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Lesson Plans - Visual Arts

Sea Stars on the Ocean Floor – A Mini Diorama

Sea stars are often called starfish, although they are not actually fish. Discover what other amazing things you can learn about sea stars while creating this 3-D mini diorama.

Ocean Scenes and Coral Reefs

Oceans come to life with colored chalk drawings.

Melted Oceans

Mix and blend melted crayon colors to create ocean in motion scenes.

Glittery Shell Fish

Compare and contrast various forms of ocean life, identify shellfish by their shell characteristics, and create ocean scenes inside shells.

Fragile Reefs

Adjust your goggles and tighten your swim fins! Dive beneath the ocean surface to explore breathtakingly beautiful coral reefs and the thousands of species they shelter. Create a coral reef ecosystem in your own undersea diorama.