Lesson Plans

The First Discovery Series of informational books by Scholastic, specifically "Whales" for this lesson, is loved by teac

Begin with a basic pinch pot, add geometric shapes and end up with woodland critters that scurry and scatter about.

If a tea cup was suddenly made from fur could you use it in traditional ways? Creative and unexpected use of textures w

What’s inside a lizard? Or a cat, bird, or even yourself? Imagine you have X-ray eyes. Show bright bones and opaque orga

Create a mixed media winter cityscape street scene focused on the idea of top/bottom, above/below as snow is painted on

Look at the photography of Eadweard Muybridge and create an original painting of a body in motion in the cold, wintry ou

Use Crayola® Model Magic to create a miniature winter scene inside a plastic cup.

In temperate climates, winter brings rain, sleet, freezing rain, hail, and snow. How is water changed into so many diffe

Students send postcards from space to show their knowledge of other planets.

Introduce, or refresh, the concepts of 3-dimensional shapes and volume with your students. Investigate Joel Shapiro’s us

Explore a variety of watercolor techniques, including crayon resist, to paint a sky indicating time of day or weather c

What is the science behind making a boat sail? Invite students to design a sail shape that works best in a classroom exp

Students create an instrument panel for an imaginary spacecraft and explore the ways scientists collect data about the u

What do you see at the zoo?

Get to know comets! Students examine the components of comets and how they orbit the sun. Illustrate a glistening diagra

The inventor of the snowmobile, a French Canadian named Bombardier, inspires creativity! Construct inventions with recyc

Find colorful place names around the world! Draw vivid maps, plan trips, and write travel logs about imaginary journeys

Discover more about the life of a king cobra. For what is it really hunting?

Draw the states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Use Crayola® Dry-Erase Crayons to create an original drawing of water

Introduce, or refresh, the concept of surface area to your students with an investigation into the Joel Shapiro “Untitle

Invite students to create symmetry by making a bug of their own.

How do the seasons change our plants?

Students will create a sparkly space scene using tin foil, Crayola Window Crayons, Crayola Dry Erase Crayons and black c

During an investigation into local weather trends, students track daily weather statistics using a variety of Crayola® D