3rd Grade Lesson Ideas
In 3rd grade students are learning more techniques with different materials and can use these to communicate ideas, feelings, experiences, and stories. All of these are just suggestions.
Raised Salt Paintings
Activity: glue, watercolor paints, salt (provided by parent)
See step by step instructions here.
Starry Night
Activity: sketching, painting with tempera
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 3. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium.
Perspective Oils Pastels
Activity: sketching, painting with oil pastels
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 8. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Watercolor Landscape
Activity: sketching, painting with watercolors
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 7. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Framed Portrait
Activity: sketching, drawing faces with chalk pastels
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 6. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Animal Landscape
Activity: sketching, painting with watercolors and oil pastel
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 4. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Atmospheric Layers
Activity: cutting, layering, glueing tissue paper
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 10. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Miro Collage
Activity: cutting, arranging, glueing paper shapes
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 5. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Color Wheels Mixing
Activity: mixing tempera paints
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 1. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium
Watercolor Landscape
Activity: sketching, painting with watercolors and oil pastel
Based on Art in Action Program 3 Lesson 11. See lesson plan, supply list and instructions in the Art in Action binders in Exploratorium