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Mosaic: The Environmental Art.
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Rosenberg, Lilli Ann Killen – School Arts, 1980
Instructions are given for a beginning project in mosaic. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Student Projects
The Zoetrope: A Wheel of Life for Your Classroom.
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Wolf, Camilla – School Arts, 1981
The zoetrope, ancestor of the motion picture, is a spinning cylinder in which a strip of drawings take on movement. This article provides instructions for building this device and outlines an animation project for third- through seventh-graders. (SJL)
Descriptors: Animation, Art Activities, Guidelines, Intermediate Grades
Go Build a Kite!
Hoffman, Jan C. – Teacher, 1979
How to make a kite. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Construction (Process), Elementary Education, Guidelines
Paper Plate Lithography.
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Schulman, William – School Arts, 1980
The author outlines the procedures for paper lithography and suggests it as a worthwhile project for all grade levels. This article is one of several in this issue on graphic arts projects. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphic Arts, Guidelines
Primitive Papermaking.
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deGrassi, Jennifer – School Arts, 1981
Gives instructions for making rag paper as a high school art project. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Guidelines, Handicrafts, High Schools
Inkle Loom Weaving.
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Kren, Margo – School Arts, 1979
This article provides instructions on inkle loom weaving, from the construction of the loom through the weaving process. This article is one of seven in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Materials, Elementary Education, Guidelines
Multicolor Screenprinting: From Idea to Process to Image.
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Tupa, Myron – School Arts, 1980
The author describes the screenprinting project he uses to begin his high school Printmaking I class and gives detailed instructions, with materials lists and diagrams, for the multicolor screenprinting process. This is one of several articles in this issue on graphic arts projects. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Color, Graphic Arts, Guidelines
Very Soft Sculpture.
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deGrassi, Jennifer – School Arts, 1979
Instructions are provided for making dolls, or soft people sculptures, by stuffing nylons with cotton and shaping the result with stitching and decoration. This article is one of seven in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Guidelines, Handicrafts
Art Workshop for Classroom Teachers: Part 2.
Hill, Beatrix – Instructor, 1980
Presents simple instructions for 15 mixed media art projects for the elementary grades. Part one of this series, listing 18 other techniques, appeared in the September 1979 issue of Instructor on pages 145-49. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Art Products, Class Activities
Bridging a Gap.
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Hoffman, Jan C. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
A fifth- and sixth-grade project is described that requires each student to build a bridge to specified dimensions using only specified materials. (MK)
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Construction Needs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Printmaking with Plasticine.
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Daniel, Robert A. – School Arts, 1979
The author describes the basic materials and processes needed for a student project in planographic and incised relief printing with plasticine, and gives some hints for adapting this project to different elementary grade levels. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Elementary Education, Graphic Arts
Screen Printing for Color Mixing.
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Doherty, Steve – School Arts, 1979
The author gives step-by-step procedures for a screen printing project that teaches color mixing to young children. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Color, Elementary Education
Painting Cloth with Crayons.
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Asch, Rosalie L. – School Arts, 1979
Painting cloth with crayons is suggested as a challenging art project, especially for students who have difficulty with the complex tools and processes typical of more advanced textile work. Instructions are given for creating decorative banners with this technique. One of seven articles in this issue on fiber arts. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Guidelines, Higher Education
Educationally Appropriate Kindergarten Practices. NEA Early Childhood Education Series.
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Spodek, Bernard, Ed. – 1991
The basis for educationally worthwhile activities in kindergarten is examined in a series of papers that also provide examples of how kindergarten programs can be organized and worthwhile learning presented to children. Long-term projects or units are seen as useful vehicles of instruction, and organizing teaching around topics or themes is shown…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design