| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Science |
Drawing, Biology |
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| A Conceptual Approach to Teaching Anatomy |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/CD_NotTeachingToTheTest/JonathanPincus_ConceptualApproach.cfm |
| This series of sequential art lessons on human anatomy reinforce my students' Living Environment studies without teaching to the test. Applying the workshop model in the art classroom, students are actively engaged in creating drawings of the skeletal and musculature systems of the body. Inter-disciplinary, project-based visual art assignments reinforce students' science lessons while stressing cultural literacy and a strong visual communication skill set. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, English Language Arts, Health Phys Ed, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Journalism, Internet, Media Literacy, Visual Arts |
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| A Day in the Life of... |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/solano/ |
| This unit uses multi-disciplinary work to help students learn more about the professional world of sports medicine. Students conduct online research on sports medicine, contact professionals in the field, craft interview questions, engage in online discourse with these professionals, and create a brochure using information obtained from these interviews.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Art History, Crafts,Drawing, Painting, Community Culture, Global History, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| A Journey to Africa: Art and Artifacts |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/rdonovan/africa.htm |
| This project enables students to conduct Internet research on African culture by reading about and selecting a piece of art they find intriguing. They examine features and collect facts in order to create a PowerPoint presentation. The students bookmark appropriate websites so they can describe the piece they have chosen (its materials and features) as well as talk about its function, and then explain why they have chosen it. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Art History, Crafts, Writing, Global History |
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| A Mask for All Seasons |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/mask.htm |
| Students create plaster craft masks to depict the four seasons. By navigating various Web sites, they learn about Renaissance artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo and his "Season" series of floral faces. The students create symbolism in their masks through the use of collage materials.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Crafts, Sculpture, Literature, Community Culture |
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| A Venetian Carnival |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/cposer/venetianfp.htm |
| This unit will expand the students' knowledge of Edgar Allan Poe and his story "The Cask of Amontillado." It will also introduce them to the global celebration of the carnival season. The Internet allows students to travel to these carnivals to experience them firsthand. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
American History, Software Programs |
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| American History Through Architectural Masterpieces |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/kupfer/kupfer.htm |
| The aim of this learning experience is for students to learn about American history and culture through the study of selected American architectural works of art. Technology is integrated with social studies, language arts, math and architecture. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Science |
Graphic Arts, Reading Literacy, Astronomy |
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| An Alphabet Journey Through Space |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/sarago/sarago.htm |
| Students were asked to compile a list of space vocabulary words. They then researched the meaning of each word using Internet resources and designed a page for each letter of the alphabet, which included the meaning and related graphics which they imported from various Web sites. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Art History, American History, Ancient Civilizations, Global History, Internet |
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| Art as Social Record |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/aszeto/art.htm |
| Artistic products are important primary sources in studying about the past. Why was this artwork created? What can this piece of artwork tell us about its society? Historians and other academics conduct extensive research to answer these questions. With the use of technology, students are provided with easy access to artworks from different parts of the world. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Visual Arts |
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| Art WebQuest |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/stpats2004/art52109267/ |
| This project is an Art Webquest for 5th grade students. It covers many of the different art movements. Students learn by working together and exploring the weblinks provided. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture, Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
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| Artful Installations: 3D Constructions |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/installations.htm |
| In this project, through a fun and focused environment, students use problem-solving skills, communication, and a diversity of tasks to create a three-dimensional version of a two-dimensional painting. Through the Internet, they visit the art collection of famous museums, and at www.vangoghmuseum.nl they access information on van Gogh and view a multimedia presentation of his most important works. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Crafts, Community Culture, Software Programs, Video, Visual Arts |
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| Artists Act Against Homelessness |
| http://bostonteachnet.org/troxell_lamothe_syms/sigproj.htm |
| Homelessness in the big city. Do young people see it as a curse or a cause to be addressed? Three high school classes, in the fields of visual arts and instructional technology, vow to do something. Determined that their messages will be seen and heard, students produce and exhibit a web site, videos, and graphic arts confirming that artists can successfully act against homelessness.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Writing, Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Ask the Oracle (About China) |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/oracle.htm |
| This project draws upon your students' imaginations, and dares them to define their own learning experiences. They are immersed in a fantasy world, based on history, wandering upon an oracle bone in the Forbidden City in search of answers to their questions about China. Their virtual oracle bone becomes a metaphor for the World Wide Web, a powerful medium for finding information, inspiring creative writing, and learning about other cultures.
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Music |
Performing Arts |
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| Bach Cadences |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Music-Bach%20Cadences/index.htm |
| This project focuses on the study of chorale cadences. Using the guide supplied within this resource and the audio-visual material offered, students learn how to harmonize choral cadences in the style of J.S. Bach. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Music, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Blues Music |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/Music-The%20Blues/Cross-Curricular%20Music%20Project.ppt |
| This project will look at blues music and the diversity within it, considering factors such as instrumentation, style and emotional response, and the technological, social and political influences that have shaped the genre.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Technology Media |
Internet, Software Programs |
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| Bon Appetit: Cooking Crepes in French Class |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/dstentella/crepes.htm |
Bon Appétit is a highly enjoyable interdisciplinary program that helps students achieve performance standards in Foreign Language, Art, Language Arts, Math, and Technology. The final product is a class PowerPoint presentation designed and produced by the students, who also make (and eat!) crepes. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Software Programs |
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| Building an Electronic Walker |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/DT-Electronic%20Walker/electronic%20walker/index.htm |
| Students are involved in aligning mechanical components and designing electrical circuits in this systems and control project. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Buzzing with the Bees |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/bees.htm |
| This project is comprised of many step-by-step lessons in Flash animation with screen shots and clear directions. It enables students to be creative, solve problems, and enhance their technological development. They create a bee and other illustrations separately, then combine them and "tween" or animate their bee. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Drawing, American History |
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| Causes of the American Revolution: Interpreting Political Cartoons |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet/westchester/johnson.htm |
| Students analyze historical documents and interpret political cartoons from the American Revolutionary War period to determine the causes of the conflict. The students use higher-order thinking skills to determine if the information presented in the cartoons is accurate, what the colonists thought about the events of the period, and how political cartoons were used to inflame the citizens. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Ancient Civilizations, Internet, Visual Arts |
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| Cave Painting in the I.C.E. Age |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/cave.htm |
| Students explore early human cave paintings in order to create their own faux cave paintings. An Early Humans task sheet guides them through a variety of rich Web sites covering cave paintings in France, Spain, and India as well as artifacts and digs in the U.S. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Digital Media, Visual Arts |
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| Challenging Images |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/sdoran/ |
| This project investigates photography and art as media of expression for young people. As a special theme the work explores the areas of learning and physical disability, with the message that we are all challenged in some way. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History,Drawing, Literature, Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet |
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| Chasing Vermeer: A Da Vinci Code for Children |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/vermeer.htm |
| Through the use of technology and the Internet, students visit art collections throughout the world. They study 17th century Dutch genre painting and Vermeer the artist, and compare his works with those of his contemporaries. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Art History, Graphic Arts, Painting, Community Culture, Digital Media, Visual Arts |
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| China CultureQuest |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/china/china.htm |
| Go on a dig with your students, using both digital tools and Chinese brushwork to learn about the art and culture of China. Students brainstorm topics they would like to research for a China CultureQuest report, collage, and Web page. Using Internet resources, they learn about Chinese brush painting, calligraphy, and names. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
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| Claude Monet |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/monet.htm |
| In this program, students explore and appreciate the life and work of Impressionist artist Claude Monet. They gather information to write a biography on him and sketch an original landscape in his style.
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet |
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| Claude Monet and his Friends and Followers |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/cwinters/ |
| Come and meet Claude Monet and his friends and those who were inspired by his work. Activities, lesson plans, interactive tours, and more will increase knowledge of this period in art. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Science, Science, Technology Media |
Sculpture, Non Fiction, Writing, Biology, Visual Arts |
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| Claymation Critters |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/Tracee/claymation.htm |
| This project is an introduction to research skills and report writing.
Students will select a wild animal to research and write about in a five paragraph report. Students will also create a clay animation of that animal to enhance their report. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, ESL, Technology Media |
Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Click! Writing Through Digital Photography |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/hruan/click.htm |
| Students take photographs or digital images, then scan and manipulate them by using graphic programs such as Adobe Photoshop. They write about their images using MS Word, PowerPoint, and Web design tools available on the computer. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts |
Crafts |
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| Coat Hook Plaque Project |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2004%20Projects/DT-Coat%20Hook%20Plaque/index.html |
| The aim of this project is for students to design and make a 3D plastic coat hook using a process called vacuum forming. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs |
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| Composition Compositions |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/composition.htm |
| Students use the Internet to explore the theory of composition in visual art. They explore the relevance of symmetry, asymmetry, and balance by viewing well-known works of art online and interacting with sites where art principles are animated. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Writing, Community Culture, Digital Media, Visual Arts |
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| Deep Research |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/deepresearch.htm |
| Deep Research is a digital exploration of two worlds of conspicuous silence the New York Public Library and the underwater world. viewer is engaged in an imaginary narrative that explores issues of urbanization, access to information, and environmental /quality of life concerns.
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Writing, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Desktop Publishing |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/ICT-DTP/desktop-publishing/index.htm |
| Students will proceed through the steps of identifying, analysing, designing, implementing and evaluating a document for publication. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Crafts, Digital Media, Software Programs, Video |
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| Digital Video in Design Technology |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/DT-DigitalVideo/index.htm |
| The aim of the project is to produce an instructional movie showing the production stages in making an enamelled broach. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Graphic Arts, Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Drawing Into the Imagination |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/drawing.htm |
| Sixth grade students are introduced to the work of artist Saul Steinberg by visiting online galleries of his work and looking at photo reproductions. They each choose an image that "draws them in" and imagine themselves jumping into a section of the image narrative. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Poetry Creative Writing |
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| Dream Streets |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/dreamstreets.htm |
| Sixth grade students use web-based resources to learn the principles of drawing using one and two point perspective. Students view selected street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, then write about and design their own "dream streets." The project culminates in an animated drawing of their own dream street accompanied by their writing which is published online.
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Driver's Education |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/driversed.htm |
| In this program, students work individually or in small groups to explore Web sites devoted to teen driving and safety. The students pre-plan an animation sequence on a storyboard to illustrate a driving safety tip. They use digital media to draw their plans and animate them. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Art History, Crafts, Painting, Writing, Ancient Civilizations |
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| Egyptian Art: The Case of the Missing Mummy |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/egyptian.htm |
| Students will explore the art of Ancient Egypt and creatively design an Egyptian Mummy Case, using the art medium, papier-mâché.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Music, Science, Technology Media |
Performing Arts, American History, Community Culture, Internet, Video |
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| Elvis Lives |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/nacionales/elvis.htm |
| Who is the "King of Rock & Roll" and why was he adored by millions of fans and still loved by so many some twenty five years after his death? This program is an introduction to a person many agree is the most widely known, loved, and recognized entertainer of all time--Elvis Presley. It was developed to enlighten the current generation of young people to the origins of rock and roll's first superstar. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Global History, Digital Media |
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| Enter Through the Form: Explore Japan Treasure Hunt |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/japan.htm |
| Get your passport ready--your class is about to go on a virtual treasure hunt to Japan! They will search the World Wide Web to find information about Japan's belief and value systems, festivals, architecture, landscape design, geography, and culture. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers |
Crafts |
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| Evaluation of Practical Cookery |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/ktinnelly/ |
| This project highlights several areas of home economics, such as childcare, crafts, cooking, and textiles. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Performing Arts, Sculpture, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
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| Everything is Beautiful at the Ballet |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/huck/templates/figure.htm |
| Through the use of technology and the Internet, students visit art collections throughout the world to gain valuable information on the lives and works of many artists. This is a wonderful motivational tool for students to explore the Web on their own and it enables them to design their own contemporary figure sculptures, following the modern masters they have studied. Students were asked to follow their passion and express the movements found in dance or sports that they loved.
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Photography, Writing, Digital Media |
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| Examining Our Lives Through Another Lens |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachnetDisseminator_JodieNewbery.cfm |
| Students use photos to examine their own lives. They use the wide and tight capabilities of the camera lens to take a closer look at things they know well. They use their new knowledge to add details and enhanced descriptions, and use critical thinking skills to figure out clues and document their findings. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Literature, Software Programs |
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| Fairyland Art of A Midsummers Night's Dream |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachnetDisseminator_JosephZwerling.cfm |
| Students study the play by Shakespeare, then research art of the Fairyland characters, primarily in the collections of Emory University and the Tate Museum in London. Students then match paintings to the actual quotes in the play, with act, scene, and line numbers, and develop that into a narrated slide show in PowerPoint. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Writing, American History |
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| Famous Faces |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/martha/famousfaces/sb_famous_mm.htm |
| Students learn about the United States revolutionary era, presidents of the United States, and famous artists and art movements while learning how to do research on the Internet and how to create word processing documents and multi media projects. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Photography, Digital Media, Software Programs |
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| Fireworks |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Art-Fireworks/Fireworks/index.htm |
| This project introduces students to Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks, a photo editing software program. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Technology Media |
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| Forensics 101 |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/sedewitch/forensics.htm |
| This unit is an introduction to forensic science, and combines fun, hads-on activities with the application of skills from math, science, literacy, art, and technology. Students solve mysteries, learn about the work of forensic anthropologists, and the F.B.I. Students are already familiar with the many crime dramas and reality shows they see on television--these activities are fun for middle school students to explore in pairs and small groups. |
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| Elementary, Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Art History, Graphic Arts, Painting |
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| Frida Kahlo: A Look in the Mirror |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/jessica/fridaweb/sb_frida_jr.htm |
| In this unit the students learn about a famous Mexican female artist and her style of painting. They learn what a self-portrait is by making one of themselves, and learn to look at art by criticizing their own work after analyzing it.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
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| Georgia O'Keefe: Wake Up and Smell the Roses |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/okeefe.htm |
| Students create a watercolor painting in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe and respond critically to a variety of her works displayed on various Web sites.
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Getting Down with the Alphabet |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/smcmahon/alphabet.htm |
| Students in a photo club decided to develop an Alphabet Book. They were engaged in an activity that requires higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. The students become more aware of their surroundings and were excited to be at school. They learned how to use digital cameras, scanners, printers, Abobe Photoshop, Apple iMovie, and AppleWorks. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Non Fiction, Writing, Community Culture |
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| Good Advice: By Students, For Students |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachnetDisseminator_MerylMeisler_Fall07.cfm |
| Students who are completing their first year at a new school create an illuminated manuscript--a handbook for incoming students. The students reflect on their first year. From their own experience, they give advice to the incoming students about how to be academically successful and enjoy their new school. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies |
Crafts,Drawing, Painting, Earth Science, Community Culture, Geography Habitats |
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| Got Biodiversity? |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/seymour/seymour2.htm |
| This Ready-Set-Tech grant winning unit combines online resources with an interdisciplinary curriculum to help elementary-level students learn more about biodiversity on our planet. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Social Studies |
Art History, Ancient Civilizations, Community Culture, Geography Habitats, Global History |
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| Grandi Uomini della Storia Italiana |
| http://teachnet.ie/dfarina/2006a/ |
| This unit introduces students to famous Italians throughout history. Pages are written in both English and Italian, and can appeal to either a foreign language class or a history class. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies |
Art History, Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Writing, American History, Community Culture |
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| Harlem Renaissance Artists and Writers |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachNetGrant08_BethElstein.cfm |
| Students read, analyze, and discuss poems and relate them to their own life experiences, as well as to what they have learned about the African American experience in their history classes. They write original poems about their own experiences, using the poems we have read as models. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Photography, Geography Habitats, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Human and Physical Coast Geography |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Geog-Coastal_Geography/index.htm |
| This resource, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4 (UK), but useful for other key stages is delivered primarily through PowerPoint, and links to a variety of student activities and relevant websites, and also the teacher's own photographs and diagrams. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Illustrated Children's Books |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/wittfeld.htm |
| In this unit of study, students will research (online) the Caldecott Award as it relates to the visual arts; select and research a specific illustrator who has received a Caldecott Award and submit their findings using an online submission process; write and illustrate a book for a small child with a cultural connection; create decorated "paste papers" for use in creating book images in a collage process; and, manipulate created images using Adobe Photoshop software to develop pages.
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Software Programs |
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| Impressionism |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/impress.htm |
| To become acquainted with the period of Impressionism, students visit and research museum Web sites. They sketch ideas for an original landscape painting in the Impressionist style, exploring the various brushstrokes and color palettes used by the Impressionists. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, Technology Media |
Drawing, Media Literacy, Visual Arts |
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| Introductory Skills for GCSE |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/DT-Skills_Course/index.htm |
| This is a course of six lessons, establishing a basic knowledge of equipment, media, product analysis, presentation, and drawing techniques for GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Graphics Products and Product Design. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Journalism, Non Fiction, Writing, Community Culture, Digital Media |
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| Invisible Workers |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/workers.htm |
| Invisible Workers gives students insight into the under-appreciated people whose jobs affect our everyday lives. The students interview people who work in a variety of fields and learn about the requirements, opportunities, and unique characteristics of their jobs. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Reading Literacy, Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Video |
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| iRead, iWrite, iMovie 2 |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2004/duarte.htm |
| With technology as its vehicle iRead, iWrite, iMovie2 is an interdisciplinary project where learners will work collaboratively using project-based learning. This project will enthusiastically embark learners on a journey into the realm of movie making while creating a love for reading and writing at the same time. |
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| Elementary, Middle School |
Fine Arts, Science, Science, Technology Media |
Physics, Scientific Method, Internet |
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| It's Wheely Fun: Design and Make a Vehicle |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/cohanluain/2005/index.htm |
| Get your class to design and make a vehicle and then to carry out investigations using their vehicle. This website has all the worksheets, activities and investigations you might need to undertake this enjoyable activity with your class. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Music, Social Studies |
Performing Arts, American History, Community Culture |
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| Jazz |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/amhiggins/teachjazz |
| Students will find out a little about Jazz, by completing a series of written, listening and research assignments. Through these tasks they will learn about the origins of Jazz, the main musical features of Jazz, some Jazz styles, instruments and musicians. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Crafts, Internet |
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| Kids as Collectors, Creating Mini-Museums |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/kristenburke/sb_kristen_treasures.htm |
| Creating a mini museum was inspired by the natural curiosity of eight and nine year olds who find anything in their natural world interesting and worthy of further investigation. Through the use of the Internet, students experience and have an understanding of the variety and uniqueness of museum collections. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Foreign Language |
Performing Arts |
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| Language through Drama |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/MFL-Languages_through_Drama/index.htm |
| This project aims to bring together students to learn and practice foreign languages through drama. The added benefits are to link the languages curriculum with a vocational course and to give students invaluable practice in both language speaking and presentation. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Health Phys Ed |
Performing Arts |
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| Let's Dance |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/hansen/dance/dance.htm |
| Let's Dance is a unit where students learn and choreograph dances over a three month period and then perform their dance steps at an assembly. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Crafts, Performing Arts, Sculpture, Video |
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| Let's Meet the Artists |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachnetDisseminator_BruceWilson.cfm |
| students work cooperatively in pairs or small groups and learn about different art techniques as well as the different periods of art. They conduct research on a specific artist and write a script incorporating what they have learned. The students create puppets using celluclay and present a puppet show. They are actively involved in a movie project and learn about the many different jobs involved in making a film. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Crafts, Performing Arts, Sculpture, American History, Video |
|
| Let's Meet the Presidents |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/wilson/presidents.htm |
| This project incorporates Internet use, American history, and hand-made puppets, used to create student iMovies. Students were encouraged to choose a president they had never heard of before, or one they wanted to learn more about, wrote a report on that president, crafted a puppet, and performed skits for the entire school. |
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| Elementary, Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Special Ed, Technology Media |
Crafts, Writing, American History, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| Let's Meet the Presidents |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/wilson/presidents.htm |
| This project incorporates Internet use, American history, and hand-made puppets, used to create student iMovies. First, children research the topic of an American president. They were encouraged to choose a president they had never heard of before, or one they wanted to learn more about. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Technology Media |
Drawing, Video |
|
| Libros y Amigos: Publishing Bilingual Books |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/tjackson/libros.htm |
| Students publish bilingual books in hard copy and on the Web, using basic Spanish phrases and vocabulary that tie in with their class's current thematic unit. They write, illustrate, and publish using a variety of technology. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts |
Art History, Painting |
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| Looking & Responding to Paint |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/jroberts/2004 |
| This project enables pupils to explore the various aspects of paint under the headings of colour, line, shape/form/pattern and texture. On each page pupils are asked to visit various online art galleries to look at and respond to famous paintings using the knowledge they have learned. |
|
| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History,Drawing, Sculpture, Writing, Email, Internet, Visual Arts |
|
| Looking at and Responding to Construction |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/jroberts/2005/ |
| This is a project that gives students a chance to tell us what they REALLY think about sculpture and buildings. They will respond in writing and various artistic forms. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Graphic Arts, Community Culture |
|
| Manga Mania |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/asalcedo/manga.htm |
| Manga (pronounced "ma-n-ga") are Japanese graphic works that are somewhat similar to American comic books, although they go far beyond the boundaries of what Americans understand as "comics" or "cartoons." They provide a unique and valuable insight into Japanese society in a format that holds a great deal of interest for students. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Photography, Geography Habitats |
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| Map Skills for Geographers |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Geog-Map%20Skills/index.htm |
| This self-navigating project takes you through scale and distance, contours, grid references, and use of maps with photographs. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Drawing, Graphic Arts, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Masterpieces Past and Present |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/hansen/stacy_art_%20teachnet/sb_stacy_art_cover.htm |
| This project integrates Art History and Studio Art and is designed for middle school students. The lessons include art history, and they teach the elements of art and fundamentals of design by using examples of historical masterpieces. |
|
| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Performing Arts, Sculpture, Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Writing |
|
| Monsters & Myths |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/shea-bischoff/monsters.htm |
| This is a comprehensive interdisciplinary unit pairing English/Language Arts and the fine arts for intermediate school students. The lessons introduce myths from many cultures as a unique genre of literature. |
|
| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Crafts, Reading Literacy, Arithmetic, Geometry, Numbers Statistics, American History, Community Culture, Internet |
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| My Country 'Tis of Thee |
| http://bostonteachnet.org/quinn/quinn.htm |
| Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance and The Star-Spangled Banner? What do these verses mean? Why do we observe Veterans Day and Flag Day? Youngsters use emerging language, math, and social studies skills to discover answers to these and other questions. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Sculpture, Internet, Visual Arts |
|
| Non-Objective Constructed Sculpture |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/pwittfeld/wittfeld.htm |
| In this program, students work through a series of activities that teach them to look at design within other images and to build on the captured design as a format for a piece of artwork. Because students conduct their own research through a guided format, they stay focused on the desired topic and outcome, and they bring a variety of information and personal reflections to the classroom environment for sharing. |
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Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Graphic Arts, Geography Habitats, Global History |
|
| Oh, Canada! |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/IMSL/ps6/canada.htm |
| This unit will provide students with an overview of Canada through research and map-making. During the next four sessions, students will be researching their territory or province and making one large map of Canada. |
|
| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Performing Arts, Literature, Reading Literacy, Writing |
|
| On my Honor Webquest |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/PowerToLearn_ClaireCasaccioTraceyButler.cfm |
| This unit is centered on the reading of Marion Dane Bauer's Newbery award winning novel, On My Honor. Through participation in a variety of engaging learning activities, students arrive at a better understanding of the novel and its themes as a result of the relationship that is established between the reader and the text. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Art History, Painting, Writing |
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| Painting Waterlilies and Sunflowers |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/garden.htm |
| Through the use of technology and the Internet, students are given the opportunity to visit the paintings of Monet's house and gardens in Giverny and the collection at the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. Visits to their favorite artist's homes, gardens, and museums provide valuable information on their lives and works. This is a wonderful motivational tool for students to design their own Impressionist paintings.
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|
| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, Science, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Biology, Earth Science, Geography Habitats, Digital Media, Email, Internet |
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| Penguins Marching into Your Classroom - Expires October 27th! |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/jpennycook/penguins.htm |
| Students will receive mail from Antarctica. Design a postcard about penguins and have it sent back from the bottom of the world. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Poetry Creative Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| Photoshop Brush and Shape Tools |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/brush_shape.htm |
| This program is comprised of two step-by-step introductory Photoshop lessons with screen shots and clear descriptions of the correct tools to select. It enables students to be creative and includes manipulating and writing about shapes along with technological development. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Mathematics |
Art History,Drawing, Graphic Arts, Writing, Geometry |
|
| Positive Perspectives Posters |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/meisler/perspective.htm |
| Positive Perspectives Posters motivates the entire school community. Students use one-point perspectives to create posters that are displayed in the hallways to lift teachers and students spirits and inspire them to always do their best. |
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| Elementary, Middle School, High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Visual Arts |
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| PowerPoint for Art Work |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Art-Presentations/Presentations/index.htm |
| In this project, we look at the benefits of using PowerPoint to present art work, and for referencing good sources of supporting materials. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Drawing, Geography Habitats |
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| Primary Map Skills |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/P_Geog-Mapping _Skills_Y6/Bridgeindex.html |
| This resource has been produced for students to explore the reason for maps, the use of compasses, and the employment of scale to draw maps of their classrooms. |
|
| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Pupils Looking and Responding Using Paint |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/ooleary/2005/ |
| This project explores how children can respond to a masterpiece using the Microsoft Paint program. Step-by-step instructions are provided to assist students in creating art. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Geometry, American History, Community Culture, Digital Media, Visual Arts |
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| Rebuilding the World Trade Center Site: A 9/11 Tribute |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/chornik/wtc.htm |
| Students develop the concept of what a memorial is, evaluate proposed designs for structures to be built at the World Trade Center site, use drawing and painting tools to design their own structures, learn writing and word processing skills to describe their designs, and develop the concept of area as they determine the number and size of the structures that can be accommodated at the WTC site. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Crafts, Sculpture, American History, Community Culture |
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| Recreating New York |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachnetDisseminator_IreneVelazquez.cfm |
| Students create small replicas of the places in New York City that they studied. The students gain knowledge on the Internet and the different types of information they can find, such as text and images. Students will be able to apply this knowledge to all academic areas and future research projects. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science |
Crafts, Graphic Arts, Writing, Numbers Statistics, Earth Science, Scientific Method |
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| Recycle for Life: Science Through Art |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/impactii/profiles02_03/saturday.htm |
| Recycle for Life: Science Through Art educates and empowers children to make a difference by promoting environmental issues through art. Students draw conclusions and make comparisons from real-life data, and the art projects provide them with exciting hands-on experiences that stimulate comprehensive and informative nonfiction writing. During this inquiry based program, they discover the value of reducing waste and determine how to change wasteful behavior in school and at home. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Geometry, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| Repeat Patterns |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/Art-RepeatPattern/repeating%20patterns/Index.htm |
| In this project pupils will use a range of software applications to explore and create motifs that are then built up into repeating decorative patterns. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| Scratch |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/ICT-Scratch/Scratch/index.html |
| Scratch is a new programming language from MIT which teaches all the basics of computer programming using a straightforward graphical interface and which allows students to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Art History, Crafts, Reading Literacy, Writing |
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| Sculpting a Modern Art Chair with van Gogh and Gauguin |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/chair.htm |
| To further their understanding of the Modern Art movement, students see van Gogh in a different light--compared with Paul Gauguin--and explore Post-Impressionism and specifically van Gogh's "Gauguin's Chair" and "Van Gogh's Chair." students choose a modern artist whose work appeals to them, and they create a small three-dimensional cardboard chair that will be painted in that artist's style.
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Performing Arts, Literature, Poetry Creative Writing, Writing |
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| Slam! Bringing Poetry to Life |
| http://bostonteachnet.org/irwin/sigproj.htm |
| This is not your usual poetry unit where students study Wordsworth, Longfellow, and symbolism. Slam! encourages high school juniors to bring their own words to life by introducing performance art through videos, guest speakers, CDs. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Poetry Creative Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| So, So Surreal Self-Portraits |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/surreal/surreal.htm |
| Take your class on a virtual trip back in time to 1924 when a Dada manifesto sparked the Surrealist movement in Europe and the United States. Students learn about the history of Surrealism and visit online galleries of notable artists of the past and present, immersing themselves in the dream-like qualities of Surrealism and discussing its influence on contemporary art, design, and entertainment. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Music |
Art History, Performing Arts |
|
| Sounds of Kandinsky |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Music-Sounds_of_Kandinsky/index.htm |
| Kandinsky considered music to be the most developed of the abstract arts and consciously made connections between developments in music and the visual arts. This project uses a Kandinsky painting to generate musical ideas for a group composition. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
|
| Spiraling Through the Guggenheim |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/spiraling.htm |
| Students experience original works of art through an online tour of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. They value and appreciate the unique architecture of the building as well as develop an understanding of its design and relationship to Central Park. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| Swim with the Fishes: Creating Animated Aquariums |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/aquarium.htm |
| This is a Flash unit with lessons in creating a background scene, drawing fish, and animating them. It is a multi-lesson unit with step-by-step instructions. First, students create a scene for the fish to swim about in. Next, students create a fish using various software tools of their choice. Finally, students "tween," or animate, the fish across the screen.
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, ESL |
Art History, Painting, Writing |
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| Symbolism, Prepositions, and Description: The Art of Vanitas |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/EnglishLanguageLearners/Art_Kornfeld_Symbolism.cfm |
| Students discover the world of the 16th and 17th century Dutch still-life painting known as vanitas. Through a variety of modalities, students use adjectives and prepositions in order to respond to and write descriptive sentences about the vanitas. They create their own personal vanitas with objects that are important to them. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies |
Crafts,Drawing, Painting, Earth Science, Geography Habitats |
|
| Take a Walk on the Wild Side |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/seymour/seymour1.htm |
| Take a Walk on the Wild Side is a highly enjoyable unit on ecosystems that helps students achieve standards across the curriculum. Lessons on ponds, oceans, deserts and rainforests are included. Students demonstrate mastery of science concepts through presentations and visual art designs. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Business Careers, Mathematics, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Geometry, Visual Arts |
|
| Technical Drawing |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/DT-Technical_Drawing/index.htm |
| This project focuses on the development of technical drawing skills at Key Stage 3. With the use of suitable equipment and processes, this project encourages students to visualize and construct graphics and shapes. |
|
| High School |
Fine Arts |
Graphic Arts |
|
| Technical Drawing: Conic Sections |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/jcrotty/ |
| This tutorial addresses technical drawing of three conic sections: parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. |
|
| Elementary , Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Mathematics |
Art History, Accounting |
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| test |
| http://nyt.com |
| test |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Graphic Arts, Writing |
|
| The Alphabet Project |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/chicago/abc.html |
| This project helps 5th grade students create new posters for the lower primary students that depicted the alphabet through pictures. They brainstormed ideas, wrote poster proposals, took digital pictures of students, edited pictures, and printed them. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Foreign Language, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Non Fiction, Poetry Creative Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| The Bleeding Edge |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/bleeding_edge.htm |
| The Bleeding Edge is an on-line zine that explores blood as a metaphor. Languages and visual iconography are forms of cultural expression. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Writing, Global History, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| The Buddha Chronicles |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/buddha.htm |
| Each student or team of students invents an imaginary character that has the ability to time travel to Japan. In preparation for meeting an enlightened being, students take their characters on several virtual tours. They visit modern and historical sites in 20th century Tokyo and then travel back several centuries to Tokyo during the Edo period. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Science |
Painting, Chemistry |
|
| The Chemistry of Color |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/CD_NotTeachingToTheTest/JamesKopchains_Chemistry.cfm |
| The Chemistry of Color is a 5-to-6 day unit designed to incorporate the preparation of pigments and binders for paint into the standard high school chemistry curriculum to more closely tie in the material in the chemistry class with real-life applications. In the unit, the students learn how to prepare pigments from precipitates derived from double replacement reactions, and then to combine it with solutions and binders to derive paint which can be applied to painting surfaces. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Painting, Poetry Creative Writing, Digital Media, Visual Arts |
|
| The Creative Process |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/creativeprocess.htm |
| Students are lead, step by step, through the creative process using a creative writing assignment as the vehicle. They focus on how to come up with an initial idea, how to refine and flesh out the idea, and how to express meaning. This same process is then applied to making a visual work of art using collage as the medium, or creating a Web-based project. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, ESL, Science, Technology Media |
Drawing, Internet, Software Programs |
|
| The Four Seasons |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet/westchester/blaufarb.htm |
| ESL students often come from parts of the world where the seasons are very different from those in New York. In this lesson, students learn to identify the four seasons of the year, describe the weather patterns and create a picture to represent each season, and identify at least one holiday that occurs in each season. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Crafts, Literature, Community Culture |
|
| The Keeping Quilt: Quilting Across the Curriculum |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/Tracee/quilts/room30/quilts/sb_tracee_quilts.htm |
| After students read The Keeping Quilt, they research their own family, create a family tree, and design their own quilt as a culminating project. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies |
Art History, Scientific Method, Community Culture, Global History |
|
| The Renaissance |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/modubhain/ren |
| This unit addresses the Italian Renaissance in painting, architecture, new inventions and culture. There is a teachers' guide as well as student-directed activities. There is an indepth study of Leonardo Da Vinci and his contributions as a part of this unit. |
|
| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Reading Literacy, Writing, American History, Geography Habitats |
|
| The Valley of Gardens, A History of the Santa Maria Valley |
| http://teachnet-lab.org/santab2003/tnetarchive/jessica/jessica_2004/Santa%20Maria/sb_jessica_santamaria.htm |
| The Valley of Gardens is an in-depth unit about the local history of The Santa Maria Valley in California. It can be used as a unifying yearlong theme. A mural that is ever changing and growing serves as a constant review of what has been learned about the local area, as well as a tool for learning new material about the subject. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Literature, Reading Literacy, Internet, Visual Arts |
|
| Through the Looking-Glass Chess |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/chess.htm |
| This program invites students to explore the metaphor of chess while reading Lewis Carrolls classic Through The Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alices Adventures In Wonderland |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Drawing, Graphic Arts, Poetry Creative Writing, American History, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Totem Transformations |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/totem.htm |
| The unit is introduced in the Humanities class, as students learn about the origins of Totems in Native American folklore. In the computer lab, students read Totem stories and explore the meaning and symbolism behind the myths using various Web sites. Students write their own myth and poems describing how each of them found their own totem anima. While writing and editing their stories and poetry in Humanities, the students are using their time in art class learning how to draw representational self-portraits using guidelines and proportion. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Literature, Writing, Internet, Visual Arts |
|
| Transforming Fairy Tales |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/jwilliams/fairytales.htm |
| This program gives students the opportunity to use the computer to write, draw, explore the Internet, and combine all of these elements. They learn that technology enables the creation of a project that combines genuine learning with fun. In one application, fourth graders write their own fairy tales, which can be based on familiar stories or their own ideas. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, ESL |
Art History, Crafts, Painting |
|
| Translations in Colors |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/EnglishLanguageLearners/Art_Cohen_Translations.cfm |
| In the tradition of a story quilt, students create an art quilt or mural based on their research of modern paintings. Each group creates a picture in a genre of a modern painting. The pictures will be united like the squares in a quilt and mounted on the wall to form a mural. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, ESL |
Graphic Arts |
|
| Travels With . . . |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/morey/hometown.htm |
| This project helps students to design a book cover illustrating their hometown or native country. This lesson is part of the Project Arts program and involves team teaching with an art teacher. Because many ESL students dont have clear memories of their native lands, the Internet was used to find photos that provide a visual frame of reference for their original homes. The book is titled Travels with (students name) to (student's hometown or country.) |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts,Photography, Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Tutorial: Creating a Collage |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/collage.htm |
| This tutorial shows students how to create an electronic photo collage. The students choose a subject matter that reflects their interests--it can pertain to school, the individual, family, or a specific event or events. |
|
| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Tweens for Teens: A Beginner's Guide to Animation |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/hruan/tweens.htm |
| This unit introduces students to some basic tools to create animation for their web projects using Photoshop and Flash. It improves their artistic skills in design and makes their projects more attractive and exciting. Topics covered are: the use of layers in Photoshop; how layers are used in animation; how movies are made; and the special uses of Flash. |
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Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Poetry Creative Writing, Digital Media |
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| Typography and Pictures Send a Message |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachNetGrant08_RosalieCooper.cfm |
| Students create four pieces of poetry using typography and support them with four photographs. These photographs coincide with the poems and are altered in Photoshop to send a message to the reader. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Drawing, Poetry Creative Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Unseen Perspectives |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/perspectives.htm |
| In Unseen Perspectives, students see themselves and their surroundings from different perspectives and gain insight into how others might see them. In Humanities or English class, they discuss how and why they act differently at home versus school, with adults versus children, with friends versus acquaintances, etc., and talk about the unseen sides of themselves. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Crafts, Graphic Arts, Software Programs |
|
| Using ICT to Manipulate and Reconstruct Abstract Images |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2004%20Projects/Art-Abstract%20Images/abstract-images/index.htm |
| This project provides a context through which students understand abstraction and the purpose of manipulating images.
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Digital Media, Software Programs |
|
| Using LOGO |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/ICT-Logo/Logo/index.htm |
| This project focuses on the creation of turtle graphics using the free version of the LOGO programming language. It is designed to teach students to learn to problem solve in a virtual environment through the medium of computer control and programming. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts |
Art History, Painting, Reading Literacy |
|
| Vincent van Gogh |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/llangsner/vincent.htm |
| Students use computer technology as a resource to learn about the Post-Impressionist artist, Vincent van Gogh. They analyze and interpret van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" then create a line drawing entitled "Scary Night". |
|
| Elementary |
Fine Arts |
Crafts |
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| Visual Arts for All |
| http://www.teachnet.ie/ffleming/Pages/index.htm |
| Lesson ideas for using art with children aged infant to elementary levels; emphasis on attentive looking, the creative process, visual awareness, patterns of development, and balance between making and responding. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, Technology Media |
Photography, Media Literacy, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
|
| Visual Communication Through Photography |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/langford.htm |
| This project allows students to explore themselves visually and to share their work globally. Photography becomes a powerful outlet for students allowing them to communicate important ideas in a way that is both fulfilling and fun.
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Music, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Internet, Software Programs, Video |
|
| Viva Mexico |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2002/rduarte.htm |
| Viva Mexico is based on interactive units that build students research skills. The students have fun surfing the Internet while acquiring information for the different activities they participate in. Once students reach a particular website, it is up to them to gather the information to be used in the presentation. Students complete a series of four lessons with numerous activities in each lesson. Because the lessons are in different disciplines, particularly art and music, the learning process becomes enhanced, more enjoyable and long-lasting.
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Fine Arts, Social Studies |
Graphic Arts, Community Culture |
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| Welcome to the World of Color Webquest |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/PowerToLearn_MaryKohmuench.cfm |
| This web quest is designed as an advanced set of lessons in the study of color. Students will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of color and do extensive research on a specific color that they will present using Microsoft PowerPoint or in the form of a movie or in the form of a brochure saved in pdf format to the class. |
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Science |
Drawing, Astronomy |
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| We're On a Mission Web Quest |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/chornik/mission.htm |
| After completing shared activities to learn about the United States' Mars Exploration Rover mission, students work in cooperative groups, study a NASA mission, and design a mission into space as part of a Web Quest. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Science, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Chemistry, Scientific Method, Digital Media |
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| What's (The) Matter? |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/PowerToLearn_MerylMeisler.cfm |
| What's (The) Matter? challenges the students to become scientists and educators whose task it is to teach younger kids what "matter" is in an interesting and imaginative way. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Technology Media |
Crafts, Painting, Non Fiction, Writing, Internet |
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| Women's History Scrolls |
| http://www.teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/womenscroll.htm |
| In this program, each student creates a scroll depicting the life and/or achievements of a woman. The woman can be famous, historical, contemporary, legendary, fictional, or someone the student knows and admires. In preparation for their work, students use the Internet to find out about the lives of significant women. |
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