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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWork Hard and Work Smart: Designing for Athletes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson in which students design a sports bag for athletes, investigate varied sports and consider their design needs, and engage...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWork Hard and Work Smart: Designing for Athletes (PreK-3)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity in which students design a sports bag for athletes, investigate varied sports, interview people involved in varied spor...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAstronomy Education Links and Resources
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Human Space Exploration, ScienceEducational weblinks and resources relating to astrophysics. Sections include careers/internships, general education, K-8 educat...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWork Hard and Work Smart: Designing for Athletes (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity in which students design a sports bag for athletes, investigate varied sports, interview people involved in varied spor...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack, Striped, White, & Plaid: Changing Patterns
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson exploring why objects are typically of a particular color or color pattern. After looking at everyday objects, students u...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPresenting Portraiture! Classroom Activities Inspired by the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsList of downloadable lessons provided by the National Portrait Gallery, suggesting hands-on classroom activities that will help ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack, Striped, White, & Plaid: Changing Patterns (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson asking students to create a new design for an everyday object, using color and patterns.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChandra: Interactive Games, Activities, and Quizzes
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Human Space Exploration, ScienceOnline children´s games, puzzles, images, and quizzes based on the Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA´s flagship mission for X-ray ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Exploration of Automotive Design
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsStudents look at car design to explore the tension between aesthetics and functionality in design. For further exploration, stud...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentGene Davis: My Sketchbook
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsChildren´s workbook providing insight into modern art and instructing readers to create artworks inspired by Gene Davis´s painti...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 / HyperLinkMasterpieces and the Mass-Produced
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsStudents examine "masterpieces" and mass-produced objects as they discuss humankind's inventiveness and creativity.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTiles, Blocks, Sapphires & Gold: Designing a Treasure Map
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Principles of DesignStudents engage in problem solving as they create a design for a map leading to hidden treasure. Asks students to work in groups...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMeet the Mariachi: Explore Mexico’s Musical Gift to the World
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Music, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsAn introduction to the mariachi: its instruments and how they are played, its rhythms, and its cultural importance. Bilingual ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPosters American Style
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsWebsite surveying the process of making posters, their historical function, and some of the great graphic images made in the Uni...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInsect Anatomy
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsStudents observe live insects and examine insects depicted in a 17th-century drawing. They identify the three characteristics o...Contributor: California Department of EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPLAY: It's Not Just for Kids
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson asking students to design a space where teenagers can play. Includes listening to a National Public Radio audio transcri...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClass of Cards
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson about the work of influential designers Charles and Ray Eames. Students create their own playing card with symbols and pa...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Patriot Papers from the “George Washington: A National Treasure” Website
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceDownloadable collections of stories inspired by the life and leadership qualities of George Washington. These stories sate curio...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGavin Jantjes, A South African Artist
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.A curriculum resource providing background information on Jantjes as an artist and his inspiration in South African mythology. ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0