Your Destination: Participate in museum-type observation and dialogue about Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting and paint your own version in a directed lesson. Learn how colors and strokes can express feelings. Travel Kit: large image of a Van Gogh Sunflowers painting Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Arnholt (or other children’s …
Seikilos epitaph, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Seikilos Epitaph When did music become a part of education? Music has been an important part of daily life for humans for thousands of years. African tribes have been performing songs and dances for hundreds of years, kept alive through aural tradition rather …
Your Destination: Learn why we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on MLK Day and make a collaborative poster to commemorate his legacy. Travel Kit: I Have a Dream by Kadir Nelson large foam board or poster board, in a color light enough to write on plain white or manila …
Making music provides unique opportunities for students to express their emotions. Often through music we realize how we are feeling and name those feelings. It also allows us to release emotions by making our own music, listening to it, or singing and dancing. For our Music, Mindfulness and Motion through …
Frogs are an integral part of our ecosystems in Pennsylvania. There are 17 species of frogs and toads in this state. The largest frog native to Pennsylvania is the Bullfrog, which can grow up to 8 inches long. Enjoy this template for making an origami frog! Click here to download …
As a companion handout to the Birthstone Art Project plan, we created a precious gemstones coloring page. As you learn about the different types of birthstones and gemstone cuts, think about the ways YOU shine as an individual. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list …
Picture of classroom activity Your Destination: As a class, create a large-scale color wheel collage with pieces of construction paper. Travel Kit: colored papers in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple scissors (optional) glue sticks large-scale (at least 24”x36”) drawing of blank color wheel on poster board, foam …
Lesson Helps students celebrate one another’s birthdays, teaches geometric shapes, radial design and symmetry, and ties into an inspiring poem which can lead to discussion. Recommended Ages Middle-school through high-school age youth Directions Step 1 Identify each student’s birth month and stone. Step 2 Show students gem stones or pictures …
