ArtEdia for Middle School Art Teachers

 Middle School Competition in the Works....
Silhouette Word Self-Portraits

Ronda Sternhagen Describe yourself! Lesson
Scientific Method with Watercolors Cappie Dobyns Practice the Scientific Method in experiments with watercolors and salts.

Lesson Handout Visual
Creativity Characteristics
 Cappie Dobyns Can ANYONE be creative? One class period lesson explores the Characteristics of Creativity.

Lesson Handout Example
Biographical Hero Portrait Collage
 Tammy Hoppe Students create a collage that includes a pencil portrait of a heroic figure and symbolic images that tell viewers some history or traits about that figure. Gallery of images

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Architectural Bird Houses		 Ronda Sternhagen Ronda's presentation at AEI Fall Conference. Excellent examples of architectural details and a pattern for clay birdhouses.

Bird House Pattern Rubric

Vocab Worksheet Architectural Detail Hunt

Famous Artists
 Nancy Sojka Assignment: Make a PowerPoint Presentation about a famous artist from the teacher's list of artists. WebMuseum provides a list. Use this presentation about Paul Klee as your example.
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 The New Art Basics Database is now available to you! This collection of strategies was written by participants in the Iowa State University New Art Basics Project 1986-2006. During 2009, Barbara Caldwell and her assistants at Iowa State revised and updated the website. The interactive database allows searching by art media, concept, etc.
Go to the NAB Database...