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In this activity (located on page 10 of the PDF), learners explore the properties of spraying and dripping water, while making art.

In this archaeology meets art activity, learners make a mosaic and consider the ways in which art communicates.

In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners make their own totem poles out of recycled materials.

In this arts and crafts activity about animals and animal characteristics, learners will design animal hats and role-play as animals.

In this activity, learners design miniature cars. Learners can create a telephone car, soccer car, merry-go-round car, or any other theme car they can imagine.

In this activity, learners will make a marionette puppet and put on a show. Learners will explore color, design, fabrication and storytelling through this activity.

This is an activity in which learners explore the effects of gravity, motion and momentum while creating art.

In this activity, learners will create their own percussion instrument with recycled materials. Learners will explore design, fabrication, cause and effect and sound through this activity.

In this activity, learners construct drawing machines using a cup, some markers, and a cricket to control the movement. A programmed LEGO RCX or Cricket is required for this high-tech version.

This is a web page that helps informal educators brainstorm on how to use a Pico Cricket (tiny computer) in an informal activity.

In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.

In this activity, learners create painting machines that can paint moving forwards and backwards.

In this activity, learners examine ways that Native Americans of the Southwest express their relationship with nature through art.

In this activity, learners design unique tiles and make repeating patterns to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.

In this activity, early learners combine pre-cut recognizable shapes and their own abstract ideas to make representational pictures (e.g. houses, trees, shoes).

In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.

In this mechanical engineering activity, learners design shadow puppets with moving parts and use them to tell stories.

In this activity, learners explore the history of making objects from glass and artistry of Dale Chihuly.

In this engineering activity, learners explore simple machines and then build cardboard automata using cams.

In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations.