Start your art classes with meaningful thinking, discussion, and visual analysis—no prep required! This resource includes 50 short (5–8 minute) artful thinking routines designed for middle and high school visual art classrooms. These routines help students build strong observation, interpretation, and reasoning skills while using appropriate art vocabulary. Perfect for bell ringers, warm-ups, critiques, art history lessons, and sketchbooks, each routine makes student thinking visible through writing, discussion, and drawing. What’s Included: 50 ready-to-use visual thinking routines Clear student-friendly prompts Real student work examples (Grades 6–11) Art vocabulary support Flexible use across art history and studio practice Featured Routines: I See, I Think, I Wonder Claim, Support, Question Connect, Extend, Challenge Step-by-Step Analysis Compare & Contrast Visual Inventory Perfect For: Middle & High School Visual Art • IB MYP/DP • Art History • Critiques • Substitute Plans Low prep. High engagement. Big thinking.

How often have you spent time and energy thinking of artists to help support student research and development? Over two years in the making, this quick reference 3 page, A3 poster has saved me so much time in the classroom! It features over 500 artists organized by categories most relevant to middle school and high school level students. In addition, all artists are color coded into which medium is predominately used (painting/2D, sculpture/3D, photography, mixed media). *Please be mindful that some artists may features nudes, or topics not suitable for certain cultures (ex: LGTBQ/Mental illness), so individual discretion is needed.

Looking for a fun and interactive way to introduce students to the art room? A scavenger hunt is the perfect solution! Students have fun working in teams, and discovering where to find items, as well as where they should put their trash, finished work and drying work.

These fun photography projects suitable for grade 6-8 are designed to be easily taught and can be done with low tech (phone) or high tech options. This all-in-one package features five projects which include: Photo Alphabet Sun Printing Toy Photography David Hockney Inspired Photo Collages Photo Scavenger Hunt In addition to each project being engaging, the booklet also features additionally colouring sections (front cover), extensions of learning, and experiments for students to fully grasp tasks. Filled will full color examples, and easy to follow instructions, this resource is a great addition to the middle school art programme or even an after school class. Through these projects, students learn fundamental photographic skills such as: -working within a theme -negative space -composition techniques -forced perspective -shallow depth of field AND so much more! Personally, each project takes me between 2-3 lessons to complete, but they can all be easily customizable to suit your learning environment. I hope this product gets your students excited about photography and its endless possibilities!

Welcome to my comprehensive Abstract Art Worksheet, specially designed for high school visual art classes! Engage your students in the captivating world of abstract art as they explore its definition, major groups, and influential artists. It asks prompting questions to help guide students to realize their own abstract artworks. Great for the beginning of a unit for students to independently explore, the IB curriculum, IGCSE or even A level. Inside this resource, you’ll find: Clear explanations of abstract art fundamentals, including its defining characteristics and artistic philosophies. In-depth insights into key abstract art movements. Stimulating exercises and prompts tailored for student sketchbooks, encouraging experimentation with shapes, colors, and techniques to ignite their creativity.

Inspired by the book Whatever Next!, this addition math worksheet is great for addition practice for numbers 10-20. Each sum corresponds to a color to get students involved and engaged in the work. I suggested printing the worksheet as large as possible, so students can work in groups of pairs. Answer key included.

Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy is a wonderful book for integrating throughout multiple subjects in lower primary. This board game uses images taken directly from the book with an emphasis on “sh” words. Suitable for English, Literacy, Phonics and Writer’s Workshop.

This worksheet follows the KQED Youtube series on the seven elements of art. All seven worksheets include both an answer key and an in class extension task suitable for rooms with limited supplies. All video run under 5 minutes, but students will generally need you to pause the video for clarification and watch it twice. Once that is done, and you take up the answers as a class, it should take up an entire 50 minute period to an hour. If your class is longer, there is an extension activity that could be used in class or assigned as homework. Please watch the video before showing the students, so you are familiar with the artwork shown.

This worksheet follows the KQED Youtube series on the seven elements of art. All seven worksheets include both an answer key and an in class extension task suitable for rooms with limited supplies. All videos run under 5 minutes, but students will generally need you to pause the video for clarification and watch it twice. Once that is done, and you take up the answers as a class, it should take up an entire 50 minute period to an hour. If your class is longer, there is an extension activity that could be used in class or assigned as homework. Please watch the video before showing the students, so you familiar with the artwork shown.

This worksheet follows the KQED Youtube series on the seven elements of art. All seven worksheets include both an answer key and an in class extension task suitable for rooms with limited supplies. All videos run under 5 minutes, but students will generally need you pause the video for clarification and watch it twice. Once that is done, and you take up the answers as a class, it should take up an entire 50 minute period to an hour. If your class is longer, there is an extension activity that could be used in class or assigned as homework. Please watch the video before showing the students, so you familiar with the artwork shown.

This worksheet follows the KQED Youtube series on the seven elements of art. All seven worksheets include both an answer key and an in class extension task suitable for rooms with limited supplies. All videos run under 5 minutes, but students will generally need you pause the video for clarification and watch it twice. Once that is done, and you take up the answers as a class, it should take up an entire 50 minute period to an hour. If your class is longer, there is an extension activity that could be used in class or assigned as homework. Please watch the video before showing the students, so you familiar with the artwork shown.

This worksheet follows the KQED Youtube series on the seven elements of art. All seven worksheets include both an answer key and an in class extension task suitable for rooms with limited supplies. All videos run under 5 minutes, but students will generally need you to pause the video for clarification and watch it twice. Once that is done, and you take up the answers as a class, it should take up an entire 50 minute period to an hour. If your class is longer, there is an extension activity that could be used in class or assigned as homework. Please watch the video before showing the students, so you familiar with the artwork shown.

This teaching tool describes in detail the IB DP CAS learning objectives directly from the curriculum, but it also break down the content in understandable student friendly language. It asks students thought provoking questions to check for understanding as well as providing real world examples. For me, it has promoted great classes discussions, as well as healthy debates in class. Students can even break intro groups and create mini presentations about each LO. Design to be used as a poster or a resources that they can keep alongside other CAS resources. It can also be handy to place in your CAS Handbook

Due to the inclusive and broad aspects of CAS, students can often get confused as to what qualifies as a CAS experience. This poster is designed for students to ask themselves reflective questions and determine if an experience they are planning meets the CAS criteria. Created in an A3 size, it can easily be printed and used in a classroom as a resource which CAS Coordinators and CAS Supervisors can direct students to. Personally, it has saved me a great deal of time in the classroom.

MYP 5 visual arts unit planner complete with some supporting materials including: website links, videos, and a summative RUBRIC which lists all formative assessment tasks. The Unit teaches about the importance of social documentary photography, the “rules” of a goof photography, photography analysis, brainstorming while connecting to a concept, and preparing for final display. The planner uses IB MYP vocabulary and content.

As educators, we are aware of the transformative power and multitude of benefits service learning can provide for our students. This poster is designed to help guide students to create service experiences which are meaningful and have lasting effects. It can act as a classroom tool to assist in their planning, and ensure they are thinking about both global and local issues. In my CAS classes, I take the time to break down all five points individually as a lesson, adding additional examples and taking questions if they arise. During the remainder of the year it acts as an anchor chart if students have questions as well as a great starting-off point if students are looking for ideas.

These questions are created with both the DP student and CAS Coordinator in mind. Students are prompted to think about their interests, goals and potential challenges they may face during the programme in preparation for their first interview. This may help the coordinator create experiences which may interest students, but flag potential challenges within the cohort. I prefer giving out the worksheet a few days in advance as some of the questions may take time for students to answer. Having Have you ever found it difficult to put into words everything a CAS Coordinator may be responsible for? What are their key roles, responsibilities and relationships? Please keep in mind that each school and CAS Coordinator may have a different opinion. This document comes in handy during an IB accreditation. This job descriptions outlines: Job Purpose Line Management and Responsibility Key Relationships (Internal and External) Key Accountabilities: Curriculum, Communications Staff Management Long Term Responsibilities

his video worksheet was designed to go along with the Phil Hansen TedTalk, Embrace the Shake. It is suitable for middle school to high school students and uses higher order thinking style questions. Great for the IB MYP curriculum and can be used as examples of guiding questions within units. Students create their own mini value scale and are introduced to new vocabulary (pointillism, creativity, goodbye art). They reflect on their own limitations and what they have done to overcome them. It is a motivating video and teaches students about resilience, hard work and the power of creativity. The video total run time is 10 minutes and 2 seconds. There are eight questions, but some ask students to think critically and give detail which takes additional time. Fifty minutes to an hour should be enough, or splitting the video into two to three sections and use the segments as class starters would work very well. Suitable for the start of the year, core values and ethics education, SEL, visual arts, design, and leadership studies.

This worksheet follows the KQED Youtube series on the seven elements of art. All seven worksheets include both an answer key and an in class extension task suitable for rooms with limited supplies. All videos run under 5 minutes, but students will generally need you pause the video for clarification and watch it twice. Once that is done, and you take up the answers as a class, it should take up an entire 50 minute period to an hour. If your class is longer, there is an extension activity that could be used in class or assigned as homework. Please watch the video before showing the students, so you familiar with the artwork shown.

Students new to the IB DP programme, can often find it challenging to come up with CAS experiences. This document lists 50 CAS experiences that fall under all three categories of CAS (creativity, activity and service). Some of these experiences will even fall into two strands! It is a great way to get students inspired and show them what can be accomplished. Formatted in A3 size in PDF print quality, this can easily be hung in a classroom as a reference tool for students.