A 30-minute Valentine's Day paper craft lesson where second-grade students create their own 'Love Bug' creatures using heart-shaped templates to practice fine motor skills and creativity.

A fun and engaging 30-minute craft session where young students create their own 'Love Bug' characters using paper shapes. This lesson focuses on fine motor skills, shape recognition, and creative expression.

A block-building music lesson where students 'craft' rhythms, 'survive' rapid direction changes, and explore Orff percussion through a pixelated world theme. Includes singing, dancing, and body percussion activities.

A high-energy, low-pressure 15-minute music lesson designed to engage disengaged students and build vocal confidence through rhythm and stealth games. This lesson moves from non-verbal rhythmic games to collective vocalizing to bypass the fear of singing.

A high-energy rhythm lesson for 3rd graders exploring quarter notes, eighth notes, and rests through a jungle safari theme. Students learn to read, perform, and compose rhythms using animal-inspired movements and percussion.

A short, impactful drama lesson centered around a school assembly script about Ruby Bridges. Students explore themes of bravery and segregation through performance, visual storytelling, and personal reflection.

An interactive, game-based lesson where students use body percussion to perform quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests at varying tempos.

Students will explore the iconic art and architecture of Southwestern Europe, specifically focusing on France, Italy, and Spain. They will analyze the significance of landmarks like the Mona Lisa and the Colosseum before creating a historical postcard to demonstrate their understanding of the region's cultural heritage.

Students explore the history and technique of Roman and Byzantine mosaics, culminating in the creation of a modern icon using paper tesserae. The lesson connects ancient preservation methods to modern visual communication.

Students will explore the historical setting of Independence Hall through art, focusing on the visual details of the Assembly Room as depicted in the video 'The Declaration of Independence for Kids.' They will apply their observations to create a detailed drawing or diorama of the signing event.

A 2nd grade music and science integration lesson where students investigate how vibrations produce sound and classify musical instruments by their vibrating parts.

A cross-curricular Art and Science lesson where students explore visual textures and patterns of dangerous marine animals through video observation, texture rubbings, and collage creation.

A collaborative art lesson where 1st and 2nd-grade students explore the concept of community by creating a layered mural of rainforest animals based on their habitats.

A music and science integration lesson where students analyze animal classifications and write their own verses for the 'Animal Song' using AABB rhyme schemes.

Students explore the biological and historical significance of natural pigments through the lens of squid ink, culminating in an art activity using coffee or tea to mimic the classic 'Sepia' color.

A hands-on art and science lesson where students explore the anatomical structures of fungi through clay modeling and painting, using visual references from nature.

A cross-curricular Art and Science lesson where students explore the concept of 'Magnificent Desolation' by creating moonscapes using high-contrast materials after watching Apollo 11 footage.

Students explore the science and art of animation by creating a 13-frame cyclical storyboard that loops seamlessly, inspired by the mechanics of a zoetrope.

A creative art lesson focused on positive and negative space through the lens of Kirigami snowflake cutting. Students create a dual-image composition using both their snowflake and the leftover scraps to explore spatial relationships.

A visual arts and science lesson where students explore the concept of fog as a 'cloud on the ground' through watercolor painting and sponge-dabbing techniques.

A music lesson where students compose and perform a new verse for 'Going Green Song' about environmental issues in their own school.

A music theory lesson for 3rd and 4th graders focused on identifying the 'tonic' (the home note) and understanding the concept of musical resolution using patterns and expectations.

Students explore how the brain uses patterns and expectations to process music, learning about the 'tonic' and 'resolution' through a rhythmic composition game.

A neuroscience and music appreciation lesson where students explore how the brain reacts to patterns, expectations, and resolution in music through the 'Brain DJ' mapping activity.

A music and literacy lesson where elementary students learn about musical resolution by connecting it to narrative arcs in stories. Students will use the concept of the 'tonic' note to create soundscapes for specific story prompts.