Create & Learn Art-To-Go
Integrating History and Science with Fine Art
Currently booking Summer-Fall 2024! This school year is fully booked!
Our trained art instructors will come to your classroom with the highest quality art materials, lesson posters, and vocabulary charts and teach these exciting lessons to your students.
Choose from the following series for TK-8th: History Plus Art, Science Plus Art, Math Plus Art, or Stand Alone Fine Art.
Each of these series includes three one-hour lessons taught one week apart. Students may experience working with clay, printmaking, oil pastel, and/or paint while either learning about history, science, math, or famous artists. Classroom teachers will be given a Core Content Writing Prompt specific to each lesson for follow-up writing activities.
These newly developed Art-to-Go lessons meet the Next Generation Science Standards, the History/SS Content, or California Standards for Mathematical Practice. All series also meet the CA Visual Arts Standards.
Cheech curriculum has been added! Some lessons TK-6th grade have been changed to included some of Cheech’s collection.
Lessons are grade-level specific (TK-8th), can be modified for special needs classes, and the number of students is limited to a single classroom of no more than 36 students. Complete cost is $303 a series or $101 a class for 1 hour/up to 36 students.
Click on the tabs below to see specific History Plus Art, Science Plus Art, Math Plus Art, and Stand Alone Fine Art lessons and standards covered for each grade level.
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Currently booking Summer-Fall 2024! This school year is fully booked!
History Plus Drawing “California Palm Trees”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3
Students will learn to draw and be able to identify geometric shapes.
History Plus Painting “Riverside Secondary Citrus Slice”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3
Students will learn how to identify and place geometric shapes and secondary colors.
History Plus Mixed Media “California State Animal: Grizzly Bear Collage”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.2
Students will learn about our state animal and create this animal with a collage of geometric shapes.
Fine Art Drawing: “Leo Limón -Fish in Coffee Cup”
Visual & Performing Arts Content Standards: PK.VA:Cr2.1, PK.VA:Cr3, PK.VA:Re7.2, PK.VA:Re8, PK.VA:Cn11
Students will create a drawing inspired by Leo Limón's artwork. This artwork will be using the Elements of Art focused on Line, Color and Texture. Students will evaluate the artwork and then create their own artwork using symbols and geometric shapes.
Fine Art Painting: “Pop Art: Painting a Sunrise”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3
Students will learn to identify characteristics of Pop art.
Fine Art Mixed Media: “Paul Klee: Clay Cat”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 2.1, 1.3, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3
Students will learn the importance of camouflage and why adaptation is important to animals.
Science Plus Drawing: “Chameleon Camouflage”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3
Students will learn the importance of camouflage and why adaptation is important to animals.
Science Plus Painting: “Jacinto Guevara- Life and the Environment”
Visual & Performing Arts Content Standards: PK.VA:Cr2.1, PK.VA:Cr3, PK.VA:Re7.2, PK.VA:Re8, PK.VA:Cn11
Next Generation Science Standards: K-LS1-1
Students will learn that all living things need food in order to survive. Students will use observation to describe patterns in the natural world in order to answer scientific questions. Students will also look at two artwork and compare and contrast the subject and colors in the artworks.
Science Plus Mixed Media: “Flora Clay Prints”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3
Students will learn to identify and describe flora and other natural materials.
Math Plus Drawing “My Favorite Things”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 2.1, 2.2, Math: PLF.NS-1-3, PLF.AF-1.1
Students will learn how to compare, count, and classify objects.
Math Plus Painting “Geometric Landscapes”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 2.1, 2.2
Math: PLF.NS–1.1, 1.3 PLF.G–1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Students will learn how to use geometric shapes and arrange them to create a landscape. They will paint with primary and secondary colors.
Math Plus Mixed Media “Monster Family”
Visual and Performing Arts Standards: 2.1 2.2
Math: PLF.M 1.1, PLF.AF-1.1, PLF.G-1.1, PLF.G 1.2
Students will learn how to compare three objects by creating collage using geometric shapes.
History Plus Drawing: “Benjamin Franklin’s Kite”
History/SS Core Content Standards: K.1: 2, K.6 2, 3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
History Plus Painting: “Riverside Citrus”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 2.4: 1, 2, 3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
History Plus Mixed Media: “Roberto Gutiérrez: Me in My Town”
History/SS Core Content Standards: K.1: 2, K.4: 1, 3, 4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 2.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Fine Art Drawing: “Leo Limón: Corazón de California”
Objectives: Students will learn about size, geometric shapes, and symmetry. Students will explore Leo Limón’s artwork and how the use of color expresses feelings. They will understand and use the contrast of light and dark, warm and cool, and the elements of art. Creativity will be encouraged and the overview of the artist Leo Limon will be discussed.
Standards: Visual Content Standard K.VA:Re7.2, K.VA:Re8
Fine Art Painting: Wassily Kandinsky “Concentric Circles”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Fine Art Mixed Media: Albrecht Durer: “Stag Beetle”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Science Plus Drawing: “How Does My Butterfly Garden Grow?”
Science Core Content Standards: 2: a, c; 4: c, e NGSS: LS1.C, ESS.A
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn the parts/behavior of butterflies and flowers.
Science Plus Painting: “Body Parts of a Bug”
Science Core Content Standards: 1: c; 2: a, c; 4:d NGSS: LS1.C, ESS3.A
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn the similarities/differences of insects, as well as scientific structures, e.g., leaves, legs, wings, antenna
Science Plus Mixed Media: “What Do I Need My Umbrella?”
Science Core Content Standards: 1: B, C; 3: B; 4: C NGSS: ESS2.D (K-ESS2-1), PS2.A (K-PS2-1). (K-PS2-2)
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn about water during weather-condition changes, e.g., water going from liquid to solid, and evaporating.
Math Plus Drawing: “Counting the Lion’s Lines”
Math Core Content Standards: K.CC.B.5, K.G, A.2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.6, 2.7, 4.1, 4.2
Students will learn to count, answer "how many" questions about arranged items, and correctly name shapes.
Math Plus Painting: “Mother Hen Counts Her Chicks”
Math Core Content Standards: K.CC.C.6
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 4.3, 4.4
Students will identify whether objects in one group are greater than/less than/equal to the number of objects in another group.
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Different Ways to Sort Fish”
Math Core Content Standards: K.MD.B.3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 4.2, 4.4
Students will classify fish into given categories and sort the categories by count.
History Plus Drawing: “Map of My Zoo”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1, 3, 4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
History Plus Painting: “Sailing Ships”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 1.2.4, 1.4.2, 3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
History Plus Mixed Media: “Chinese Dragon”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 1.4.2, 1.4.3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.7, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Fine Art Drawing: “Gilbert Magu Luján: Self portrait with a dog”
Visual Art Content Standards: 1.VA.Cr3, 1.VA:Re7.1, 1.VA.Re7.2, 1.VA.Cn11
Fine Art Painting: “Carlos DonJuán: Mask Portraits”
Visual Art Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4California Visual Art Content Standards 1.VA:Cr2.1, 1.VA:Cr3, 1.VA.Re7.1, 1.VA:Re7.2, 1.VA.Cn10
Fine Art Mixed Media: James Audubon: “Tropical Parrot Sculpture”
Visual Art Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Science Plus Drawing: “How Does Hot Air Lift My Balloon”
Science Core Content Standards: 2: a, b, c, e; 3: b, c; 4: a NGSS: LS1.A, LS1.B, LS1.D, 1-LS3-1, LS3.A
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn how the shape and stability of objects help its function.
Science Plus Painting: “What Do Sunflowers Need to Thrive”
Science Core Content Standards: 3: a, b, c NGSS: 1-ESS1-1, ESS1.C, ESS1-1, PS1.A, PS1.B
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn about line, texture, and how to mix primary colors to make secondary colors.
Science Plus Mixed Media: “Symmetry in Butterflies”
Science Core Content Standards: 2: a, b, c NGSS: LS1.A, 1-LS1-1, LS1.D, 1-LS1.D, 1-LS3-1, LS3.B
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn about symmetry/patterns.
Math Plus Drawing: “Adding Critters in a Jar”
Math Core Content Standards: 1.OA.2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 4.2
Students will learn how to solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers.
Math Plus Painting: “By the Sea Picture Graph”
Math Core Content Standards: 1.MD.C.4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.8, 3.2, 4.3
Students will learn how to organize, represent, and interpret data by using picture graphs.
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Outer Space Shapes”
Math Core Content Standards: 1.G.A.1
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2. 1.3, 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 4.1
Students will learn how to distinguish between defining attributes and non-defining attributes in shapes.
History Plus Drawing: “Sally Ride Inspired Spaceship”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 2.5
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2
History Plus Painting: “Windmills”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 2.4: 1, 2, 3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.3
History Plus Mixed Media: Carlos Almaraz “Printing Urban, Suburb, Rural”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 2.2: 4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.3
Fine Art Drawing: Picasso, Van Gogh, Durer, Audubon: “Hooty Owl”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1
Fine Art Painting: Diego Rivera: “Flowers”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1
Fine Art Mixed Media: Cici Gonzalez: “Happy Thoughts Series”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1
Science Plus Drawing: “Opposite Fish”
Science Core Content Standards: 1: a, 2: d; 4: c NGSS: LS2.A, LS4.D
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1
Students will learn repetition, texture, and warm/cool colors.
Science Plus Painting: “The Volcano Blows”
Science Core Content Standards: 3: a, b, c NGSS: 1-ESSs1-1, ESS1.3, ESS1-1, PS1.A, PS1.B
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn how matter can change from solid to liquid depending on temperature.
Science Plus Mixed Media: “Seahorse Fossil”
Science Core Content Standards: 2ES 3.d NGSS: 2-LS2-2, 2LLS2-1, LS4-1
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2, 4.4
Students will learn how fossils provide evidence about plants/animals that lived long ago.
Math Plus Drawing: “Getting Ready to Multiply”
Math Core Content Standards: 2.OA.3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5
Students will learn how to determine whether a group of objects has an odd or even number, and write equations.
Math Plus Painting: “Measure a Panda”
Math Core Content Standards: 2.MD1, 2.MD. 4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 4.3
Students will learn how to measure the length of their art paper and elements within their artwork with a ruler.
Math Plus Mixed Media: Paul Klee: “Shapes in a Castle”
Math Core Content Standards: 2.G.2, 2.G.3
Visual Arts Cre Content Standards: 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.3, 4.4
Students will learn how to partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of squares.
History Plus Drawing: “Tiffany Window”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 3.3: 1, 2; 3.4: 3; 3.5: 1, 2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.4, 1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.4
History Plus Painting: “Night at the Trujillo Adobe”
History Social Science Content Standards: 3.3
Visual Art Content Standards: 3.VA:Cr3, 3.VA:Cn11
History Plus Mixed Media: “California Indian Baskets and Pottery”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 3.2: 2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2
Fine Art Drawing: Wayne Thiebaud: “Cupcakes”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.4, 3.2, 4.2, 4.3
Fine Art Painting: Frank Romero’s : “Cityscape”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.2, 4.3
Fine Art Mixed Media: Friedensreich Hundertwasser: “Kings and Queens”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.4, 1.5, 3.3, 4.2, 4.3
Science Plus Drawing: “Save the Green Sea Turtle”
Science Core Content Standards: 3: a, b, c, d NGSS: 3-IS3-1, 3-LS3-2-2, LS3.A, 3-LS3-2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 2.4, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.4
Students will learn the characteristics or organisms.
Science Plus Painting: “Life Cycle of a Flower”
Science Core Content Standards: 3: a, b NGSS: 3-LS1-1, 3-LS1.B, LS2-D
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.3, 1.5, 2.4, 3.3, 4.2, 5.3
Students will learn how organisms have unique/diverse life cycles, but common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Science Plus Mixed Media: “Howling Wolf Sculpture”
Science Core Content Standards: 2: a, c, d, e NGSS:3-LS1-1, 3-LS2-1, LS2:d, 3-LS4--4-2, 3-LS4-3, LS4.A, LS4.C
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 2.5, 3.3, 4.2
Students will learn the causes/changes in an ecosystem.
Math Plus Drawing: “Rounding Numbers on a Starry Night”
Math Core Content Standards: 3.NBT.1
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.3, 2.4, 4.3
Students will learn how to use place-value understanding to round numbers to the nearest 10th or 100th.
Math Plus Painting: “Painting a Fraction of the Desert”
Math Core Content Standards: 3.N.F.1
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 4.3
Students will learn how to develop an understanding of fractions as numbers.
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Array in the Sky”
Math Core Content Standards: 3.OA.3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 2.6, 4.1
Students will learn how to use multiplication and division to solve word problems.
History Plus Drawing: “Cartoon History – A Game”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 4.4:9
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 5.2
History Plus Painting: “Julia Morgan- Riverside Art Museum”
History- Social Science Content Standards: 4.4: 4,9
Visual & Performing arts Standards: 4.VA:Cr2.3, 4.VA:Pr6
History Plus Mixed Media: “Sculpt the California Bear”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 4.3: 5
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.3, 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 4.2, 4.3
Fine Art Drawing: Patssi Valdez “Room on the Verge”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.8, 4.1, 4.4, 4.5
Fine Art Painting: Malevich & Van Gogh “Self Portrait”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 5.2
Fine Art Mixed Media: Jose Lozano “Positive and Negative Luchador Masks”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.6, 2.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 5.2
Science Plus Drawing: “Rock, Fossils, and Tidepools”
Science Core Content Standards: 5: a, c; NGSS: 4-ESS1-1, ESS1.C, ESS2.C
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.5, 2.8, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 5.3
Students will learn about Earth Science and the changes in the earth.
Science Plus Painting: ” Electromagnetic Electric Guitar”
Science Core Content Standards: PS1: c, d; NGSS: 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4, PS3.B
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.6, 2.8, 3.2
Students will learn the physical science of industry, how electricity and magnetism are related and have useful applications.
Science Plus Mixed Media: ” The Life of a Fish”
Science Core Content Standards: LS2: a, b; LS3: b; NGSS: 4-LS1-1, LS1.A
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.7, 4.1, 4.3
Students will learn the life cycle of fish.
Math Plus Drawing: “Pete the Parrot and Repeat the Pattern”
Math Core Content Standards: 4.0A.C.5
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 2.8, 4.1
Students will learn how to generate and analyze a number and color pattern that follows a given rule.
Math Plus Painting: “Flower Shop Fractions”
Math Core Content Standards: 4.NF.B3d
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1 4.3
Students will learn to solve word problems involving addition/subtraction of fractions.
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Space and Symmetry”
Math Core Content Standards: 4.G.A.3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.6, 2.7, 4.1
Students will learn to recognize line symmetry for two-dimensional figures.
History Plus Drawing: “Lewis & Clark Journal Page”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 5.8: 3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 2.4, 2.7, 3.4, 4.2, 4.4
History Plus Painting: “America the Beautiful Watercolor”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 5.7: 6
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.6, 2.7, 4.4, 5.3
History Plus Mixed Media: “Pueblo Storyteller”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 5.1:2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 2.7 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4
Fine Art Drawing: Keith Haring “Movers and Shakers”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.4, 3.3, 4.1, 4.4
Fine Art Painting: Franz Marc “Wild Animals”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.4, 2.7, 3.4, 4.1
Fine Art Mixed Media: Roberto Gutierrez’s “East L.A-Cesar Chavez Ave. & Loreno St.”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4
Science Plus Drawing: “Gravity in Space”
Science Core Content Standards: ES 5: c; NGSS: 5-PS2-1, PS2-B
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 4.1, 4.4
Students will learn about the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects.
Science Plus Painting: “Conserving Trees”
Science Core Content Standards: NGSS: 5-ESS3-1, ESS3
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.4, 2.7, 3.1, 4.4
Students will learn about Earth Science and the benefits of trees.
Science Plus Mixed Media: “Mixtures and Solutions”
Science Core Content Standards: PS1: f, i; NGSS: 5PS1-1, 5-PS1-4, PS1.B
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 2.6, 2.7, 4.4, 5.1
Students will learn about perspective, elements of art, and design principles.
Math Plus Drawing: “Birdcage Cube”
Math Core Content Standards: 6.MD.3.a, 4.MD.5.b
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 2.1, 2.6, 2.7, 3.2
Students will use measurements and data to understand concepts of volume relating to multiplication and addition.
Math Plus Painting: Leo Limon: “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally’s Seascape”
Math Core Content Standards: 5.OA.A.1
Visual Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7
Students will write, interpret, use, and evaluate parenthesis in numerical expressions.
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Owl Be Multiplying Fractions!”
Math Core Content Standards: 5.NF-6
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 4.4
Students will understand the algorithm of multiplying fractions with visual models.
History Plus Drawing: “Ancient Greek Amphora”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 6.4: 1
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2
History Plus Painting: “Palace of Knossos Fresco”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 6.4: 1, 2, 4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3
History Plus Mixed Media: “Comedy and Tragedy Collage”
History/SS Core Content Standards: 6.4: 8
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.5, 3.2, 4.3, 5.3
Fine Art Drawing: Alfred Sisley “Inspired Street”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.5, 3.2, 4.3
Fine Art Painting: Jacinto Guevara “Maguey”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 3.2, 4.2, 4.3, 5.4
Fine Art Mixed Media: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner “Portrait Painting”
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.5, 3.2
Science Plus Drawing: “Endangered Coral Reef”
Science Core Content Standards: ES5: c, e; NGSS: MS-ESS3-5, ESS3.C, ESS3.D
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.5, 4.2, 4.3
Students will learn about organisms in our ecosystem and how global temperature increases are endangering coral reefs.
Science Plus Painting: “Stormy Weather”
Science Core Content Standards: ES4: a, d, e; NGSS: MS-ESS2-5, ESS2.C
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2, 4.3
Students will learn about the interactions of air masses and how it changes weather conditions.
Science Plus Mixed Media: “How Peacocks Use Their Plumage”
Science Core Content Standards: NGSS MS-LS1-4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 2.5, 4.3
Students will learn the scientific reasoning behind how the colorful plumage on peacocks attract mates.
Math Plus Drawing: “Counting Guevera’s Bats”
Math Core Content Standards: 6.SP.B.4
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5
Students will summarize and describe distributions by displaying numerical data in dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
Math Plus Painting: “Swimming Area”
Math Core Content Standards: 6.EE2, 6.EE2.a, 6.EE6, 6.G2
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5
Students will learn about area, perimeter, and volume.
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Robot Ratios”
Math Core Content Standards: 6.RP: 1, 6.NS: 1
Visual Arts Core Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.5
Students will extend and apply previous understanding of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
History Plus Drawing: “Personalized Iznik Tiles”
History Common Core Content Standards: 7.2.6
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 3.1, 5.2
History Plus Painting: “Tales of Genji Cherry Blossoms”
History Common Core Content Standard: 7.5.5
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.3, 3.1, 4.2, 5.2
History Plus Mixed Media Art: “Ancient Masks of the Americas”
History Common Core Content Standard: 7.7.4
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2
Fine Art Drawing: Paul Cezanne “Astonishing Fruit!”
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.3, 2.2, 2.5, 3.2, 4.1, 5.4
Fine Art Painting: Romero Britto “Neo-Pop Portrait”
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.4, 3.2, 4.1, 5.4
Fine Art Mixed Media: Ted Harrison “Inspired Landscape”
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 5.2
Science Plus Drawing: “Illustrate a Cell”
CDEScience Content Standard: 7.1, 7.1a NGSS: : MS-LS1-2
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 2.3, 5.3, 5.4
Science Plus Painting: “Return of the Wolf”
CDEScience Content Standard: 7.3, 7.3b. NGSS: MS-LS2-4
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.2, 1.4, 4.1, 5.3
Science Plus Mixed Media: “Bioluminescent Bay”
CDEScience Content Standard: 7.6.b. NGSS: : MS-LS1-5
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.3, 4.2
Math Plus Art Drawing: Edgar Degas “Racing Rational Numbers”
Math Content Standard: 7.NS.1.d
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.4, 4.2, 5.3
Math Plus Painting: Eyvind Earle “Proportional Relationships and Background Art”
Math Content Standard: 7.RP.2.a.
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2
Math Plus Mixed Media Art: “All Those Facts In My Head”
Math Content Standard: 7.G 4
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.2
History Plus Drawing: Plains Indian Buffalo
History/SS Content Standards: 8.12.2
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
History Plus Painting: “Hudson River School Style”
History/SS Content Standards: 8.4.4
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 4.3
History Plus Mixed Media: “Nevermore the Raven”
History/SS Content Standards: 8.6.7
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.6, 3.1
Fine Art Drawing: “Mini Art Journal/Sketchbook”
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 5.2
Fine Art Painting: Lois Mailou Jones “African Gift Wrap”
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1
Fine Arts Mixed Media: Alexander Calder “My Maquette”
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 2.2, 2.4, 4.2
Science Plus Drawing: Istvan Banyai “Zoom Into Ice Cream”
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS-1
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 2.5, 4.3, 5.2
Science Plus Painting: Bridget Riley “I Have Potential” The Physics of Motion
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS3-2, MS-PS3-5
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 3.3, 4.3
Science Plus Mixed Media: Jackson Pollock “Chemical and Physical Reactions”
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS1-2
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 4.2
Math Plus Drawing: Perfect Squares and Cubes “The Root of a Garden”
Math Content Standard: 8.EE.2
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 4.2, 4.3
Math Plus Painting: “A Math Function: Feed the Chickens”
Math Content Standards: 8.F.4.
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 3.2
Math Plus Mixed Media: “Pythagorean Sculpture”
Math Content Standards: 8.G.6
Visual Arts Content Standards: 1.1, 2.6, 4.3
Bringing Art Back Into the Classroom
Riverside Art Museum and RUSD Team Up
Riverside CA 2015 – The Riverside Art Museum, in partnership with Riverside Unified School District (RUSD), is bringing California-standard-based art classes to 5th and 6th grade classrooms throughout the district. More than 27 schools are participating in this program and schools will receive up to six art classes for each 5th or 6th grade classroom.
“We are hearing wonderful things about the Riverside Art Museum’s Art-to-Go lessons for our 5th and 6th grade students,” said Brad Shearer, the Director of Elementary Education for RUSD. “Students report that they truly enjoy the art lessons. We are so happy to have this great partnership with the Riverside Art Museum.”
RUSD school district teachers can choose between three series: Art Plus Science, Art Plus History, or Stand-Alone Fine Arts. Each of these series includes three one-hour lessons taught one week apart. Students may experience working with clay, printmaking, oil pastel, paint, and/or colored pencil while either learning about history, science, or famous artists. Classroom teachers are given a Core Content Writing Prompt specific to each lesson for follow-up writing activities. These newly developed Art-to-Go lessons meet the Next Generation Science Standards or the History/SS Content Standards. All series also meet the CA Visual Arts Standards. RAM’s instructors bring high quality art materials, lesson posters, and vocabulary charts to teach these exciting lessons.
“I am most pleased that this means more children in our region will grow up with an appreciation for art and the ability to express themselves more creatively,” says Gregory Adamson, a RAM trustee and artist.
In February, the Riverside Art Museum taught over 160 lessons.
“I’m excited, the teachers are excited, and the kids are excited,” said Caryn Marsella, RAM Art Education Director. “Art is not a required subject, but now we have a method to ensure RUSD school children have an opportunity to explore their artistic creativity.”
“We are very happy with the Art-to-Go program,” said teacher Sarah Francis from Madison Elementary. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn some artistic techniques from an expert and to be able to experiment with their own creativity.”
2016 UPDATE: RAM is now bringing Art-to-Go to ALL 3rd-6th grade RUSD classrooms!
2017 UPDATE: RAM is now bringing Art-to-Go to ALL K-6th RUSD classrooms!