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A Tribute to Miró
Students create a modern artist's painting in the style of Spanish artist Joan Miró (1893-1983). Students explore how horizontal, vertical and curved lines can be combined with basic geometric and natural shapes to create an original painting.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Alexander Calder, Master of Balance
Students will gain a deeper understanding of levers and their functions by viewing the mobiles of Alexander Calder.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Architectural Clues
Students will identify meaning in visual form, and distinguish between visual and verbal language.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Castles & Cornerstones
This lesson will explore the historic importance and function of castles in King Arthur's time, and introduce students to a general history of castles and architectural terms.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
How Do Cells Reproduce?
Students explore scientific drawing as a means of communicating ideas and information as they learn about the process of mitosis, or cell division, in yeast.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
How Many Cells are Born in a Day?
Students predict and graph the number of cells resulting from a series of divisions, as part of an exploration of pattern and repetition in nature.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Into the Woods, Jr.
This unit uses the Grimm Brothers' Book of Tales and Stephen Sondheims musical Into the Woods to help students create their own musical versions of Grimm's tales.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Lewis and Clark: Prized Possession
Students will learn about Sacagawea, Native American wampum, and the concept of a prized possession.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Mandalas and Polygons
Students will learn about mandalas, and their importance across cultures. Then, students will apply basic principles of geometry and art design to make their own mandalas.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Planets in Balance
Students create their own mobiles containing planets and satellites.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
Shakespeare Stealer
This four-lesson unit centers around the play The Shakespeare Stealer, and the book of the same name.
 Grades 5-8 Visual Arts Math
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