as we display our projects.This simple project integrates math and art together to create a super cute turtle clock! The head of the turtle is on 12, and the tail is on 6, which helps younger students remember those two important
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K - 2nd
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Back to School Art Project : Kandi-Apples : In the Style of Kandinsky
Here is the perfect project for the start of the school year: Kandi-Apples.This project will allow students to create a work of art in the Style of Kadinsky.When they are finished, you can make a colourful collective display. This project requires simple materials, and apple models are also included. A great way to discover a fundamental artist. Level:Kindergarten to Grade 6Technique:DrawingVisual Language:Thick linesThin linesCurved linesMaterials:White sheet or piece of cardboard (8.5 x 8.5 in
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K - 6th
Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 1 Visual Art
Build A Robot Geometry Math Craft | Art Crafts Activities Projects First Grade
BUILD A ROBOT GEOMETRY CRAFTA craft to reinforce 2D and 3D shapes.Integrate first grade math and art to reinforce concepts in a fun and engaging way! Practice and solidify core math concepts with this adorable robot geometry math craft! My students LOVE learning math through art activities, and my classroom is always bright and colorful as we display our projects.This simple project integrates math and art together to create a super cute robot made of either 2D or 3D shapes. Students color and c
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K - 2nd
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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 Worksheets | Movie Day 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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Spring : Symmetrical Butterfly ! Math , Art Lesson Plan, Summer
Spring has arrived, and with it...BUTTERFLIES! Teach your students how to make magnificent butterflies, while working on many different art techniques like symmetry, lines and patterns.Level:Grade 2 and upGrade 1 students are able to do this as well ,with more supervision. Technique:Drawing and paintingVisual language:SymmetryPatternsThin and thick linesSuperpositionMaterials:White sheet 8.5 x 11Coloured felt markersHard tempera paintPermanent felt marker or black pencil crayonsA drawing of a bu
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 2 Visual Art
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
Art Sub Binder • Elementary Art Sub Lesson Plans • For Emergency Substitutes
Looking for an easy way to prepare for a sub? This is it! Get your art sub plans organized so that any substitute teacher can walk in with little notice and teach a successful elementary art lesson. You'll get everything you need to set up an Art Sub Binder with helpful information for your sub and 10 easy lesson plans that students will enjoy and you'll feel great about!Imagine preparing for a sub without staying late or waking up sick without the sinking feeling of not having sub plans!! This
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1st - 5th, Staff
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Also included in: Art Teacher Bundle • Teaching Art Made Easier
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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Christmas Activities: Ugly Sweater Project, Template, Sub Plans & Writing Prompt
Need no prep, Christmas art projects for your December bulletin board? Imagine these ugly sweaters in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers. A fun roll a dice 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 Christmas art activities usin
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2nd - 5th
In the Style of Vincent Van Gogh, Spring: Art Lesson for Kids, Impressionnist
This project helps you discover two different paintings by Vincent Van Gogh: ''Starry Night'' and ''Sunflowers''. Using these two paintings as inspiration, you will create your own unique painting, working in the same manner as the impressionist artists. Welcome the spring with this 'sunny' project. Level:Grade 3 and upInteresting for Junior high schoolTechnique:PaintingCollageVisual language:Curved linesCold coloursWarm coloursMixing coloursMaterials:Liquid Tempera paintsColoured wax crayonsSci
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 5 Visual Art
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
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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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math
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