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Finding Meme-spiration with Public Domain and Creative Commons Images Lesson Plan

July 12, 2021 Maggie Murphy

This workshop lesson plan was designed by two academic librarians with first- and second-year undergraduate college/university students in mind.

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Posted in: College/University, Humanities, Teaching Resources

Images for Creative Projects: Searching Successfully, Assessing Quality, Understanding Fair Use

June 2, 2021 Sarah Carter

This one-hour lesson plan for undergraduate college students covers search strategies, evaluation and rights for online images.

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Posted in: Arts, College/University, Teaching Resources Filed under: Assessing image quality, creative commons, Fair Use, Finding images online, Image Search, public domain

Town Planner

March 5, 2021 Nicole Candian

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to imagine what their city on Mars would look like if seen from a satellite.

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Posted in: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

Infrared Selfie

Nicole Candian

Students are invited to draw selfies based on a color temperature scale.

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Posted in: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

WordShop: Teacher Resource

February 26, 2021 Nicole Candian

This resource will allow you to lead your students through a close looking exercise.

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Posted in: Arts, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), Teaching Resources

Back to Back Construction with Toledo Museum of Art

Nicole Candian

The activity develops the ability to technically describe an assembly of geometric shapes and it is intended for 6th–8th-grade students.

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Posted in: Arts, Education, Middle School (Age 11-14), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

Art and Biology: Teacher Professional Development Resource

Nicole Candian

This resource was created in collaboration with a teacher professional development workshop designed for K-12 art and biology educators.

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Posted in: Arts, High/Secondary School (Age 14-18), Teaching Resources

M is for Matisse: ABCs of Art with Toledo Museum of Art

February 24, 2021 The Curved House Editor

ABC’s of Art is a series of early childhood workshops which provide early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

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Posted in: Arts, Education, Pre-K / Early Years (Age 0-5), Teaching Resources

Space and Time Activity for Primary-Aged Children

February 18, 2021 The Curved House Editor

Learn how to tell the time with a make-your-own comic strip!

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Posted in: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources Filed under: Literacy, numeracy, space, stem, telling time, Tim peake, Vinita Marwaha Madill

Explore colour and light with the Glucksman gallery

February 23, 2021 The Curved House Editor

Explore colour and light in this creative home learning activity.

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Posted in: Arts, Pre-K / Early Years (Age 0-5), Teaching Resources

A Visual Writing Notebook from Visual Verse and M-Leuven

February 22, 2021 Kit Harrison

Download this free visual writing notebook with four creative writing exercises designed to help you explore the relationship between words and images.

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Posted in: Arts, College/University, High/Secondary School (Age 14-18), Professional/Workplace Development, Teaching Resources

Celebrating Diversity with the Glucksman and artist Chris Judge

February 19, 2021 Kit Testing

Children will look closely at an image by Irish artist Chris Judge that presents 195 children, one from each country in the world.

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Posted in: Arts, Education, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), Middle School (Age 11-14), Pre-K / Early Years (Age 0-5), Teaching Resources Filed under: Art, Chris Judge, diversity, Education, Glucksman, illustration, people of the world

Creativity in Education with the Glucksman and Róisín Hahessy

The Curved House Editor

This activity is from the Glucksman’s Creativity at Home series and uses the work of Róisín Hahessy to inspire children of all ages.

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Posted in: Arts, Education, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), Middle School (Age 11-14), Pre-K / Early Years (Age 0-5), Teaching Resources Filed under: creativity, drawing, Education, Glucksman, illustration, Roisin Hahessy, vts

Visual Literacy and Close Looking

February 15, 2021 Anna Boutin-Cooper

This lesson plan was written for a first year seminar course, CNX151: When Black Lives Matter.

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Posted in: College/University, Media Studies, Teaching Resources

The Digital Image Guide (DIG) Method

February 19, 2021 Dana Thompson

The Digital Image Guide (DIG) Method is a resource to help students critically evaluate images.

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Posted in: Arts, Business, College/University, Education, Humanities, Law, Professional Development, Social Sciences, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

Design Your Own Spacesuit

January 14, 2021 The Curved House Editor

Students will research the types of spacesuits astronauts need, and the features they include, then they will design their own suit.

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Posted in: Arts, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

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