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ART

“Sawdust Clay”
Sawdust clay dries to a hard, rough finish that can be sanded and painted.
Materials:
* sawdust (If you don't have a workshop, your local lumberyard will be glad to give you some sawdust. Take a paper bag, and they'll fill it for you.)
* wallpaper paste
* water
* bowl
* wooden spoon
* pipe-cleaner pieces or toothpicks
* tempera paints, markers (optional)
Homemade Wallpaper Paste
* 8 Mix 3 tablespoons (24 g) of flour with 1 tablespoon (14 g) of sugar in a microwave-safe bowl.
* Add 1/2 cup (120 mL) of water. Stir well.
* Cook for 30 seconds. Stir again. Cook for 30 seconds more.
* The paste should be soft, smooth, and thick.
Here's How:
1. Mix the sawdust clay.
* Combine 1 scoop of sawdust and 1/2 scoop of wallpaper paste in the bowl. A thick dough will form.
* Stir as you slowly add water until the dough has a putty consistency.
2. Shape the clay into different forms. Make little creatures, puppets, bowls, and vehicles.
3. Add pipe-cleaner details.
4. Let your creatures dry until hard. Paint them with tempera paint or decorate with markers.

International Directory of Sculpture Parks: http://www.artnut.com/intl.html
Browse geographically through an annotated set of links to the official home pages of sculpture gardens.

Mr. Picassohead: http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
Drag and drop some rather odd features onto a canvas to create your own Picasso-style face.

Ceramics and Pottery: http://www.teachpottery.net/
A site for teachers, this includes a syllabus, and for each unit, assignments, handouts, online quizzes and activities, and a webliography. Also includes a gallery of student work.

Graphic Witness: visual arts & social commentary: http://graphicwitness.org/ineye/index2.htm
A wealth of art, arranged by broad theme (graphic art in wartime, 19th century news illustration, 9-11 aftermath, etc.) and by artists, pre-and post- 1950. Represented artists include Hogarth, Nast, Grosz,
Kollwitz, Tom Tomorrow, Saul Steinberg, and lots more.

Paper Toys: http://papertoys.com/
Print, cut, fold and paste your own models in black green or brown. Some of the models available are: Mississippi Queen Riverboat, Tyrannosaurus Rex, "Old Glory" Desktop Animated Flag, Frank Lloyd Wright House, Neuschwanstein Castle, Sydney Opera House, Bruce Lee Paper Doll, White House, World Trade Center Complex, "If You Ever" Card, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Angkor Wat, Bill Gates' House, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Taj Mahal, and a whole lot more. You can also email a greeting to friends using any of these models. Click here to see the very interesting site!

Bar Code Art: http://www.barcodeart.com/art/art.html

A. Pintura: Art Detective: http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
"A. Pintura: Art Detective is an online game about art history and art composition. In the game, you play a 1940's noir detective with a degree in art history. A distraught woman asks you to identify the artist who made a painting she found in her grandfather's attic. To do so, you must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh. Each example highlights an art concept such as composition, style or subject. The story concludes with an appropriate noirish twist, as the woman's true identity and motives become apparent."

ExCalendar: http://www.excalendar.net/
"The Official Exhibition Calendar of the World's Leading Art Museums."
Search by artist, museum, city, keyword, or exhibition title.

Fantastic Fractals: http://www.techlar.com/fractals/websys.exe?file=index.html
Includes tutorials on fractals, downloads, message boards and chatroom, and a gallery of fractal images.

Coloring.com: http://www.coloring.com/
This site has a large selection of pictures and the ability to e-mail your completed masterpieces to friends and family with a personal note. Not only can you fill the pictures with colors, but also with patterns such as twinkling stars, grass or granite. Free registration allows you to save completed pictures in your personal gallery, and to change the background color of the site.

Kaleidoscope Painter: http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html
Kaleidoscope Painter creates colorful spiraling fractal designs based on the movement of your mouse. You can change the effects by moving your mouse or resizing the brush. You can even put it on Auto and watch as the designs create themselves.

Puzzle Factory: Coloring: http://www.thepuzzlefactory.com/coloring/coloring.cfm
Select a color with a keyboard letter ("r" for red or "b" for black) and hold that key down while you drag your mouse over the picture. To change the size of your paintbrush (they call it a pencil), simply tap a number from 0 to 9. Pick any of the coloring pages, and send it to a friend as a postcard.

Sanford ArtEdventures: http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.html
This site helps teachers integrate art into instruction and provides resources for creating, playing and teaching art as well as hands-on activities, technique demos, and interactive simulations.

Pigments Through the Ages: http://webexhibits.org/pigments/

The National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/ has a collection of educational resources.

The WebMuseum of Art: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/ has a selection of fine art.

The World Art Treasures Project: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/index.html has a collection of images organized by artist, region, and period.

Art Detective: http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html

Art Teach on the Net: http://www.artmuseums.com/

Inside Art-An Art History Game: http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html

CLEARVUE: http://www.clearvue.com/index.asp

The Color Pencil Challenge: http://cpchallenge.com/index.html
Each month at the Color Pencil Challenge, they offer a lesson from a professional artist designed to
challenge you to try a new technique and create something you never thought possible before.

ARTiculation: Learning To Look At Art: http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/web
sites/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/index.htm

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: http://www.brooksmuseum.org/

Columbus Museum of Art: http://www.columbusmuseum.org/index.php

Silicon Valley Art Museum: Free Art Lessons: http://www.svam.org/Education/Main.html

2-Point Perspective: http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/adiconti/2_pt__perspective.htm

ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE BOXES: http://www.lcms.srvusd.k12.ca.us/newKramer/1ptPerspective/1ptPerspective.htm

Cubism Art Lesson: http://www.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/lessons/cubism.html

Drawing in One-Point Perspective: http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/

Images in Practice: http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/illustration/images/

ArtCapades: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/capades/

Art History Coloring Pages & Printables: http://arthistory.about.com/library/blprintables.htm
Featuring art history pictures to print and color. You can even use them to create puzzles for your students, friends and children.

Art Lessons and Ideas for Teachers: http://www006.upp.so-net.ne.jp/artcommunal/lessonplans.htm
The JAEA (Japan Art Education Assosiation) is a meta-site for teachers, librarians, parents and students to preview selected links.

Art History Resources on the Web: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Project Zero: http://pzweb.harvard.edu/default.htm
"Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels."

Art Education Page for K12: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/arteducation.htm

ArtsConnectEd: http://www.artsconnected.org/

Kodak-Digital Learning Center-Plus-Chapter 5-Teachers/Leaders: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/chapter5/index.shtml

Global Gallery-The Online Art Source: http://www.globalgallery.com/bios.html

Artist Biographies: http://www.globalgallery.com/bios.html

d'ART-The Internet Art Database: http://dart.fine-art.com/

The Essential Vermeer Lover: http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/index.htm
Created by painter Jonathan Janson, this Web site consists of over 250 pages of information on the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, broadly categorized into his art, his life, and related research. Examples from the art area are: an illustrated list of Vermeer's paintings in chronological order that
includes both thumbnail-size b&w and larger color images, dimensions and locations of the originals, and descriptions excerpted from various art historical texts; Jon Boone's essay "The 'Missing' Vermeer's: A Brief Account of Vermeer's Oeuvre," explaining why, after hundreds of years of
scholarship, only 34 or 35 paintings are definitely attributed to Vermeer; the Dissius Auction, a sale of paintings in 1696 including 21 Vermeers; and Erroneously Attributed Vermeers and Fakes, including some by the notorious forger Van Meegeren. In the life section, visitors will find timelines and a
biographical sketch of Vermeer. Also at the site are links to additional Web-based and printed resources, a list of international Vermeer events, recent novels and movies inspired by Vermeer, the Vermeer Newsletter, an audio guide to correct Dutch pronunciations, and a children's corner with
puzzles, where you can see how fast you can re-assemble _Woman in Blue Reading a Letter_.

3D-I Discover Design Discuss: http://www.3d-i.org/home.jsp
This is a very cool-looking interactive site for tweeners designed to send the message that design is
"a profound part of our daily lives, economy, and environment" and get them engaged in it. You can design different objects online and then save and share them. It is part of a PBS project. Among those behind the site's design were the Cooper-Hewitt/National Museum of Design and grad students at the Parsons School of Design.

Music, Maestro, Please: Show Business and the Factors of Production:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/mg/lesson52.aspx
Students identify and categorize examples of natural, capital and human resources necessary to produce a musical theater performance. For grades 3-5.

Thaumatropes: http://cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/hoffer/motion/thaum.html
The thaumatrope is an early motion device you spin. While you spin the thaumatrope your brain retains what it sees on one side when it sees the other side - so your brain thinks it is seeing both sides.
Thaumatropes: http://www.randommotion.com/html/thauma.html
Thaumatropes: http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/Schools/animation/animation2.htm

Introduction to Art -- http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/kmarquis
Instructional site by Kerry Marquis (teacher at Benjamin Banekker High School, Georgia). Presents the elements and principles of design. Online lesson plans, crossword puzzles, and work sheets, PowerPoint presentations and more. For middle school and high school teachers.

Ceramics and Pottery: http://pottery.netfirms.com
Instructional site by Kerry Marquis (teacher at Benjamin Banekker High School, Georgia). Takes you through the basic hand-building techniques, has online lessons, glossary and worksheets. PowerPoint on history of ceramics and more. Resource for middle school and high school teachers.

Cloth and Clay: Communicating Culture: http://www.textilemuseum.ca/cloth_clay/home.html
This is a virtual museum set up similar to "choose your own adventure" books. Kids love and learn from this site!

Art Kids: http://www.geocities.com/theartkids/

@rt Room: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/
In addition to the display of artwork from kids ages five to twelve, there are @rt Sparkers (fifteen ideas to jumpstart your creativity,) @rtrageous Thinking (practice artistic thinking ) and @rtifacts (about famous and not-so-famous artists.) To find submission guidelines, visit the Mailbox page, and follow the link to "instructions on submitting artwork."

Arts and Kids: http://www.artsandkids.com/
Artwork from 34,502 kids is not only on display in the Arts and Kids gallery, but each piece is also available to send as an e-card, play as a scramble puzzle, or purchase on a sweatshirt or mouse pad. Individual artists can be found using the name search on the home page. If you are seventeen or younger, you can submit your work via e-mail or snail mail, and enter to to win one of 150 scholarship prizes. Follow the instructions on the Art Contest page. Teachers can request a hard copy entry packet.

Education Index: Virtual Refrigerator Door: http://www.educationindex.com/weaselworld/fridge.html
From your refrigerator door to theirs and back again, Education Index is one of the few gallery sites that will return original work submitted via snail mail. Art thumbnails (from artists up to age eighteen) are displayed alphabetically by first name. If your name is Aaron or Abbey, your picture will get a coveted home page position! Tthe Education Index site has web site reviews organized by topic and audience (from preschool age to parents and teachers.)

Deception & Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/trompe-info.htm illustrates the playful & intellectual nature of "trompe
l'oeil" -- the artistic depiction of objects so precisely that those objects appear real. Twelve images are presented from the 115-piece exhibit, which represents the most comprehensive treatment to date of this phenomenon.

Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures: http://catlinclassroom.si.edu
takes students on a virtual journey with the famed artist & ethnologist to meet Native Americans of the 1830s. Catlin visited more than 140 tribes during 1830s. His 325 portraits, 200 scenes of American Indian life, & writings depict Indian cultures prior to U.S. expansion into tribal territories. The core of this website is four "campfire stories," or themes: ancestral lands, tribal leaders, Great Plains geography & ecology, & Catlin himself. Each theme comes alive through multimedia interviews, artwork, a timeline, & maps. The site, created with a panel of teachers, is designed to enrich the study of U.S. history, geography, & environmental conservation, as well as leadership & character
development. It includes 14 lesson plans linked to academic standards.

Money Orgami: http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/

CraftBits.com: http://www.CraftBits.com wasn’t designed specifically for educators, but you will
find some great craft projects you can use with your class there. The site has some free craft projects, craft advice, and an online craft store.

Art Recipes
KIDS' RECIPES:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5274/playdoze.html
Find several different varieties of homemade pastes, a way to make gum for paper labels and stamps, gouache paints, and a very helpful list of items to collect from your families at the beginning of the school year to help keep your art center well stocked.
PRESCHOOL ART RECIPES: http://cuddlehouseacademy.com/recipes.htm
Bubbles are featured in these art recipes for preschoolers, as well they should be. Also find several different versions of the ubiquitous play dough and gak.
ART RECIPES: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7788/Funrecipes.htm
These recipes include colored glue, face paint, silly putty, egg foam paint, and all the usual play dough
varieties.
KIDS STUFF ART RECIPES: http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/artrecipes.html
How about some peanut butter play dough? Or soap crayons, sun baked clay, rainbow stew, or macaroni coloring--they're all here.
KIDS' RECIPES: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5274/playdoze.html
Find several different varieties of homemade pastes, a way to make gum for paper labels and stamps, gouache paints, and a very helpful list of items to collect from your families at the beginning of the school year to help keep your art center well stocked.
PRESCHOOL ART RECIPES: http://cuddlehouseacademy.com/recipes.htm
Bubbles are featured in these art recipes for preschoolers, as well they should be. Also find several different versions of the ubiquitous play dough and gak.
MISCELLANEOUS ART RECIPES: http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/recipe8.html
Some unique art recipes here--try eggshell sidewalk chalk for one, or different varieties of soap crayons.
CLASSROOM ART RECIPES: http://www.schoolfutures.org/inteaart.html
How about making some sawdust sculptures in art class this year? You'll find the recipe here, along with suggestions for whipping up batches of tempera paints, bread clay, finger paints, and more.

ART AND PATRIOTISM: http://humanityquest.com/topic/art_activities/index.asp?theme1=patriotism
More than twenty-five activities link the arts to feelings and concepts associated with patriotism--very creative offerings. Do each as a mini-lesson, or work in groups to create a showcase or patriotism project.

PLANT DYE PAINTS: http://www.kinderart.com/painting/plantdye.shtml
Let your students imagine that they no longer have those tempera watercolor paints sitting in your classroom; in fact, there are no modern art tools at all. What will they do for color? Ask them to first name some plants that might produce a dye, and then experiment. This lesson plan will show you how.
VEGGIE PRINTS: http://www.kinderart.com/printmaking/fruit.shtml
A bit of fruit, some veggies, a dab of paint and sheets of paper, and all the imagination you can muster will show students how to create prints with naturally created stamping tools.
EGGSHELL CHALK: http://www.melborponsti.com/crafts/craft004.shtml
Here's a wonderful way to use natural ingredients to create sidewalk chalk for sidewalk art or poetry fests. Use some of your naturally created paint under plant dyes, above, to tint your chalk different colors.

Pablo Picasso's 'The Tragedy': The Metamorphosis of a Painting: http://www.nga.gov/feature/picasso/index.htm uses x-rays & infrared light to reveal that Picasso sketched & painted at least four works on this panel before painting over them in 1903 to produce "The Tragedy." He did not, however, merely paint over the previous images; rather, he incorporated each layer into the subsequent one, believing that, "What comes out in the end is the result of the discarded finds."

HAND PUPPETS: http://www.kidslikeours.com/projects/pro/hand.htm
These hand puppets are great for fingerplays. Using a basic form your class can create any number of characters. Try using the pre-fabricated foam forms to glue onto the fingers of gloves. You can even purchase a large package of disposable gloves for the activities--or make your own "custom-fitted" gloves by tracing hands onto construction paper in a larger-size version than the actual hand, cutting two copies and then gluing or taping them together.

ART BOOK: http://kinderart.com/artbook/
Students will create separate projects to compose an eight page art book. Activities include lessons on colors (neutral and warm colors), texture (texture bugs), pattern (caterpillars), paint mixing, and more. Altogether these lessons make up a terrific elementary primer on art.

ART AND ART APPRECIATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN:
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Process_Skills/PRO0001.html
Even young children can understand the basic properties of art, and thereby appreciate painting more. In this lesson plan, K-2 students will be introduced to elements, principles, and design, and the way these properties are integrated to achieve a piece of art.

A LINE IS A DOT THAT WENT FOR A WALK:
http://homepage.mac.com/krohrer/iad/lessons/early/ElementExtravaganza.html
Numerous art exercises help young students explore the elements of art. Activities include Audible Textures (students match sounds to a certain texture to understand it better), positive and negative statues games, Blue Period collages, line dancing, and many other creative projects.

YOUR VERY OWN PICASSO: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtSSPicassosFaces35.htm
This light-hearted approach to a study of Picasso--the artist and his works--lets students create their
own divided portrait while studying the innovative and entirely different techniques employed by Picasso.

WHAT'S YOUR IMPRESSION?:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtWhatsYourImpression-Impressionism26.htm
A little background on the history of Impressionism, along with selected viewings of representative art-
ists' works introduces students to this hugely formative style of art. They will then have a chance to
create their own impressionistic painting during an outdoor field trip.

PAINTING LIKE AN IMPRESSIONIST:
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Visual_Arts/ARA0012.html
Here is a more detailed art lesson in Impressionism, where students must examine and then apply the same techniques and rules used by the Impressionist painters. Mood, complementary colors, lighting, and technique are all covered.

THE ALPHABET OF ART: http://www.guidancecom.com/alphabet/
What are the elements of visual design? Learn here, with a primer art course on elements of design and
composition. Attributes of artistic works are also discussed.

MONOCHROMATIC PAINTING:
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Visual_Arts/ARA0009.html
Students will understand the uses of tints and shades, as well as the connections in painting between color and emotions. They must paint along a specific scene guideline to create their own monochromatic illustrations.

CREATIVITY TEST: http://westy.jtwn.k12.pa.us/users/mcb/WEB_PAGES/lessons/creativity.html
Help your students think "outside the box" with the various creativity quizzes offered here. Two day lesson plans will help students to modify and improve techniques for creativity.

PORTRAIT STYLES:
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Visual_Arts/ARA0203.html
Impressionism, realism, and abstraction are all considered in this art lesson on portraits. Students
will create their own works in the three styles presented, starting from a selected magazine clipping.
Background information and instructions will guide students through their final designs, which are to
be mounted in triptych style.

PAINTING WITH MATISSE: ttp://westy.jtwn.k12.pa.us/users/mcb/WEB_PAGES/lessons/matisse.html
Experiment with color in the style of French painter Henri Matisse, and discover how color can create psychological moods and tones. Students will also refine composition, paint and stroke, and complimentary color skills in this 3 day lesson plan.

Great Buildings.com: http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Great Buildings is a huge database of information about architects and their buildings. 800+ Buildings are featured from 40 countries. There aren't images of every building, but many buildings shown have multiple views. Virtual Reality (VR) versions of some building are available, although you need to download a free software package for viewing VR.
Grade Level: Middle School, High School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Arts (Architecture), Community Interest (Leisure)

Design and Landscapes
DESIGN A GARDEN: http://www.walkerart.org/ace/ed_activities/units_i/desgarden_fr.html
K-3 students use online tools to learn about landscape architecture in this interactive art lesson plan. They will create walkways and steps, and use sculptures and shapes to design their own online garden.
LINE AND WASH LANDSCAPE:
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/walkindesert_contents.html
Three lesson plans for grades one through four comprise this art project on landscapes. Students will learn first to seek and identify recurring elements in landscape art, and then use those themes to create their own landscape drawing. They will then proceed to the next lesson, to use color washes to create perspective. Lastly, they will add lines for defintion, detail, and depth.
LANDSCAPE PAINTING: http://www.talentteacher.com/001cl.html
Follow the steps in this painting to create a beginner's watercolor landscape with a fan brush. This lesson plan gives alternative materials for pricey artist supplies, and techniques are basic enough for elementary students to handle, yet still yield wonderful results.
WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPES:
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/wtrclrlandscapes_intro.html
For students with more advanced skills in composition and who are already knowledgeable in perspective and balanced landscapes, this lesson plan will delve further into the specific qualities of watercolor in landscape paintings. Students will be learning under-drawing and wet-on-wet procedures; grades 5-8.

"West Building: Then & Now": http://www.nga.gov/feature/thenandnow/thenandnow.htm celebrates the 60th anniversary (March 2001) of the opening of the National Gallery of Art. An online photo essay shows how the West Building & its environs have changed over the years.

"You Be the Conservator": http://americanhistory.si.edu/hosc/santos/index.htm invites students to play the role of a museum conservator, discovering clues about an historical object in order to preserve or restore it. In the featured activity, the object is a "santo," a painted woodcarving of a saint in the
Catholic Church.

IMPRESSIONISM & THE IMPRESSIONISTS
The Impressionist movement took place in France during a time of great change. They were inspired by the social and industrial innovation of the day to try new and radical techniques in their painting. The Impressionists would forever change the art world and launch the beginning of the modern
art movement.
Impressionism.org: http://www.impressionism.org/
This site is a great starting point for learning about Impressionism. Take the "Experience Impressionism" tour to learn about impressionists and the uniqueness of their style. Then, enter the "Teach Impressionism" section to download free "Teacher's Packets" on teaching about painting and impressionism.
Café Guerbois Gallery of Impressionist Art: http://www.cafeguerbois.com/Gallery.htm
A gallery of works by Bazille, Degas, Manet, Monet, Renoir, and Post-Impressionists such as Seurat and Van Gogh. Each gallery includes extensive images of the artists' works, and a full biography. This is a great reference site to keep in your bookmarks for your ongoing art and art history studies!
The Impressionist Era: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111578/ieindex.html
This award winning ThinkQuest site features information on the Impressionist artists, and the Impressionist painting technique. Children can learn to paint in the teaching section. Visit the "Interact" section to take quizzes, do puzzles and view the interactive palette of the artists!
Claude Monet Lesson Plan: http://www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/lMonet.html
This is a fun and informative lesson that can be adapted for most grade levels, and is very suited for the homeschooler. Students are guided to do quick paintings, and then look at Monet's work and answer questions which probe the children to think about the artist and the impressionist style.
ArtAccess from the Art Institute of Chicago: http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Impressionist/pages/IMP_family.shtml
This site for caregivers of young children offers three fun lessons--"Reflections on Water" explores painting and Claude Monet; "Shadowbox Bedroom" is a lesson on building a shadowbox based on Van Gogh's paintings of his bedroom; and "Hats Off" lets children design and decorate their own
hats.

Spring Mobils
HOW TO MAKE MOBILES: http://home.indy.net/~rlafara/bobstuff/mobile.htm
This site offers some basic instructions for creating mobiles from different mediums--a good starting place to get tips for making your own themed craft.
BUTTERFLY MOBILES: http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/craft/craft1.html
Celebrate spring with these beautiful print and assemble butterflies. Your students will color and cut the patterns, and then create their own butterfly mobile.
BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE MOBILES: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/lifecyclemobile/
This version of the butterfly mobile reinforces life cycles; have your students create the correct order
by placing them top to bottom in sequence.
CREATE A BUTTERFLY MOBILE: http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson23.html
This project is a bit more advanced than the previous butterfly mobiles, but still suitable for upper elementary classes. Includes background information on Calder and his ideas.
SOLAR SYSTEM MODELS: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/solarsystemmodel/
You could easily add an asteroid belt and/or planetary moons to this solar system mobile. Students will put the planets in order, and create them according to their relative sizes. Click on any of the planets to learn more about our solar system.
CALDER MOBILES: http://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/0130533688_2.pdf
Alexander Calder invented the mobile, and this page gives directions for an algebraic, perfectly balanced example of Calder's systems.
WHALE MOBILE: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Whalemobile.shtml
Print out templates for beluga whales, blue whales, humpback whales, and Orcas to create this ocean-themed mobile.

PaPa iNk: http://www.papaink.org/gallery/home/index.html
PapaInk is an international online gallery of children's art. The creators of the website provide no-cost archival services to organizations and individuals all over the world, enabling the set-up and building out of permanent galleries of children's art. This is a great service with amazing images.
Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Arts (Visual Arts), History & Social Studies (Current Events)

National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.: http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Kids can take an interactive tour of a sculpture garden, count the colors of famous artwork - and even solve mysteries.

K-6 Arts Lesson Plans: http://www.csuchico.edu/educ/cguenter/229Barts.html
This database of lesson plans is a great resource for early childhood and elementary school teachers.
Dance, music, drama and visual arts lessons have been created by student teachers at CSU Chico.
Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary
Content Area: Arts (Visual Arts/Music/Performing Arts), English (Reading)

Architecture is Elementary: http://www.kinderart.com/architecture/archiselem.shtml
Students will learn the four orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite with this fun lesson from educator Sara Gagliano.

Adoration of the Magi: http://www.nga.gov/collection/adoration.htm
This site offers a streaming slideshow that explores this complex & colorful painting from Renaissance Florence (c.1445). The painting depicts the story of the 3 kings bringing gifts to the Christ Child 12 days after his birth. The slideshow allows the viewer to examine details of the work while listening to a narrative.

Aelbert Cuyp: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/cuypinfo.htm
This site examines the development & subjects of one of the foremost Dutch painters & draftsmen of the 17th century. Learn about the life, works, patrons, & influences of this prolific artist, whose career (1640-1665) occurred during the golden age of Dutch painting.

A Century of Drawing: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/drawinginfo.htm
This site presents 50 of the 140 drawings on view in this exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. The exhibit charts the development of modern art & shows some of the most aesthetically compelling & intellectually intriguing works from the 20th century. The website includes works by Picasso, Klee,
Matisse, Calder, Rothko, de Kooning, Dubuffet, Guston, Rauschenberg, Twombly, & others.

Henry Moore: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/mooreinfo.htm
This site tells the story & shows a dozen works of one of the 20th century's great sculptors. The site includes information about this exhibit at the Gallery, which is the first major retrospective of Moore's work to appear in the U.S. in 20 years. The site also explains the treatment being used to protect the
Moore sculpture that sits outside the East Wing -- "Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece."

Impressionists: http://www.biography.com/impressionists/
Biography.com, the companion site to A&E’s television show, presents a roesource to help kids learn about Impressionist art. Teachers can take their classes on a virtual tour of five Impressionist paintings – by Degas, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, and Renoir – and learn about the themes, colors, and brushwork that set each artist apart. Kids click on the painting to learn more about the artistic elements that make each painting so special. The site also contains biographies, with photos and pictures of paintings, for the five featured artists, and additional information about Impressionist masters such as Bazille, Cassatt, Manet, and Sisley. After reading about the artists, kids can test their knowledge with a quiz. Users can access links to more than 70 other Impressionist and art-related web sites or make their own masterpiece using online paint tools. History, art, and design classes all will enjoy using this colorful, interactive resource.

"School Tours": http://www.nga.gov/education/school.htm features 38 paintings & sculptures selected from tours designed for students in Grades PreK-3 & 4-12. Each work is accompanied by an explanation of its significance & is presented alongside other works related to a theme -- weather, animals & nature, heroes & heroines, elements of art, the painter, the sculptor, American art, Renaissance art, mythology, & others. Information is provided about scheduling a school tour & about more than 150 teaching resources that the Gallery loans (free) to educational institutions, community groups, & individuals.

"Virtue & Beauty": http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2001/virtuebeauty/vbintro.htm features nearly a dozen portraits of women in Florence created between 1440 & 1540. These paintings, marble
sculptures, medals, & drawings reflect a time when subjects in art expanded to include not only rulers & their consorts but also women of the merchant class.

Art Access: http://www.artic.edu/aic/artaccess/
The Art Institute of Chicago has made lesson plans, family activities and multicultural art resources are available at this site. Areas of study include Ancient Indian Art of the Americas, African American Art,
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and Modern and Contemporary Art.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Arts (Visual Arts), History & Social Studies (World History)

"The Miraculous Draught of Fishes": http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/bassano/index.htm examines Jacopo Bassano's 1545 painting & compares it with other works that also depict the New
Testament story in which Jesus calls Peter to become a disciple. Bassano's painting was one in a long line of "copies," or variations on a theme, a standard practice in the Renaissance. Here we see that certain elements -- garments & figure groupings -- were copied from another work but were altered to achieve greater dramatic effect.

"School Tours": http://www.nga.gov/education/school.htm features 38 paintings & sculptures selected from tours designed for students in Grades PreK-3 & 4-12. Each work is accompanied by an explanation of its significance & is presented alongside other works related to a theme -- weather, animals & nature, heroes & heroines, elements of art, the painter, the sculptor, American art, Renaissance art, mythology, & others. Information is provided about scheduling a school tour & about more than 150 teaching resources that the Gallery loans (free) to educational institutions, community groups, & individuals.

"Virtue & Beauty": http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2001/virtuebeauty/vbintro.htm features nearly a dozen portraits of women in Florence created between 1440 & 1540. These paintings, marble
sculptures, medals, & drawings reflect a time when subjects in art expanded to include not only rulers & their consorts but also women of the merchant class.

DLK's Crocodile Crafts for Kids: http://www.dltk-kids.com/
There are thousands of crafts at this site, plus ecards and more.

Color Theory for Kids: http://members.cox.net/mrsparker2/
Color Theory covers the color wheel, mixing, schemes and mood. Online activities, vocabulary, puzzles, quizzes and examples of artwork are included.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School
Content Area: Arts (Visual Arts)

Decorate cows in the style of great artists! From art educator Mary Love.
http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/cowparade.htm

Art specialist Rebecca Engelman shows us how to make a batik-style painting using flowers as the theme. Great for your grade 4-6 students.
http://www.kinderart.com/painting/paperbatikflowers.htm

Art specialist Rebecca Engelman demonstrates various watercolor techniques such as; wash, blending, and salt texture as she leads us through a great ocean-themed art lesson. Great for grade 4-6 students.
http://www.kinderart.com/drawing/underthesea.htm

Everyday Art: http://www.everydayart.com/
"A site to help make art and creativity an everyday thing in children's lives." Crafts ideas and lesson plans for teachers.

Kids Domain Craft Exchange: http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/
Holiday crafts for classrooms, scouts, and other groups.  This site has terrific suggestions for projects such as bread-dough brooches and magnetic memo pads.

Art Safari: http://www.moma.org/onlineprojects/artsafari/index.html is a section of the Museum of Modern Art's website: http://www.moma.org/.  In this section of the website, you choose a picture, look at it, and write about it.  If you wish, your writing can be published on their site.  

Artsonia is a free Website that encourages young artists by displaying their work online.  The art is sorted by project, school and country at the site: www.artsonia.com, which also features a "School of the Week" section.  Teachers who register for the site also will receive a press release for their local news papers to highlight participation in the Internet project.  Students whose work is on display receive ID cards featuring their own published art.  

The Museum of Ephemeral Cultureal Artifacts: http://www.edgechaos.com/MECA/MECA.html 
This site offers a gallery of wall art, pinball designs and even a robot of the month.  

WebMuseum: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/
Take a tour of the WebMuseum, from the works of Paul Cezanne to the profound riches of medieval art.  Take a walking tour of Paris and listen to music.  

Buddhist monks from China unveiled the secret of paper to the Japanese in the sixth century A.D., and today, Joseph Wu shares his knowledge of paper and origami with his Origami Page. The galleries contain color photographs of origami sculptures, including animals, geometric designs, modern things like high heels and a microscope, and mythical creatures. If you want to try your hand at origami, check out the information about paper and folding techniques and the diagrams that are rated according to their difficulty.

Teachers Helping Teachers: The Arts: http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/TheArts.html
Although not particularly flashy, Teachers Helping Teachers is an online bulletin board of fabulous and original art lessons for teachers looking for a quick reference site. The beauty of this site is that it is continually updated, allowing teachers to find lessons
concurrent with monthly holidays or events and activities that are culturally and thematically diverse. The lessons, although not in any particular order, are easy to sort
through since their individual titles denote appropriate grade levels.

Cinema: How are Hollywood Films Made?: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/index.html
Do your students ever wonder how movies are made? This Annenberg/CPB online exhibit does an extremely capable job explaining the entire creative process behind filmmaking.  Film fans and students of this popular form of art can finally learn about how ideas go from the drawing board to the big screen. Additionally, this site gives a brief history of the motion-picture industry and its place within American culture. Make sure your students try writing a script for a movie and learn about the details of directing at this interactive site.

Curtain Call: A Dramatic Approach to Detective Fiction: http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1989/4/89.04.07.x.html
The play's the thing (of this site, anyway), and this lesson teaches students about topics as diverse as genre, suspense, lighting properties, and makeup techniques. Students have the opportunity to get involved in all aspects of drama, including creating a plot (with Sherlock Holmes as their protagonist), building a set, and blocking the entire show. The fact that the lesson is based around detective fiction makes it both educational and exciting for middle schoolers. The site also includes a top-notch bibliography.

Helios: http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/index.html
Hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this photo gallery site includes works divided up among early American, daguerrotypes, and the contemporary American landscape. In addition to more than 175 photographs by artists including Ansel Adams and Eadweard Muybridge, the early American site includes audio commentary. The contemporary landscape section supplements its photos with essays by diverse authors. The daguerrotype section is especially enlightening, offering a guided tour along with detailed explanations on the process behind the term.

How to "Read" a Painting: http://www.kcsd.k12.pa.us/~projects/critic/index.html
Although this outstanding site explains to kids how to "look" at visual art, it may as well be describing a method for the analysis of any type of idea or creation.  The site is divided into four categories: describe, analyze, interpret, and make a judgment. To describe, students learn terms like line, pattern, and value.  Symbols and "emotional content," as well as rhythm, proportion, and gradation are analyzed in the second step. After students use this information to interpret the work, they make a judgement, which they need to be able to justify to their fellow classmates. Their peers, in turn, can critique their judgment, by using a chart provided online. This excellent site tops off its
high-quality content with great links.

Our Place in the World: http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Place/index.html
This cleanly designed site offers several approaches to interpreting art. The inquiry-based approach, for instance, requires students to ask questions, while the thematic approach connects art with its cultural context.  The discipline-based questions include queries on art making (examines production issues), art history (examines context and history), and art criticism (examines judgment). The core lessons listed give students a chance to create their own art by imagining the abstract and then constructing or drawing it.

Face It! Technology Can be Creative: http://www.sitesketchers.com/faceit.htm
For years we've been saying that technology can aid in teaching concepts, and no where is that more the case than with the production of visual art. This site offers students numerous problems, which they solve by doing research and then creating a piece of art. For instance, students can create an Egyptian backdrop after studying the symbols and the culture. Or they can analyze Warhol's obsession with famous people by creating their own portraits. Kids will appreciate the chance to create their own self-portrait by incorporating aspects of Expressionism (think Munch's "The Scream"). The projects
on this site require some technology, such as drawing software and digital-camera software.

Artabunga!: http://www.artabunga.com/
This is one of the more detailed sites available on the Web for getting your students to think creatively. With the use of Shockwave, Artabunga! allows students to draw and write on the Web, and when they are satisfied with their works, they can submit their finished products to the site's online gallery. Have your students join neat interactive contests such as drawing the best mutant-themed New Year's Eve party or writing up their predictions for the coming year.

The Incredible Art Department: http://www.artswire.org/~kenroar/
Designed for the art teacher who wants one of the most complete collections of art-related resources, the Incredible Art Department offers more than just a library of interactive lessons. Teachers can learn how to motivate artistically uninspired students, read accounts of students who use art to propel their lives, and even send in pictures of their art classes to be posted on the Internet Classroom page.

Alphabetical Crafts Index: http://www.makingfriends.com/concraft.htm
Scroll down one of the site's many pages for a listing of grade-level organized crafts that let your students get creative. The activities don't just include your usual arts-and-crafts materials but also include some computerized craft ideas as well.

Crayola.com's Educator section: http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm offers a
variety of resources for educators, including lesson plans, creative classroom ideas, and activities and projects designed to link art to other curricula.

Create Art: http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/create.html
Any budding artist -- or any child even remotely interested in art -- will be utterly fascinated by this comprehensive site. It begins by covering concepts of drawing, including perspective, line, form, and contour.  It then explores the concepts of color and style in depth.  Kids can read the thoughts of some of the featured artists whose work is showcased. Step-by-step instructions allow kids to create their self-portraits and other pieces of art, and the Edventures section gives kids the opportunity to solve art-related mysteries.

The CyberSketchbook and Digital Drawingboard: http://www.vvm.com/~tgibbons/Templates/lessons.htm
Using familiar objects, kids can create the compelling artworks outlined on this site. This craft-heavy site explains concepts by having kids work with them. For instance, kids can figure out how to create new colors.  Without a doubt, the highlight of this site is the
emphasis on "interdisciplinary connections," such as the recipe for African pottery that ends with a mini-lesson on African history. The projects cover the gamut, even including a plan for creating computer art.

Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116/
Here, students can read about a bassoon, listen (with the help of RealPlayer) to the sound of a bassoon, or evaluate the pitch and volume of a bassoon's sound, after learning what those terms mean. In fact, potential musicians can learn about any instrument in an
orchestra. The site contains some small, but valuable, additions including music files of classical Western music as well as a "Did you know?" trivia box on the side of each Web page. After learning about music, kids are encouraged to make their own music, by using a rubber band on their fingers or playing an instrument.

The Puppetry Home Page: http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/
From Japanese Kabuki to Hacivad in Turkey to the Moderno Teatro de Muñecos de Costa Rica, this site describes all sorts of types of puppetry. In addition, the site includes
information for students to create their own puppets in the styles of various national theaters. An excellent glossary and exposition even touch on such obscure topics
as marionettes, shadow puppets, and ventriloquism.

Children's Creative Theater: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5291/
Offering an extensive view of the history of theater, this site introduces the main features of primitive and Greek theater, as well as Renaissance, Baroque, and even Asian theatrical traditions. Hyperlinked terms throughout the text will lead students off in search of fun and relevant supplementary information. Students can participate in theater games, including pantomiming, acting out expressions, and performing skits. One of the best
features of this site is the emphasis on interdisciplinary learning: students can use drama to
work on reading (reciting aloud) or science skills (imitating animal behavior).

P.O.W.E.R. Plays: http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/pmartin/liberia/text_play_intro.htm
P.O.W.E.R. Plays stands for "Pupil Owned Written Enacted Recognized Plays." This site provides ideas for giving students more ownership and responsibility in putting together stage performances. To accomplish this, there are activities for improving acting skills, ideas for getting kids involved behind the scenes, and an African folk tale for kids to adapt to the stage.

Bottlecaps to Brushes: http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/education/kids/cappy/main.html is a great way to expose young children to art. Cappy the giraffe introduces kids to some of the works of art at the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., as well as information on the artists who created them. Kids can learn concepts such as how art can be a form of expression, or they can follow ideas for art activities using everyday objects.

Build-It-Yourself Toy Laboratory: http://www.build-it-yourself.com/
This site isn't your typical art resource since it offers kids the opportunity to do more with their building toys like Legos and K'nex. Take the toys, throw in everyday household items, and instantly your students can build whatever their imaginations allow. Its blueprints encourage creative thinking, and its activities could make for great lessons on art, science, or simply playtime.

A. Pintura: Art Detective: http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
A. Pintura: Art Detective is a unique Web adventure that skillfully places the reader into the role of a pulp storybook private detective. The educational twist is that students must successfully identify famous works of art through clues obtained while "interviewing" the
detective's client. It is up to your students to crack the case of the mysterious painting by comparing and contrasting artistic concepts like composition, subject, color, and style.

The High-Rise Pages: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/index.html
If you include architecture appreciation as part of your art curriculum, be sure to take a look at this site devoted to the man-made steel and glass wonders of the world: high-rises. Your students can access information and photos of skyscrapers across the globe, including links to live Webcams of city skylines and monuments to current and fallen edifices.

The Detroit Institute of Art's Ancient Art: http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/ancientindex.html 
site provides a wonderful collection of ancient art ranging from the caves of Mount Carmel in Israel to gold artifacts from the Bronze Age in Ireland. Categories include sculpture, architecture, paintings, weapons, and mummies.

ArtiFAQ 2100: http://library.advanced.org/13681/data/nyc
ArtiFAQ 2100 is designed to predict how art will influence our lives in the next hundred years. By probing past art inspirations and scientific methods, students can use available data to make reasonable forecasts for the future. Be sure to have your students finish the site's challenging quiz to gain access to the Future Gallery where the site's creators contribute their own predictions for futuristic art.

Pieces and Creases: A Fun Guide to Origami: http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5402
This group of middle-school students have created a site so compelling that reading it will make all your students start folding paper. The kids have written about all aspects of the Japanese art of origami, from its history to its symbols and from its therapeutic benefits to its execution. Your students will want to read about how the Japanese commemorate Peace Day with origami. The quizzes and online experiments will challenge and amuse kids. Who wouldn't want to know how much time it takes to fold 1,000 cranes?

The Artistic Heritage of Clay: http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Sampler/g.html
Though this site was originally developed for high schoolers, middle schoolers should also benefit from this excellent history of ceramics. In addition to emphasizing studio work, the site provides a strong basis for an understanding of ceramics as artifacts as well as the role of ceramics in a cultural context. Students are encouraged to learn how to analyze art by focusing on a single artist or by going to museums.

Understanding Color: http://library.thinkquest.org/50065/
We sometimes take color for granted in our everyday lives, but it contains significant cultural value and plays an important role in determining our thoughts and emotions.
Have your students explore the gravity of shade in art by allowing them to explore the relationship between color and culture.

Art of the Quilt: http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/4/95.04.04.x.html
This site can teach students about the rich heritage of African-American quilt making. Although this project can be used narrowly as art curriculum, its subject depth extends to history, English, social studies, and even math. This versatility is displayed in an array of activities, ranging from having students complete their own quilt narratives to teaching simple geometry with a demonstration of how rectangular quilts are made up of combinations of shapely parts.

Just who *was* the Mona Lisa? In Learning about Leonardo http://library.advanced.org/13681/data/davin2.shtml, art students and aficionados everywhere can read one quite amazing, informed theory of who "she" really was (putting "she" in quotes is a very small hint). Here's the Mona Lisa's page http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/link2.htm. Another question many Leonardo da Vinci fans don't usually think to ask is, What does the artist and inventor's *music* sound like? To hear an all-too-brief snippet of his Renaissance music, go to: http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/link3.htm.

ArtsEdNet: http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ offers art-based lesson plans and curriculum ideas sorted by grade level. Visit the Image Galleries and Exhibitions to access pictures of art. A current highlight of this site includes the works of Jacob Lawrence, who based his art on American history.

Art Teacher on the Net: http://www.artmuseums.com/
This artsy site has creative projects for just about everyone. For teachers with specific needs, this site's library of thematic lesson plans for home school, Sunday school, scouts, and others might fit the bill. If you need project ideas for a particular occasion or audience, simply email Art Teacher on the Net for special requests.

Art educator Madeline Buonagurio has a great art history lesson for you and your kinderartists. Learn about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe as you make fabulous abstract flower drawings. Find this lesson at: http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/abstractflowers.htm  Look for the printable version icon at the end of the page.

Kidz Draw: http://www.kidzdraw.com/
This site is quite a departure from other online art resources. Rather than focusing on different art activities for kids, the bulk of its content concerns the lives of artists past and present, giving kids insight into the creative thinking that goes into being an artist. Its activities and articles are broken down into different age groups, allowing you to direct your students to appropriate reading skills and creative interests.

National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/home.htm
The National Gallery of Art, an amazing Washington, D.C., resource, offers this beautiful, full-service site. The site's most useful feature for educators is its variety of virtual tours. Topics range from the art of the Italian Renaissance to that of Jackson Pollack. Students can even concentrate on one artist or one painting -- Edouard Manet's "Bullfight," for instance -- to learn about historical details and understand close readings of paintings.

ArtPhotography: The Art of Light: http://library.thinkquest.org/25473/
This comprehensive site is bound to inspire young shutterbugs from ages 12 to 19. It leads students from the history of photography to the composition of photos.  Helpful for kids of the digital generation, the site includes a post-processing section that describes the
scanning technique. After they read about photography, students can use the simulations in the "Interact" section to take their best shots at setting apertures and photo finishing. You'll need the Shockwave plug-in to view this high-end site.

Art Edge: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
The Kennedy Center offers this comprehensive arts site containing teaching and professional resources for educators. Lesson plans that are based on national art education standards cover design, performance, and visual arts. Students can exercise their analytical skills in their study of art and architecture, even as they have fun creating their own versions of it.

You can create a wonderful apple for the teacher. All you need is some paint, paper and some water to wash up.  http://www.kinderart.com/current.htm

 20 Fun Ideas That Won't Break The Bank: http://www.kinderart.com/teachers/20crafts.htm  Some fun projects you can make with recycled materials from around the house.

The @rt Room: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/@rtroom_home.html is designed for kids age eight and up. It includes activities, art projects, and curriculum-related information that encourage kids to create, learn, and explore new art-related ideas. 

Art Takes Time: http://members.aol.com/TWard64340/Index.htm
This site teaches students to make connections among the visual art styles over history and throughout different cultures, thus allowing teachers to tie in art lessons with subjects like social studies. It boasts a diverse range of creative activities, such as making African masks. Yet there are also many research-oriented activities, such as an online scavenger hunt about the life of Van Gogh.

Launch Point: Photographya: http://www.latimes.com/news/learning/launch/photo.htm
LATimes.com has put together a site called Launch Point for students and teachers to utilize the Web's resources to tackle specific subjects. Art teachers should take a look at Launch Point's photography feature, which offers creative, historical, and scientific perspectives addressed to kids at different skill levels.

Colorworm Teaches About Color: http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~pellison/colorworm/home.html
A free children's book that explains color, the visible spectrum, mixing paints, RGB/CMYK, story time cutouts, and more.

ELOQUENT EVIDENCE: ARTS AT THE CORE OF LEARNING
Designed for, and to be used by, parents, teachers, administrators, school board members, and other stakeholders interested in promoting the case for arts (not just art) education in the schools. Downloadable brochure provides an overview of the issues involved in integrating the arts into a K-12 curriculum. Other great arts links are also listed below:
http://www.pcah.gov/gaa/index.html
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/nasaanews/ee.shtml
http://www.benton.org/News/Extra/art042800.html

Looking at Art of Ancient Greece and Rome: http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Beauty/index.html
It isn't often that you come across learning activities that focus on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, but this online exhibit from ArtsEdNet does just that. Choose from among 15 sculptures for information on the piece and its subject. Discussion questions ask students to compare and contrast different works, and recommended activities suggest ideas for related in-class art projects. This site offers extra-large photos of the works so your students can see close-ups of the fine details.

SkyscraperPage.com: http://www.skyscraperpage.com/
If the race for the world's tallest building fascinates your students, bring them to SkyscraperPage.com. They can learn about new skyscrapers that cities plan to build and monitor the construction processes. Be sure to check out the special computer diagrams of the world's tallest buildings, where you can look at all of the world's buildings together or focus on one particular city. There are breathtaking photographs of skylines, too.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: http://americanart.si.edu/
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has a fun Web site for students to explore. Dig deep into their collection of over 4,000 images and visit their 16 online exhibitions. Or, stop by each day for their two special features: Director's Choice, one work selected and discussed by a curator; and 1001 Days and Nights of American Art, an interactive calendar with daily museum highlights, artist birthdays, and special activities.  Ask Joan of Art encourages students to send their questions to the museum to receive email responses.   Finally, visit the Education section for teacher guides and classroom ideas.

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: http://www.w-a-mozart.com/
Here's a truly beautiful and unique site devoted to the master musician Mozart. Read a lengthy biography of Mozart's short life and enjoy the in-depth detail about some of his compositions. Don't miss the Concerts section, where you can choose from a number of his concerti, symphonies, chamber pieces, and operas, and then watch as a virtual stage unfolds and the music begins to play. Many pieces are available in midi files so you can freely download and save them to play for your students later.  You'll need the Shockwave plug-in to navigate the site.

The Wonder Behind the Wizard of Oz: http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/2/95.02.02.x.html
This site is actually an in-depth lesson plan geared toward seventh- and eighth-grade drama students. Your class will discover how books get turned into movies using The Wizard of Oz as an example. They'll first read L. Frank Baum's original, unabridged novel and then watch the 1939 film. Your students will have to be perceptive by noting when and why the two diverge.

Cinema: How are Hollywood Films Made?: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/
Your students will love this Annenberg/CPB Exhibit that takes them behind-the-scenes on a Hollywood film set.  Students will learn how the director, producer, actors, screenwriter, and film editor work together to produce a finished film.

Grab your pencils and markers, and take part in our latest Creative Zone Drawing Adventure. Visit
http://www.edgate.com/adventure2/step0/step0.html with your students to learn how to draw Zippy Zebras with the Horned Avenger and his sidekick BLT.  For past adventures, and to find other creative resources, visit our Creative Zone channel at http://www.edgate.com/creative.html .

Museum of Modern Art's Art Safari: http://artsafari.moma.org/
This learning adventure introduces students to ways of looking at and thinking about art by guiding them through a set of questions and answers. Along the way, students are prompted to respond to questions such as, What is going on in this picture? At the end of the safari, students can submit their evaluations for posting on the site. They can also explore other areas to create their own art or browse paintings or sculptures.

ArtFul Minds: http://library.thinkquest.org/50072/index.shtml
Created for the art educator, ArtFul Minds compiles information about the role of the arts in childhood
education. The site contains four sections covering topics such as the components of arts education, brain research, and using technology as a tool for teaching art. You can also contribute recommended resources, access advice from others, or join a message board.

Great Buildings Online: http://www.greatbuildings.com
Teach your students how architecture can define a location and a culture by visiting Great Buildings
Online. This site has photos, pictures, and information on 800 important structures, from the Air Force Academy Chapel to the Chateau de Versailles. Your class will especially love the 3-D images offered for some of the buildings. Search for architects, styles, and locations, too.

Mrs. Rose Shows You . . .: http://www.homestead.com/mrsroseshowsyou/map.html
Mrs. Rose is an art teacher at St. Joseph School in Lincoln, Neb. She created this site to share her favorite projects with other art teachers and young art students. You'll find simple drawing lessons, some basic art appreciation, and a short glossary of architectural terms. Best of all is her section on computer claymation, a project popular with her students.

Museum of Web Art: http://www.mowa.org
This site would be equally appropriate for your art students or your computer/technical classes. The
Museum of Web Art (MOWA) highlights some of the Web's most unique designs. In four galleries, you'll find exhibits on designs that move, work, change, and remain constant. Be sure to visit the Kid's Wing, filled with interactive computer drawing activities

Revealing Things:  www.si.edu/revealingthings is the first Smithsonian exhibition made just for the Internet. You see photos of objects with short descriptions by their owners. You can click on icons to learn about the context of the objects and to follow the--pardon us--web of their relationships to other objects and people. It's a fascinating tour.

KinderArt: http://www.kinderart.com/
Not only is this site visually pleasing and easy to navigate, it is also chock-full of over 100 free lesson plans, activities, and other useful materials. Celebrate each season, or click on the Cool Pick to teach students about art technique. Use the Art Lessons section for resources on topics from art history to printmaking, or browse the Art Library to read the art glossary, skim articles, or enter a contest.