Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. | JASON Learning ISRI and JASON are proud to partner on a national recycling awareness campaign to help students and educators understand the importance of recycling and the recycling industry, as well as the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics that relate to recycling. The campaign includes rich, standards-based, multimedia curricular experiences for students in grades K–12, to be composed of the following elements: an annual recycling competition, interactive Web-based experiences to enhance student engagement, classroom posters featuring ISRI’s key educational messages, age-appropriate hands-on activities for students in three grade bands from kindergarten through high school, fact sheets, live events with STEM role models, a national distribution network, strategies for school visits to ISRI facilities, and more. Visit isri.org (link is external) or watch this video (link is external) to learn more about the recycling industry.
National Gallery of Art - Art Zone SEA-SAWS SEA-SAWS is fun for kids of all ages. Select photographs of natural and man-made objects, then arrange the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition. The BUILD tool helps you construct animated characters and set them in motion. (Shockwave, 7.5 MB) FACES & PLACES helps children of all ages create portraits and landscape paintings in the style of American naive artists. Photo Op is a large program and it may take some time to download. The NGAkids Still Life (Shockwave, 8 MB) helps you create interactive art that mirrors the paintings of the old masters. A still life slideshow (Flash, 32K) features photographs of real paintings and art objects in the National Gallery of Art that were the inspiration for this interactive. BRUSHster is a painting machine for all ages. In Holland during the 17th and 18th centuries, the "poppenhuis" or dollhouse was an adult diversion, but our online DUTCH HOUSE is fun for kids of all ages.
AccessArt: Visual Arts Teaching & Learning Design Museum Design Library Discover more about the designers, architects and technologies featured at the Design Museum in Design Library our online research archive of modern and contemporary design. James Paterson Jamie Hewlett Jasper Morrison Jean Muir Jean Prouvé Jerszy Seymour Jock Kinneir + Margaret Calvert Joe Colombo John Galliano Jonathan Barnbrook Jonathan Ive Jop van Bennekom Joshua Davis Julia Lohmann Jurgen Bey Kerr Noble Khashayar Naimanan Konstantin Grcic Leopold + Rudolf Blaschka London Transport Louis Kahn Luigi Colani Luis Barragán Luis Eslava Maarten Baas Manolo Blahnik Marc Newson Marcel Breuer Martí Guixé Matali Crasset Mathias Bengtsson Matthew Carter Matthew Williamson Matthias Megyeri Maureen Mooren + Daniel van der Velden Max Lamb Memphis Mevis en Van Deursen Michael Cross + Julie Mathias Michael Marriott Michael Young Müller+Hess Nadine Jarvis norm Norman Foster Onkar Singh Kular Pascal Anson Paul Cocksedge Paul Smith Penguin Books Percy Shaw Peter Marigold Peter Saville Philip Treacy Philip Worthington Plywood R.
YouAreHere - where kids learn to be smarter consumers! In our virtual mall, you can play games, design ads, chat with customers and store owners, and much more. You’ll learn key consumer concepts, such as how advertising affects you, how you benefit when businesses compete, how (and why) to protect your information, and how to spot scams. What better place to do it than at the mall! Each area of the mall focuses on a different topic. To enter, choose an area. Visit the West Terrace to learn about advertising techniques, target marketing, suspicious claims, and more. This site requires Flash. Parents & Teachers You are welcome to use the resources and activities on this site to teach kids about today’s marketplace. If you're looking for more detailed information about the topics covered on this site, check out the Parents and Teachers page for suggested activities and ways to use the site in your classroom.
Louvre ArtsConnectEd Design for Chinese New Year: 20+ Images, Brushes, Wallpapers and Fonts | Graphics In another week or two, 1.3 billion from China and 40 million Chinese around the globe will be celebrating Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year), the year of Ox. For designers who are working on designs and promotional campaigns for this festive season, we figured you could use more resources. Here’s 20+ Images, Brushes, Wallpapers and Fonts to Design for Chinese New Year. Images and Cliparts Lunar new year elements. from Veeqi.com Happy 2009 via ikingyo3 cute ox icon images available in .PNG format. Ox via k-hots Happy Ox Year via inObrAS Chinese New Year clipart More Wallpapers 2009 Year of the Ox Year of OX via theletterA Year of the Ox 2009 via duosun00 Sacred ox via ShantiShantiShanti More wallpapers: Chinese new year wallpaper from 6to23 Fonts Sinosplice chinese fonts13 free chinese fonts, in TTF format. Free Chinese Fonts More: 6 Chinese fonts by cice0129 Brushes Chinese Ink via arpadThis brush set was made with real Chinese ink. Dragons volume II via AmarieVeanne-Stock39 Photoshop dragon brushes.
Elementary Nutrition Education - Childhood Health, Obesity Prevention, Nutrition Tools for Teachers, Elementary Schools, Parents Involvement, School- Home Partnerships Welcome Health & Nutrition Providers and Professional Educators Nourish Interactive is a completely free, English and Spanish website that provides nutrition educators and healthcare providers with a variety of interactive nutrition tools to assist you in teaching the key elements of nutrition to children and parents. We designed the website so that the parents’ webpages and nutrition tools complement the children’s games and nutritional messages. Each one of our computer games has free nutrition lesson plans. We provide a website that supports using technology in the classroom with children while facilitating promoting nutrition in the home. See This Month's Special Features for Teachers and Health Educators! Educator's Tools and Resources We Are proud to share with you: See a complete list of our games and what they teach. We are very proud to share our Showcase page of organizations that list as a very reliable and credible nutrition educational resource.
National Gallery of Art | NGAkids home page NGAkids CD ROMs Eight new NGAkids CD-ROMs are available through the Gallery's LEARNING RESOURCES portal. If you are having compatibility issues or if you prefer using our art activities offline, we invite you to register and borrow these free CDs. The set includes some of our most popular interactive programs, including Brushster, Dutch House, Faces and Places, Jungle, Photo Op, Sea-Saws, and Still Life. To install all of them at once, order the NGAkids Art Zone "combo" disc. What's Happening? Download the calendar (PDF, 267k) or visit the Family Activities page on our Web site for more information about upcoming programs. Parents and teachers may wish to sign up for the mailing list or consult the Gallery's online Calendar of Events. For up-to-date information on the current month’s films, please call the Children’s Film Program information line at (202) 789-3030 or read this list of scheduled Children's Film. Here is an up-to-date list of Current Exhibitions. Searching for something?