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      I am an inventor lesson

      • TLF-IDA002720

      In this lesson, students explore the life, work and times of Rube Goldberg. The lesson uses Rube Goldberg’s work to teach students about simple machines, how they function and their design principles. Working in groups, the students then design and create a Rube Goldberg machine that can complete a simple task. Students ...

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      Refugees welcome here

      • TLF-IDM021183

      This resource embeds the use of online collaboration tools and 21st century learning skills in a student-centered hands-on project designed to welcome refugees into their community. The syllabus outcomes are aligned to NSW Stage 4 English, Geography or Visual Arts but this could be used with older or younger students by ...

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      Aim to sustain: Get the message

      • TLF-IDM016251

      This resource is a subset of the larger resource, Aim to Sustain. As such it includes the culminating activity in which students study and make artworks that communicate an environmental message about single use and disposable plastics. The resource includes links to video, a slideshow, worksheets and links to further interactive ...

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      Bear and Chook by the Sea

      • TLF-IDM020672

      This learning object is designed around a series of videos with Lisa Shanahan, author, and Emma Quay, illustrator, including a reading experience of their collaborative work, Bear and Chook by the Sea. Taken as a whole, this sequence of lessons is a Stage 1 unit of work that results in students working in pairs to produce ...

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      NGV Asian art

      • TLF-IDM021323

      This is a series of PDF and multimedia resources that illustrate and interpret examples of Asian art. Intended primarily for teachers of Foundation through to year 10, the series consists of c.45 two-page PDFs with text and images that include paintings, ceramics, textiles, and sculptures, and 11 multimedia resources that ...

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      Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art

      • TLF-IDM021451

      This lesson plan (PDF) examines the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art contained within the National Gallery of Australia collection. Links to artworks are provided to support students' critical analysis of the forms of each work of art and to understand the rich diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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      The Conversation: arts explainers

      • TLF-IDM019101

      This is a collection of short articles (explainers) about arts movements (modernism, cubism), visual arts (film lighting), artistic method (Feldenkrais Method), music (classical, indi), institutions (the Oscars) and more. The articles are written in plain language and are authored by experts from universities in Australia ...

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      When is a stick not a stick?

      • TLF-IDM025947

      Explore a world of play and imagery, where nothing is as ordinary as it seems. Students respond imaginatively when using a stick as a stimulus to explore elements of drama and create characters. Students will develop their expressive skills through movement and voice. Students also create artworks using a stick as a stimulus.

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      Making waves with Hokusai

      • TLF-IDM025951

      Students create artworks and poetry inspired by the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

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      Finding your frame

      • TLF-IDM025918

      Developing a concept by making artworks from found objects. Explore how artist, James Powditch, assembles found objects to create artworks inspired by his love of film.

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      Going on an adventure

      • TLF-IDM025955

      Explore drama and visual arts activities using an adventure story as a stimulus.

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      Bird's eye art

      • TLF-IDM025773

      A visual arts activity for students using aerial perspective and abstract forms.

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      Metamorphosis

      • TLF-IDM025969

      Using drama and visual arts students explore a world of play and imagination where nothing is as ordinary as it seems.

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      Be a friend

      • TLF-IDM025960

      Explore dance, drama and visual arts through different elements of friendship.

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      The Art and Science of Impressionist Color

      • TLF-IDM021311

      In this sequence of lessons, students will learn about the Impressionist painters' use of colour and how it connected to early-19th-century scientific theories about colour. They will explore combinations of primary and secondary colours, experiment creating secondary colours, and create a landscape using complementary colours.

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      The Sydney Bird Painter: 'The white gallinule' c. 1791-92

      • TLF-IDM020015

      Can you imagine what it would have been like to arrive in Australia and see its unique flora and fauna for the first time? Scientific drawings of Australia's flora and fauna emerged with the arrival of the first European settlers who were fascinated by how unusual they were. Sadly, even as they documented these extraordinary ...

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      Stamping in visual arts

      • TLF-IDM021610

      In visual art, what do you think stamping refers to? Learn how to create artworks using this technique. See if you can find something other than a leaf as the stamp to experiment with.

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      John Lewin: 'Reed warbler' 1805

      • TLF-IDM020079

      Natural history illustrator John Lewin was the first professional artist to come to Australia as a free settler. His collected illustrations of native birds became the first non-government book published in the colony. How difficult do you think it was to identify and illustrate so many different birds?

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      Emma Boyd: 'The quail shooter' 1884

      • TLF-IDM020081

      In this work Emma Boyd depicts the landscape near her home, ‘The Grange', in Victoria. See how the landscape dominates the single human figure? What do you think this suggests? What is the artists trying to say by creating this sense of scale?

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      'The Rajah quilt' 1841

      • TLF-IDM020062

      The Rajah quilt was made by female convicts on route from England to the colony of Tasmania in 1841. It consists of 2815 pieces of fabric and was presented to the Governor's wife upon arrival as a testament to the women's industry. The women learned these skills on the long journey to Australia on board their convict ship ...

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