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Don't Waste - Create In this task, students will become more conscious about reserving resources through exploring agricultural processes and how to use all of the food product. This task includes: |
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Don't Waste - Create The aim of the Don't Waste - Create task is to awake more consciousness among students about resources, recycling, and avoiding waste. Focus topics include upcycling, water saving, corn is not just corn, recipes with leftovers, and weeds for healing deeds. |
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Draw It The Draw It task allows students to demonstrate their ability to make a composition using a computer drawing program. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program on a laptop computer and a Draw It instruction booklet. This task is to be completed in ten minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 2007 by NEMP |
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Early People Symbols The purpose of the Early People Symbols is to explore early people’s symbols meaning and history. In the Early People Symbols (EPS) project, students will explore the meanings of their cultural symbols. They will start by doing research (Internet, local libraries, museums, art books, and artifacts such as rugs, wall, ceiling, floor drawings, pictographs, etc.) in their communities. Then, they will briefly tell the story related to the symbol using journals, Voice Threads, PowerPoint Presentations, videos or digital photos. Students are also invited to create a drawing or painting using these symbols |
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Early People Symbols In this task, students will explore the significance and meaning of early cultural symbols. This task includes: |
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Every Day is Earth Day In the Every Day is Earth Day task, students will write short essays “Save the Earth” or poems related to this problem. They will take photos, create drawings, videos where they really help to protect the environment. |
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Eye Catcher The Eye Catcher task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe the elements of a painting and their responses to the painting. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Firebird Pastel and Crayon Drawing The Firebird Pastel and Crayon Drawing task allows students to demonstrate their ability to produce an expressive colored drawing based on an imaginative idea, using skills of composition and media effects. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are pastels, crayons, paper, and a drawing board. This task should be completed in twenty-five minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Firebirds The Firebirds task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and explain the features of successful picture making. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Fireghost The Fireghost task allows students to demonstrate their ability to produce an expressive color pastel drawing based on an imaginative idea. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video recording on a laptop computer, four sets of oil pastels, four sheets of grey paper, card board bases, and desk covers. This task is to be completed in twenty minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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