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      Listed under:  Arts  >  Visual arts  >  Composition (Visual arts)
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      Metamorphosis

      • TLF-IDM025969

      Using drama and visual arts students explore a world of play and imagination where nothing is as ordinary as it seems.

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      Horton Hears a Who

      • TLF-IDM021434

      This resource for primary school children examines the Dr Seuss picture book classic and the film based on the book. It examines the theme of sustainability. It contains questions and activities on the book and the film, as well as a teacher guide.

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      When is a stick not a stick?

      • TLF-IDM025947

      Explore a world of play and imagery, where nothing is as ordinary as it seems. Students respond imaginatively when using a stick as a stimulus to explore elements of drama and create characters. Students will develop their expressive skills through movement and voice. Students also create artworks using a stick as a stimulus.

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      Cat-toons!

      • TLF-IDM025912

      Students learn about cartooning techniques to create cat cartoons inspired by the Cat in the Hat.

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      Shake the papaya tree

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      Find out more about papaya trees and then learn to draw one! Learn a song about climbing a tree and some movements to perform as you sing the song. Explore how to find the beat in the music.

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      TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Year 5, Year 6 The Arts

      • TLF-IDM025093

      This unit uses dance, drama, visual arts and music to communicate student-created safety messages. Using a community-based scenario, students devise an improvised drama and choreograph a dance to highlight the importance of safe track-side behaviours; they use artworks to explore the effect of colour before creating a cartoon-based ...

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      Contemporary: Art Gallery of NSW - iTunes app

      • TLF-IDM019723

      Explore a selection of artists and artworks from the contemporary collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, including the John Kaldor Family collection. Contains images, background information on the artists and their art, and some audio curator insights and video interviews. Artworks are from 1960s to 2010s. Free ...

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      Making waves with Hokusai

      • TLF-IDM025951

      Students create artworks and poetry inspired by the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

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      The Art and Science of Impressionist Color

      • TLF-IDM021311

      In this sequence of lessons, students will learn about the Impressionist painters' use of colour and how it connected to early-19th-century scientific theories about colour. They will explore combinations of primary and secondary colours, experiment creating secondary colours, and create a landscape using complementary colours.

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      Chicken challenge

      • TLF-IDM025772

      Learn to use two-dimensional shapes to create a chicken artwork.

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      Finding your frame

      • TLF-IDM025918

      Developing a concept by making artworks from found objects. Explore how artist, James Powditch, assembles found objects to create artworks inspired by his love of film.

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      What a stretch!

      • TLF-IDM025926

      Investigate the unique physical features of the giraffe and explore how giraffes are represented in art. Create your own giraffe artwork.

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      Stories without words

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      Learn how Australian story-teller, artist and academy award winner, Shaun Tan uses emotive illustrations to tell a story. You will also create your own character and tell a story using illustration.

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      Indigenous Australian: Art Gallery of NSW - iTunes app

      • TLF-IDM019720

      Explore a selection of artists and artworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales' collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Contains images, background information on the artists and their art, and some audio curator insights and video interviews. Artworks are from 1990s to 2010s. Free when reviewed 26/5/2015.

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      Going on an adventure

      • TLF-IDM025955

      Explore drama and visual arts activities using an adventure story as a stimulus.

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      Shaun Tan's The Lost Thing

      • TLF-IDM021385

      This is a very rich resource for students from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), which gives them an insight into the art of Shaun Tan through a focus on both the book and the film of The Lost Thing. The content focuses on aspects of storytelling, including themes, techniques, forms and language, visual, ...

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      The ad campaign

      • TLF-IDM025077

      This learning sequence invites students to analyse the 'Dumb Ways to Die' advertising campaign and how the key messages are communicated to the audience. Students then design a new iteration of the Dumb Ways to Die campaign, that could engage a young audience and provide messages about travel safety not covered by the original ...

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      Be a friend

      • TLF-IDM025960

      Explore dance, drama and visual arts through different elements of friendship.

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      Fun with flowers

      • TLF-IDM025958

      Students discover the creative and scientific art of botanical illustration and respond to the drawing through poetry and music.

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      Snapseed - Google Play app

      • TLF-IDM019729

      Retouch, adjust perspective and re-edit your photos with this photoediting tool. Free when reviewed 26/5/2015

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