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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Like It! Discovering Your Personal Style (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Principles of DesignActivity designed to help students become aware of the wide range of design styles and choices in everyday living. Students expl...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's a Wrap (PreK-3)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Environmental Issues, Ecology & EcosystemsActivity in which students explore the impact that wrapping paper has on our landfills, brainstorm ideas to address the problem,...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearning in Comfort (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of DesignActivity in which students research school rooms from the past and create a design for a school desk that is tailored to the spe...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLights, Sounds, Fabrics & Daisies: Careers in the World of Design
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Finance & BusinessActivity in which students investigate the broad range of jobs that can be found in the world of design. Explores sound design, ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLooking Upwards: Greenroofing & Rooftop Gardening (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Environmental Issues, Ecology & EcosystemsActivity exploring the role of greenroofing and rooftop gardening in contemporary architectural design. Students conduct collabo...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew York City Delights: The Taxi Cab (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: MathematicsActivity in which students learn about the role of taxis in New York City life by conducting collaborative research to learn abo...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew York City Delights: The Taxi Cab (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsActivity in which students learn about the role of taxis in New York City life by conducting collaborative research to learn abo...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPeople Movers
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: TechnologyStudents investigate how transportation has evolved through the years and how it may continue to change in the future through te...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign Approach to Student Time Management
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language ArtsLesson on time management skills. Students analyze t time constraints in a person’s schedule, develop their own time schedule, c...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTour + Workshop = DESIGN: Line
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Principles of DesignLesson in which elementary students gain an understanding of line as a design element and expressive artistic application.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTour + Workshop = DESIGN: Line
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Principles of DesignLesson in which middle-school students gain an understanding of line as a design element and expressive artistic application.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTell Me About It: What Is Design? Creating a Design Workshop, Part 2 (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Principles of DesignLesson plan in which students learn about the various fields of design. They research topics on design and then create a design ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Contouring We Go
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsLesson has students construct contour equipment and learn the mathematics behind topography while using the equipment, then comp...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlay on Words Design
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsActivity in which students design an image that is a “play on words,” using both traditional artistic methods and computer desig...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPut Your Best Façade Forward—Lesson 1
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Principles of DesignLesson in which students are introduced to the applied art of architecture and how it communicates messages about the people in ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen the Rain Sings
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Native Peoples, United States HistoryLesson plan suggesting ways to incorporate the book When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans in language arts studie...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDetracting Distraction
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson has students design a solution to the problem of a distracting classroom window. Working in groups, they consider the nec...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTour + Workshop = DESIGN: Texture
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual ArtsLesson in which students observe the textures of various objects in order to create the illusion of texture in 2-D.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign Your Own Building: Rhode Island State Police Headquarters
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson has students listen to a gust speaker who is working on a building design project. This speaker should discuss the import...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign-A-Room
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson introduces design concepts by having students explore interior design and make their own miniature rooms with furnishings.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0