Visual Arts Education — Grade 6

Tessellations with M.C. Escher

This lesson familiarizes students with tessellations, designs created by images placed against each other with no empty spaces. It also introduces the work of M. C. Escher. It can be used in conjunction with math lessons in geometry.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education)

By Judith Riddle.

Interior design: Designing my dream room

Students will study interior design as a profession. They will integrate their study with math, writing, vocational education, and computer skills by designing their own dream bedroom.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Mathematics)

By Paula Hightower.

Flower stepping stones

This lesson plan is intended to encourage learners to integrate the visual arts with science and appreciate nature. Students will create a round or square stepping stone using colored glass pieces with a mortar and sand mixture. The students will have the opportunity to watch the stepping stones attract various types of small animals like birds and butterflies. As a result, students can observe, study, and draw these animals.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Visual Arts Education)

By Pilar Pedersen.

Resources on the web

Mona Lisa's smile

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how the Mona Lisa's smile appears to change depending on where on her face you look. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Art algorithms

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about new methods of art conservation. Art conservation is traditionally a painstaking and time-consuming business. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science