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In an effort to show how the arts are a vital part of fulfilling the goals of the No Child Left Behind initiative, this page contains ideas for using various arts disciplines to enhance learning in the tested areas of math, science, language, social studies as well as general academics.

Using the Arts to Teach Math  »  (7 links)

The Math of Music
http://www.teachingtools.com/GoFigure/Activity-SawTune.htm

Fractal Logic, the art of science, the science of art
http://www.whatrain.com/fractallogic/

Using art to teach math
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/04/042501_baltimore.jhtml
See Apr 25, 2001 and Apr 26, 2001 entries under Math.

Quilt Square math
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/jan04_quiltmath.htm

Dance and Math
http://www.geocities.com/petey01@sbcglobal.net/dance_and_math.htm

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Using the Arts to Teach Science  »  (23 links)

Music Thinkquest - Philharmonic Physics
http://library.thinkquest.org/18160/

Colomusic
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007660/main_index_nets.html

Music As Science
http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/music/science.htm

The Science of Sound
http://www.smm.org/sound/nocss/top.html
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundsci.html

The Physics of Sound
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Physics.html

Science of Sound and Musical Instruments
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.05.x.html

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Voice Training Online
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/voicetraining.html

Theatre Thinkquest - The Art and Science of Theatre
http://library.thinkquest.org/21722/main.html

Study Plans
Music and Physics, history, musical theatre, etc. etc.
http://www.studyplans.com/music.htm

ClassBrain on Performing Arts
http://www.classbrain.com/artteensb/publish/article_134.shtml
(Who knew there were so many ways to make stage blood?)

In Living Color: The science and mathematics of color
http://www.inform.umd.edu/UMS+State/UMD-Projects/MCTP/Courses/ColorLesson/

The Basics of Stage Lighting
http://library.thinkquest.org/21722/LIGHTING.html?tqskip1=1

Stage Lighting Design 101 by Bill Williams
http://www.mts.net/~william5/sld/sld-toc.htm

Optics for Kids
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html

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Creative Chemistry - Making Paints
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/activities/paints.htm

Chemistry - Pigments through the Ages
http://webexhibits.org/pigments/
but don't stop there. Check out the whole webexhibits.org site "WebExhibits is a public service seeking to make people more savvy at making decisions (e.g., looking at lots of evidence), and more informed about science and culture (e.g., studying connections between art and science)." And at the same site...

Art Optics
http://webexhibits.org/hockneyoptics/

Science of Color
http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/themes/scienceofcolor.htm

The Physics of Breakdancing
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0311461/

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The Moving Body
A syllabus posted here to inspire; scroll down to see the resource links students are advised to use for this course.
http://www.american.edu/adonahue/kinespage.htm

Scientific Art
http://www.kinderart.com/across/scientific.shtml

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Using the Arts to Teach Social Studies  »  (5 links)

Study Plans - Music and Physics, history, musical theatre, etc. etc.
http://www.studyplans.com/music.htm

Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Lesson Plans for using music to teach history
http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp

Visual Art Thinkquests
Out of the World Art!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001918/framespg.htm

Cartoon Classroom
http://library.thinkquest.org/3538/

Theatre and reading and social studies
http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lpnew_bin/UI_Metadata/public/3301

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Using the Arts to Teach Reading, Writing and Language Skills  »  (5 links)

Using Art to Teach Reading & Writing
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles/Sundstrom/art_read_write.html

Reader's Theatre
Aaron Shepard's Reader's Theatre Page
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/whatis.html

Theatre and reading and social studies
http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lpnew_bin/UI_Metadata/public/3301

Using colored pens to learn tenses
http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/blcoloredpens.htm?once=true&

Example of a lesson plan covering Fine Arts, Language Arts, History, and Technology
http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lesson/15906/overview.html

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Using Art to Teach Research Skills  »  (3 links)

Using art to teach research skills  »  (24 links)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/awpteach/pds/visual%20rhetoric.htm

Artistic Research
http://www2.uiah.fi/projects/metodi/133.htm

Basic Steps in the Research Process
(Appropriate for any research project, also very good for set design, costume design, character studies, etc.)
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/00_basic_steps.asp

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Using Art for Learning Retention  »  (2 links)

Mind Maps
Doodling to organize thoughts, learn and increase retention of any subject
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Mindmap/

Articles on practical applications of Mind Mapping in PDF format for easy downloading.
http://www.b-smart.net/news.cfm

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