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Sun, 19 May 2013 02:27:34 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 02:27:34 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=436351 This transcript, activity sheet, and lesson plan guide will help the instructor make best use of the 10 1/2 minute Spanish-language video on the traditional textile-making process in the Andean village of Chinchero that I posted here.It contains a worksheet with short answer questions for students, a series of possible activities that use the video, and a complete transcript of the video.Please note that, since the video is completely in Spanish, these materials are most relevant for advanced Spanish classes. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=567226 A lesson plan introducing primary and secondary colors to lower elementary art students using the book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=596440 This is a lesson plan intended for use in an elementary art classroom with fourth grade students. The content of the lesson focuses on how artists can use line to create the appearance of action or movement in a work of art.The lesson calls for the use of a Power Point Presentation with slides of various famous, and perhaps not so famous, works of art that are selected for their linear qualities as well as how they show movement. Suggested artists: Wassilly Kandinsky, Frank Lobdell, Vincent Van Gogh.After viewing the presentation, the students will apply what they've learned by creating a non-objective/abstract water color painting that shows movement. It is highly recomended that the instructor take digital photographs of any completed student work and include them in the initial Power Point presentation. If this lesson is used again with another class or perhaps with the same grade level during a future school year, the students will have the benefit of seeing some sample student work in addition to the works by famous artists. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=475608 Noise and Your Ears: Worth Hearing About! (published 1995; 562 KB) PDFAcoustics and You: Learning About the Science of Sound (published 2002; 1.05 MB) PDFThese activity sheets are filled with crossword puzzles, word unscrambles, mazes, and word search activities. They were designed for use with upper elementary and middle school grades but can be used with employees in occupational hearing conservation classes, elementary and middle school classrooms during career-education talks, and the general public when distributed at health fairs and other community outreach events. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=742312 I know that I’m a member of society, but am I a member of my community? What defines the specific community that I am a part of? And how can I share my unique community with the world?The educational need that this lesson will address is helping students to learn about, define, and share their community. This can be an interest group community or a large geographical community. Students will explore which aspects of their community have influenced them, the things they are proud of, and how they would like to define their community for the world to see. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=516921 משימת כתיבה בשפה האנגלית. במטלה זו התלמידים משחקים תפקיד של מבקרי קולנוע וכותבים ביקורת המשווה בין ספר לעיבוד שלו לקולנוע. מופיע במדור פעילויות מתוקשבות של פרוייקט כתו״ם. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=623838 Botanical Illustration, Color Psychology, Art, Leaf Anatomy, Step by Step Lesson http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=618793 This is a lesson in basic photo editing and computer art for Introductory High School Art or Introductory Computers classes. It can also be modified to fit the Middle School level. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=759785 Get crafty this Easter with our hands-on Endangered Animal Easter Egg activity. Using ARKive’s vast treasury of images and videos, students research their favourite endangered species and identify key features and characteristics, then decorate an egg using the images as inspiration. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=586922 This two-day lesson plan will introduce High School students to the poetry of Walt Whitman, and the associated ideas of realism and transcendentalism. This lesson plan utilizes a variety of educational technology tools, including an in-class presentation system (projector, internet-enabled computer) and a set of iPads (or other internet-enabled computer or mobile device.) In this lesson, students will collaborate together to research the historical relevence of Whitman's poem, The Year of Meteors. In small groups, students will present the results of their research so the class will understand the historical meanings represented in Whitman's poetic verse.