The term "Scribble Stage" highlights how first efforts appear in student independent work. Age does not correlate with "scribble" work as does experience; upper grade students and even adults will often approach new materials and techniques in an experimental manner as a means to become familiar with them. Everyone is a beginner at the things they…

The last two sections (EJ1039315 and EJ1039319) presented stories about specific moments or lessons. Also, situations infused with complexity where the writers had to toggle back and forth between providing the larger context and the details that support readers' understanding of that big picture were presented. In this section each story is…

The purpose of the "Identity Pole" was to explore the big idea of identity. Students would confront issues of personal and cultural meaning, and draw upon interdisciplinary connections for inspiration. The author chose to present totem poles of the Northwest Coast Native Americans/First Nations of Canada, as well as school, state and national…

Seventh and eighth graders created wire and papier-mache sculptures of athletes in motion after studying the human form. (Author/RK)

Imagine a project that would so excite boys and girls that they would sacrifice recess, gym or almost anything as long as they could do it. Students at the Howe Elementary School in Minneapolis felt that way as they learned to make rya rugs. (Author/RK)

It is great fun trying new ideas and experiments with materials and media in the classroom. Her students work on a project, making faces and figures fit bottles, that challenges their imagination. As well, they also learn a new use for scrap materials. (Author/RK)

Using the theme of food as the focus of their art students created some "POP art". (RK)

Chicken wire, cardboard tubes, newspaper, scrap lumber and discontinued fabric samples were among the discarded materials used in the art classes at the Webster Hill Elementary School, West Hartford, Connecticut, to create an eight-foot giraffe. (Author/RK)

Discussed a process for creating jewelry with inexpensive metals and sand. (RK)

Students formed an art club for the purpose of creating a commemorative wall sculpture. Each section of the sculpture described a different aspect of American history. (RK)

Presents simple instructions for 15 mixed media art projects for the elementary grades. Part one of this series, listing 18 other techniques, appeared in the September 1979 issue of Instructor on pages 145-49. (SJL)

Describes an art project that utilizes inexpensive found objects for making jewelry. (Author/RK)

A huge, colorful sculpture, mounted on a tall pole, stands as a symbol of the Bicentennial at the front of Hurst Elementary School, Holly Hill, Florida. Describes the student participation in the development of the sculpture and a poem based upon the sculpture. (Author/RK)

Students at the Monett Junior High School in Monett, Missouri learn to make lamps inexpensively and with their own designs. (RK)