Students create art from recycled materials. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can artwork.

Students, while studying the rolls of pollinators and plants, explore co-evolution of mutualistic relationships.

Students create complex forms from simple items. In this portrait instructional activity, students examine the work of artist, Giuseppe Arcimboldo and compose self-portraits using vegetables and fruits as features on the face.

Young scholars become familiar with Indian culture and why they built totem poles.  In this totem pole lesson, students understand that totem were built to keep away evil spirits.  Young scholars create totem pole.

Students identify different leaf types. They examine their patterns, shapes and colors. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.

Learners examine plants using adiotapes, Internet research, and print media. They name the plant parts and discover their functions. Students create computer-generated pictures of their plants and label the parts. Other activities...

Students explore colors through books. In this activity students read books about colors. The activity is divided by color and within each color there is a list of books about that color. Moreover each color section also includes an...

Students engage in an activity by using a leading question. They increase awareness for the wonders that are part of the real world. This is based upon personal observations that students make.

In this analogies worksheet, students complete ten analogies with words from a word list. There is an example on this page that has no theme.

Students study the concept of patterns in geometry. In this pattern-making lesson plan, students locate various types of patterns in images provided. Students define the types of images that can create a pattern. Students also describe...

Students read books, learn about the letter l, and eat bug crackers all to learn about ladybugs. In this goldfish lesson plan, students also color pages and decorate ladybug cookies.

First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...

Pupils learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.

Middle schoolers create place settings for a dinner to celebrate the school's diversity. They invite older members of the community to join. They discuss culture during the dinner.

Students study geometric, naturalistic, and abstract shapes in art. They review the names of shapes and name them in the portrait, Breakfast in Bed by Mary Cassatt. They simulate a baby as in the portrait and discuss the shapes. They...

Students identify the components needed by plants to survive in the terrarium. In this biology activity, students build their own terrariums using materials available. They present their project in class.

Biographical summary of the life and career of French realist painter Henri Fantin-Latour who was known for his flower paintings.

Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was an eighteenth-century French painter. Known as a prodigy artist at a young age, she achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Royal Academy in 1770, at the age of...