Design for Life for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

8 Activities

Overview

This Playlist allows younger students to become ad, logo, and campaign designers at home.

Creative Play Design Challenges

STEM, Arts

Creative Play Design Challenges

K - 2

45 Minutes

Students work at four different stations to meet design challenges. These quick, fun challenges will get students thinking while also giving them the opportunity to play around with ideas and materials.

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Creative Play Design Challenges

STEM, Arts

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Youth create a poster to use during a simulated classroom election. They create an acrostic poem using their name to explain what makes them a good leader. Students share their posters and vote in a classroom election.

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Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Design an Ad

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Design an Ad

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Advertisements are all around us and are a part of our everyday lives. Students will be looking at different advertisements to figure out their purpose, what message they send, and who the audience is. After analyzing different advertisements, students will design an advertisement for a product of their choice.

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Design an Ad

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Mapmaking (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children create bird's-eye view walking maps of the activity areas of their classroom, school, or community center. They will include features such as hallways, lunchroom, gym, and media center.

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Mapmaking (Grades K-2)

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Youth act as graphic artists and designers, as well as business executives, to design a logo for a new business. After generating their logo, they'll present it to the group for feedback.

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A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

Banner Design

Arts, History and Society

Banner Design

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

Design Your Own Money (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Design Your Own Money (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students create new designs for the front and back of the $10 bill. This activity builds design and creative-thinking skills.

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Design Your Own Money (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Landscape Design in a School or Community Center (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students design and sketch a playground for children, including landscaping and activity areas. They learn perspective by drawing a foreground, middle ground, and background focusing on both architectural spaces and landscaping.

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Landscape Design in a School or Community Center (Grades 3-5)

Design for Life for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Grades 3 - 5

6 Hours

Overview

Creative Play Design Challenges

STEM, Arts

Creative Play Design Challenges

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Creative Play Design Challenges

STEM, Arts

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Design an Ad

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Design an Ad

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Design an Ad

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Mapmaking (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children create bird's-eye view walking maps of the activity areas of their classroom, school, or community center. They will include features such as hallways, lunchroom, gym, and media center.

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Mapmaking (Grades K-2)

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Youth act as graphic artists and designers, as well as business executives, to design a logo for a new business. After generating their logo, they'll present it to the group for feedback.

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A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

Banner Design

Arts, History and Society

Banner Design

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