Arts

281 Activities

Arts

Artistic voices shine in every medium, letting creativity take center stage! Learners express themselves through music, theater, visual art, design, and performance. It’s all about exploring feelings, telling stories, and making something meaningful!

Activities

Superhero Lair Part 1

Literacy, Arts

Superhero Lair Part 1

OregonASK

K - 5

45 Minutes

Students read books about superheroes and make superhero lair.

This activity is a part 3 of a 5 activity series: Creating a Superhero, Creating Superhero Suits, Superhero Lair Part 1, Superhero Lair Part 2, and Superhero Comics.

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Superhero Lair Part 1

Literacy, Arts

Banner Design

Arts, History and Society

Banner Design

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students use design elements and principles to create a banner that celebrates an invention or displays a well-liked quotation or saying.

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Banner Design

Arts, History and Society

Play Stations

Arts, STEM

Play Stations

VentureLab

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Give students the opportunity to freely play and reconnect with their own innate creativity.

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Play Stations

Arts, STEM

What’s That For?

STEM, Arts

What’s That For?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this activity, children observe and ask questions about unfamiliar objects that nevertheless serve a useful purpose in their lives. This activity helps provoke children’s curiosity in the world around them and shows them that the world can surprise them in many ways.

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What’s That For?

STEM, Arts

Stop the Show (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Stop the Show (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Small groups of students plan scenarios that have concrete starting points and a conflict, obstacle, or problem the characters have to solve. At a certain point, the adult leader stops the play and asks the audience to vote on the ending to the scene. Students learn to be flexible and creative by acting out the new ending.

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Stop the Show (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Pantomime (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Pantomime (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students act out a good citizen or stewardship activity that could happen at school and other students guess the activities.

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Pantomime (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Character Mash-Up (Grades 9-12)

Arts, Literacy

Character Mash-Up (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students choose well-known characters from books, movies, and other media. Then, they form groups of 3 to plan and perform a short skit about the character.

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Character Mash-Up (Grades 9-12)

Arts, Literacy

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts, Health and Wellness

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Rediscover Center

K - 12

1 Hour

In this activity, students will create a collection box for recyclable home goods and materials. This is a group project and will require the participation of all students to collect from their homes to donate. This fun building and decorating activity will encourage everyone to be mindful of their waste!

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Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts, Health and Wellness

Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 9-12)

Literacy, Arts

Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students improvise skits to show how fictional characters might respond to everyday situations and challenges. This activity demonstrates how fiction can differ from real life.

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Improvisation: Fictional Characters in Daily Life (Grades 9-12)

Literacy, Arts

Rhyme in Super-Quick Time

Literacy, Arts

Rhyme in Super-Quick Time

Foundations, Inc.

K - 5

20 Minutes

This game practices rhyming and is excellent for pre-school and younger elementary age kids as well as English Language Learners (ELLs). Rhyming is a great way to help children and youth develop vocabulary, pronunciation, and listening skills.

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Rhyme in Super-Quick Time

Literacy, Arts

Stories from Photos (Grades 6-8)

Literacy, Arts

Stories from Photos (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students use photos as prompts to create characters and write a story (or the beginning of a story). This engaging activity promotes creativity and teaches writing skills.

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Stories from Photos (Grades 6-8)

Literacy, Arts

Gallery Walk (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Gallery Walk (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students look at a virtual art gallery from the Children’s Museum of Art called “Home Sweet Home” and describe what they see through sketching, writing, discussion, and art creation. These works are diverse, and each student can find something to talk about.

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Gallery Walk (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Collections

The Big Easy

Literacy, Arts

15 Activities

The Big Easy

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

20 Hours

Step into the vibrant world of Jazz at Lincoln Center's "The Big Easy" module, where students embark on an exhilarating journey of creativity and discovery. Jazz at Lincoln Center has made identifying and decoding symbols in art a fun and easy process. Throughout the module, students learn to "read" a provided comic book by researching the history of New Orleans and learning the tools artists use to symbolize their experiences, emotions, etc., in their work. Students studying the fundamentals of music, dance, and illustration, throughut this immersive experience, unleash their imagination, celebrate diversity, and ignite their passion for lifelong learning.

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts, STEM, Literacy, History and Society

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

9 Hours 10 Minutes

The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, hands-on playlist that helps young learners explore how stories, creativity, problem-solving, and leadership shape communities and American history. Through engaging texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities in literacy, STEM, the arts, and teamwork, students discover lesser-known Black Americans whose voices and ideas have made a lasting impact. Each week introduces a new theme that strengthens early reading skills, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, while giving learners multiple opportunities to apply their understanding through play and exploration. Designed for easy facilitation and joyful learning, this playlist shows that innovation takes many forms—and that every voice matters.

For a consistent learning experience, it is recommended that this collection be completed in the sequence outlined below. This allows learners to apply the weekly themes from the Innovator Playing Cards through supplementary activities.

Week 1: Storytelling and Voice

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

New End to the Story

Round Robin Storytelling

Animal Interviews

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Balanced Mobile

Sound on a String

Mechanical Engineering Tops

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Masquerade Masks

Music and Rhythm (Grades k-2)

Creative Play Design Challenges

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

People Bingo

What is a Quality

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How to Look: Art Exploration for Teens

Digital Media and Communications, Arts

2 Activities

How to Look: Art Exploration for Teens

ArtsConnection

9 - 12

4 Hours 30 Minutes

You don't need to be an expert to look at, discuss and respond to art. Use the activities, tools and resources in the How to Look: Exploring Art for Teens collection to help students explore, discuss and write about visual arts, monuments and dance. Guide teens through observing, analyzing, sharing ideas and opinions about the art they encounter and the world around them.

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Fascinating Rhythm

Digital Media and Communications, Arts

15 Activities

Fascinating Rhythm

Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

10 Hours

The JALC-AC’s second module, Module 2: Fascinating Rhythm encourages students to explore the rhythms, or patterns of their lives. Students learn how to represent rhythmic patterns through symbols – both random and those used by musicians and musical educators – arranging and rearranging the symbols to create sound and movement.

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Make It Move Invention Camp

Arts, STEM

15 Activities

Make It Move Invention Camp

OregonASK

6 - 8

15 Hours 45 Minutes

The Make it Move Invention Camp curriculum explores transportation, vehicles, and mechanical things that move! These activities explore engineering and invention with hands-on, fun activities that end with the creation of an invention that improves quality of life.

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Clay Projects Inspired by Mesoamerican Culture

History and Society, Arts

7 Activities

Clay Projects Inspired by Mesoamerican Culture

OregonASK

3 - 8

7 Hours

This module includes fun, hands-on clay projects using air-dry clay that focus on simple techniques like coil, slab, and pinch construction of vessels, animals, and human forms inspired by Mesoamerican Culture and history.

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Real World Arts & Design

STEM, Arts

6 Activities

Real World Arts & Design

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

4 Hours 40 Minutes

Students go through a variety of fun arts and design activities that have real world applications.

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S.INQ Sound

Arts, STEM

9 Activities

S.INQ Sound

OregonASK

K - 5

4 Hours 30 Minutes

This lesson has hands-on activities ranging from learning about sound, pitch, and amplification through material exploration to designing, building, testing and modifying their own musical instruments.

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Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

STEM, Arts

13 Activities

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

13 Hours 30 Minutes

This Playlist provides younger students a variety of visual arts activities that encourages creative thinking at home.

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