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      • Thumb image for Art to Zoo: Turn About’s Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect (1990) Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Art to Zoo: Turn About’s Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect (1990)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: No subjects selected.
        Online issue including a series of activities in which students better understand light and symmetry by experimenting with mirro...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Art to Zoo: Going…Going…Gone? Tropical Rainforests—How They Work, What They Do for Us, What’s Being Done to Them… (1988) Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Art to Zoo: Going…Going…Gone? Tropical Rainforests—How They Work, What They Do for Us, What’s Being Done to Them… (1988)

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3
        Subjects: No subjects selected.
        Online issue that promotes rainforest conservation by providing students with information and thoughtful activities to help them...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Education, Design & Empowerment: Part One Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Education, Design & Empowerment: Part One

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        In part one of this two-part lesson, students examine how design can be a force in transforming lives. Students learn how educat...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Enter If You Will: The People’s Design Award (9-12)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Enter If You Will: The People’s Design Award (9-12)

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        Lesson in which students analyze submissions to the Cooper-Hewitt’s People’s Design Award, conduct Internet research to learn ab...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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        Every Object Tells a Story

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        Lesson in which students learn the stories behind socially conscious designs in the Cooper-Hewitt's Design for the Other 90% exh...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Every Object Tells a Story (9-12)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Every Object Tells a Story (9-12)

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: English-Language Arts, Principles of Design, History-Social Science
        Lesson in which students learn the stories behind socially conscious designs in the Cooper-Hewitt’s Design for the Other 90% exh...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Cultural Logo DesignResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Cultural Logo Design

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science
        Lesson about identity, culture, and symbols in which students learn to recognize prevalent cultural and commercial symbols. Afte...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Animation Flip BooksResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Animation Flip Books

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8
        Subjects: Physics, Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Science
        Lesson introducing students to basic elements of animation. While learning about the role of design in entertainment from classi...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for A House Divided: Civil War PhotographyResource Type: Document

        A House Divided: Civil War Photography

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts
        In this lesson, students examine a set of photographs and place them into the historical context of the Civil War.
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Chairs, Corduroys, Cottages, & Cars: Exploring the Diversity of Design Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Chairs, Corduroys, Cottages, & Cars: Exploring the Diversity of Design

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        Lesson has students examine submissions to the People's Design Award and create theme-based exhibitions highlighting examples fr...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Coast-to-Coast Book Design-Part 3: Brainstorming the BookResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Coast-to-Coast Book Design-Part 3: Brainstorming the Book

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        In part three of a four-part unit on book design, students learn about the steps for publishing a book, examine the design eleme...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Dinosaur DesignsResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Dinosaur Designs

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8
        Subjects: Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Science, Life Sciences
        Lesson has students do research on a dinosaur species while exploring the challenges of dealing with form and balance in sculptu...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Air is All Around Us!Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Air is All Around Us!

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8
        Subjects: Physics, Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Science
        Lesson plan helps children understand that which is ubiquitous yet invisible—air. Begins with a visual demonstration to illustra...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Give Me ShelterResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Give Me Shelter

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3
        Subjects: Principles of Design
        In this lesson plan, students investigate the meaning and importance of shelter. They gather used materials to construct a shel...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Logo Design Basics: School IDResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Logo Design Basics: School ID

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        In this lesson, students translate verbal ideas into visual images. They create a logo that meets the objectives and needs of a ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Logo Design Basics: School IDResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Logo Design Basics: School ID

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts
        In this lesson, students translate verbal ideas into visual images. They create a logo that meets the objectives and needs of a ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Logo Design Basics: Your Name HereResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Logo Design Basics: Your Name Here

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8
        Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts
        In this lesson plan, students learn how font, color, and images can have specific meanings. They create logos with their names t...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for New Kid on the BlockResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        New Kid on the Block

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: History-Social Science
        This lesson plan uses a public radio story on the “Ukrainian Diaspora” in Chicago (through archived audio) as a foundation for a...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Science Behind the StoryResource Type: Document

        Science Behind the Story

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: Technology, Science
        Learn how technology is used to collect El Niño data. Includes matching, discussion, and writing activities.
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Waterways: Kid’s CoastResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Waterways: Kid’s Coast

        Grades: No grades selected.
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Music
        Student and educator guide to accompany Water Ways: Mid-Atlantic Maritime Communities online exhibit. Exploration of the commu...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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