For Educators
For Educators
Let the Museum be your classroom with a school tour led by one of our knowledgeable docents. When a class field trip isn't possible, reserve a Traveling Trunk and bring artwork with lesson plans to your classroom.
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Inspire your teaching and earn CPE/GT credit during these day-long workshops on a variety of topics.
Integrate your art curriculum. These lesson plans with hands-on art projects are targeted to specific cross-disciplinary TEKS goals.
| # | Title | Media | Subjects | Summary | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art and the Five Senses | Collage, Painting | Social Studies, Science, Visual Arts | Students will use the 5 senses to look at the painting, Still Life with Parrot. They will relate the objects in the painting to objects that they have seen, felt, smelled, tasted or heard in real life to create a multi-sensory still life painting. | Download |
| 2 | Bas-Relief Animals in Clay | Clay, Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will learn about the geometric shapes and organic shapes found in animals and nature. Then they will explore the bas-relief clay technique to make a shallow sculpture of an animal in its habitat. | Download |
| 3 | Exploring Line, Shape and Color with Watercolor Pencils | Drawing, Painting | Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will practice creative expression using the art elements of line, shape and color. Using watercolor techniques, they will be encouraged to compare and contrast geometric and organic shapes. | Download |
| # | Title | Media | Subjects | Summary | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art and the Five Senses | Collage, Painting | Social Studies, Science, Visual Arts | Students will use the 5 senses to look at the painting, Still Life with Parrot. They will relate the objects in the painting to objects that they have seen, felt, smelled, tasted or heard in real life to create a multi-sensory still life painting. | Download |
| 2 | Bas-Relief Animals in Clay | Clay, Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will learn about the geometric shapes and organic shapes found in animals and nature. Then they will explore the bas-relief clay technique to make a shallow sculpture of an animal in its habitat. | Download |
| 3 | Embossing Gold Foil | Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Science, Visual Arts | Students will learn about the principles of gold which make it valuable across many cultures. Inspired by a gold plaque from the Nazca culture that employs the repujada technique, students will emboss their own metal foil design. | Download |
| 4 | Exploring Line, Shape and Color with Watercolor Pencils | Drawing, Painting | Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will practice creative expression using the art elements of line, shape and color. Using watercolor techniques, they will be encouraged to compare and contrast geometric and organic shapes. | Download |
| 5 | Tapa Cloth Designs | Painting | Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will explore tapa cloth, a cloth made from bark found in the Oceanic culture and use geometric shapes to make their own textile design. | Download |
| 6 | Weaving Headbands on a Loom | Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will learn the art of weaving on a handloom to make a headband. | Download |
| # | Title | Media | Subjects | Summary | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Embossing Gold Foil | Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Science, Visual Arts | Students will learn about the principles of gold which make it valuable across many cultures. Inspired by a gold plaque from the Nazca culture that employs the repujada technique, students will emboss their own metal foil design. | Download |
| 2 | From Pigment to Paint - Making Oil Paints | Painting | Science, Visual Arts | The process of creating oil paints led to the discovery and creation of many new hues that are widely used today. Students will create their own oil paints by mixing dried pigments with linseed oil, emulating the decades-old process. | Download |
| 3 | Latin American Folk Art Masks | Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts | Students will study the uses of masks in a variety of cultures, in particular the cultures of Mexico and Latin America. Then they will learn the techniques of mask making through creating plaster masks built over a simple armature. | Download |
| 4 | Weaving Headbands on a Loom | Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Visual Arts | Students will learn the art of weaving on a handloom to make a headband. | Download |
| # | Title | Media | Subjects | Summary | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From Pigment to Paint - Making Oil Paints | Painting | Science, Visual Arts | The process of creating oil paints led to the discovery and creation of many new hues that are widely used today. Students will create their own oil paints by mixing dried pigments with linseed oil, emulating the decades-old process. | Download |
| 2 | Latin American Folk Art Masks | Sculpture | Math, Social Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts | Students will study the uses of masks in a variety of cultures, in particular the cultures of Mexico and Latin America. Then they will learn the techniques of mask making through creating plaster masks built over a simple armature. | Download |
| 3 | Lesson Plan: Latin American Folk Art Puppets | Sculpture | Social Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts | Students will investigate the history of puppet making, comparing and contrasting Spanish puppet making and Mexican puppet making. They will then make a papier-mâché hand puppet of a pop culture icon. | Download |
