3D pens are an easy way to create a 3D object. You can design from scratch or use a template. The pens work like a glue gun, except that they use the same filament in a 3D printer. The objects that the students create can be used in project based learning projects.

In this part of the unit, students are exploring how global temperatures have changed over the past hundred years.  Students will examine tables and graphs about global temperatures and carbon dioxide levels, human consumption of food, and human consumption of natural resources.  They will find patterns in the graphs.  Based on this data, students will construct an argument about how human activities (increase in population and consumption of natural resources) cause global temperatures to increase.

SPARK follows photographers from the Sixth Street Photography Workshop as they take pictures of their lives and ideas in some of San Francisco's most depressed neighborhoods. This Educator Guide is about the history of photography.

In this lesson, students identify basic shapes and types of lines, and analyze how Pablo Picasso's might use such shapes and lines in Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass. Drawing upon Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass as an inspiration, students than cut out and paste shapes to create their own cubist collage of a musical instrument.

Overview: This lesson is sure to sizzle, not fizzle, as students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia.
Subject: Arts and Humanities, Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
Level: Upper Primary
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Provider:
Provider Set: ReadWriteThink Date Added: 09/28/2013
License: http://www.readwritethink.org/util/legal.html
Language: English
Media Format: Downloadable docs, Text/HTML

From Earth’s moon to Europa, our solar system is filled with interesting set of natural satellites. Through art and science, children learn about moons of our solar system with the Deadly Moons activity.

Helping Bereaved Children: 20 Activities for Processing GriefCopyrighted Article Re-Posted with Permission from authors Brad A. Imhoff, Kaela Vance and Amberle Quackenbush of Ohio University Presented to the 2012 All Ohio Counselors Conference in Columbus, Ohiohttp://www.allohiocc.org/Resources/Documents/AOCC%202012%20Session%2062.pdf

The lessons in this unit are designed to help your students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-based art forms (quilts) to pass down their traditions and history.

Name TanglesA Copyrighted Activity Re-Posted with Permission from Cheryl Trowbridgewww.teachkidsart.netZentangle® is an art form developed by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. Zentangle®, per their website, www.zentangle.com, is “an easy to learn method for creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns. Zentangles® are miniature pieces of unplanned, abstract, black and white art created through structured patterns. Creating a Zentangle® is known as tangling and a tangle is a single pattern. Visit Pinterest to see how to create a wide variety of patterns or consider purchasing one of several books available on the subject: Pattern Play: A Zentangle® Creativity Boost by Cris Letourneau, Zen Doodle: Tons of Tangles by Tonia Jenny, Drawing: Drawing Art for Beginners: Doodle Patterns and Shapes by Meredith Graham, Design Originals, Joy of Zentangle® by Marie Browning, and The Art of Zentangle®: 50 Inspiring Ideas for the Meditative Artist by Bremner, Brunell, and Raile. Objectives:The participants will:1. Learn about the “doodling with purpose” art form known as Zentangle®2. Incorporate the art elements of line, pattern, color and positive and negative space in creating artAudiences:This activity is suitable for any age. Zentangles® are an enjoyable and relaxation tool for everyone.

Negative Space Tree Drawing A Copyrighted Activity Re-Posted with Permission from Cheryl Trowbridg ewww.teachkidsart.net
Objectives:The participants will:
1.Use the art elements of line, color and negative and positive space to create art
2.Use nature as the inspiration for their art Audience: Cheryl works with children and they were the focus for her in creating this lesson but this activity could be used with all ages. This is a perfect project for winter or early spring before trees have budded and leafed out.

Self Portrait CollageA Lesson Submitted by Marilyn Stadler and Cathy HarringtonWith a link to the Copyrighted Dick Blick Lesson Plan “Changing Faces”www.dickblick.comObjectives: The participants will:1. Build upon the concept of creating simple collages2. Reflect upon themselves—their strengths, weaknesses, talents, etc.3. Use clippings of words and other materials or images to create a self-portrait4. Share insights about the art created with othersAudience:This lesson would be suitable for upper elementary ages to senior citizens.

This multi-day mini-unit explores the event of Christopher Columbus landing in the Bahamas from the viewpoint of both the Europeans and the Taino Tribe.  On Day 1 the students will participate in an interactive read-aloud of Encounter, by Jane Yolen. The focus will be centered around questioning as the reading strategy and then finishing with a graphic organizer depicting the portrayal of Christopher Columbus and the Native Americans.  Day 2 involves students seeking out resources on Christopher Columbus and continuing the graphic organizer. On Day 3 students will show their understanding of the different perspectives on the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Bahamas by will creating two different storyboards, one from the European perspective and the other from the Native American perspective.  To finish the unit students will use the ShadowPuppet EDU app to create a project showcasing their storyboards.  The unit will be assessed through a rubric.