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Art and Design For Middle School at Home

9 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades 6 - 8

50m

Categories: Arts, Literacy

Overview

This Playlist is all about Art and Design for Middle School Aged youth, and has been mixed especially for having fun at home or in small groups!

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Talking, Thinking, and Dreaming are some of the ways that action unfolds in comics. Students have a chance to think about all the ways that language is used in comics, from lines that show action to the bubbles that show what characters are thinking and saying.

This is part 3 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-2, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 4-7.

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Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow

Arts • Literacy

30m

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow

By OregonASK

3 - 12

30m

Students pencil a rough storyboard for a full-page comic with panel variation. Students have a chance to think about how a page of comic book panels tells a story. They explore different kinds of action and how action can unfold in a story told in pictures.


This is part 5 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-4, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 6-7.

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Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow
Arts • Literacy
30mGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

In comics, there are often several artists who make one thing, a story writer, a penciler, an inker, and a colorist too! Each one does a part of the finished whole! Students look at their penciled stories and start to get them ready to ink!


This is part 6 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-5, and then afterward, Making Comics Part 7: Details and Description.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Students use the skills they learned in Making Comics Parts 1-6 and begin a brand new comic book made up of multiple pages.

This activity is part 7 of 7 in a series. Provide students with context by facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-6.

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Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting

Arts • Literacy

30m

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting

By OregonASK

3 - 12

30m

This simple and fun comics activity is about creating a comic book character and the world that they live in.

This activity is part 1 of 7 in a series. Go further by facilitating the Making Comics Part 2 and the following activities.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting
Arts • Literacy
30mGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Students will look at the way characters and settings tell a visual story. They will have a chance to explore a Comic Book Splash Page and create their own.

This is part 2 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Part 1: Characters & Setting, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 3-7.

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Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Desert Scavenger Hunt

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 9 - 12

Desert Scavenger Hunt

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students complete an informational scavenger hunt as they research and report on Earth’s deserts. As in a physical scavenger hunt, teams gather facts about deserts by answering specific questions and conducting research. They reconvene to share what they have learned.

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Desert Scavenger Hunt
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 9 - 12

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

STEM • Arts

45m

Grades 3 - 5

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Teams collaborate to design and make chess pieces. This activity encourages creative thinking and builds upon design and collaboration skills.

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Make Your Own Chess Pieces
STEM • Arts
45mGrades 3 - 5

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Comic Panels show the story as it unfolds. Students pencil a story in a four-panel strip.

This is part 4 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-3, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 5-7.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

COLLECTION

Art and Design For Middle School at Home

9 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

Grades 6 - 8

50m

Categories: Arts, Literacy

Overview

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Talking, Thinking, and Dreaming are some of the ways that action unfolds in comics. Students have a chance to think about all the ways that language is used in comics, from lines that show action to the bubbles that show what characters are thinking and saying.

This is part 3 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-2, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 4-7.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow

Arts • Literacy

30m

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow

By OregonASK

3 - 12

30m

Students pencil a rough storyboard for a full-page comic with panel variation. Students have a chance to think about how a page of comic book panels tells a story. They explore different kinds of action and how action can unfold in a story told in pictures.


This is part 5 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-4, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 6-7.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow
Arts • Literacy
30mGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

In comics, there are often several artists who make one thing, a story writer, a penciler, an inker, and a colorist too! Each one does a part of the finished whole! Students look at their penciled stories and start to get them ready to ink!


This is part 6 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-5, and then afterward, Making Comics Part 7: Details and Description.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Students use the skills they learned in Making Comics Parts 1-6 and begin a brand new comic book made up of multiple pages.

This activity is part 7 of 7 in a series. Provide students with context by facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-6.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting

Arts • Literacy

30m

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting

By OregonASK

3 - 12

30m

This simple and fun comics activity is about creating a comic book character and the world that they live in.

This activity is part 1 of 7 in a series. Go further by facilitating the Making Comics Part 2 and the following activities.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting
Arts • Literacy
30mGrades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Students will look at the way characters and settings tell a visual story. They will have a chance to explore a Comic Book Splash Page and create their own.

This is part 2 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Part 1: Characters & Setting, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 3-7.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

Desert Scavenger Hunt

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 9 - 12

Desert Scavenger Hunt

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students complete an informational scavenger hunt as they research and report on Earth’s deserts. As in a physical scavenger hunt, teams gather facts about deserts by answering specific questions and conducting research. They reconvene to share what they have learned.

Discover Activity

Desert Scavenger Hunt
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 9 - 12

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

STEM • Arts

45m

Grades 3 - 5

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Teams collaborate to design and make chess pieces. This activity encourages creative thinking and builds upon design and collaboration skills.

Discover Activity

Make Your Own Chess Pieces
STEM • Arts
45mGrades 3 - 5

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

Arts • Literacy

1h

Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

By OregonASK

3 - 12

1h

Comic Panels show the story as it unfolds. Students pencil a story in a four-panel strip.

This is part 4 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-3, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 5-7.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action
Arts • Literacy
1hGrades 3 - 12

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