Salon de manucure |
Pendant plusieurs semaines, une enfant et son amie créent une série complexe d’activités liées à un salon de manucure imaginaire. |
Pensée créatrice, L'interaction, Conscience et responsabilité sociales |
Comment les artistes expriment-ils le mieux leurs pensées ou leurs sentiments? |
Une élève a enquêté sur la façon dont les artistes s’expriment et a créé une œuvre authentique.
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Pensée critique et réflexive, Pensée créatrice, L'interaction |
Conception d’un logo pour des toilettes d’accès universel |
Des élèves conçoivent un logo pour des toilettes d’accès universel. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, Pensée créatrice, Conscience et responsabilité sociales, L'interaction |
Des poissons heureux et en bonne santé |
Un élève construit une maquette d’aquarium qui garderait les poissons heureux et en santé.
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Pensée critique et réflexive, Pensée créatrice |
Fabrication d’ailes |
Pendant le temps d’exploration libre, une élève décide de fabriquer des ailes qu’elle pourra porter. |
Pensée créatrice |
Explorations artistiques de l’identité |
Au fil du temps, l’élève réalise un ensemble d’œuvres créatives sur le thème de l’identité.
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Pensée créatrice, Pensée critique et réflexive, L'interaction, Identité personnelle et culturelle positive |
I Am from the Leeson and Faithful Family |
Students write their own “I Am From” poems and then created a mixed media self-portrait that reflected the imagery and information in their poems.
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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Creative Thinking |
Using Poetry as a Medium for Personal Awareness |
A student creates a poem to show her growth in personal awareness.
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Personal Awareness and Responsibility, Communicating, Creative Thinking |
LEGO Creations |
Students create different objects with the same Lego pieces.
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Creative Thinking |
Artistic Representation of Hotels |
During an architecture project, a student uses found materials to represent that hotels simultaneously act as public space and private refuge.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Genius Hour |
A student paints the Leaning Tower of Pisa during class time dedicated to pursuing interests and passions.
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Creative Thinking |
Running Water for a Model House |
A student has an “Aha!” moment about adding plumbing to a model house when he reflects on his juice box.
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Creative Thinking |
"Not a Stick" Sticks |
A student extends a classroom assignment by designing a fire starter for campers.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Plant Tag Bookmarks |
A student encourages classmates to repurpose plant tags as bookmarks.
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Creative Thinking |
Response to "Chalk" |
A student imagines storybook heroes coming to life when drawn with magic chalk.
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Creative Thinking |
The Kitchen Pantry Parkade |
A student uses the kitchen centre pantry to make a parkade.
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Creative Thinking |
"Not a Box" Class Book |
A student makes a kite from a paper square for a class book modelled on “Not a Box.”
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Creative Thinking |
Making Food with Stacking Blocks |
A student uses her imagination to make “food” with stacking blocks.
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Creative Thinking |
Writing a Story for Kindergarten Buddies |
Students write a story to read to their Kindergarten buddies.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating |
"Steal" a Story |
A student retells the story of Humpty Dumpty as a news item.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating |
Spoken Word Poetry |
A student writes and performs a spoken word poem and then reflects on their creative process.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating |
Speaker's Corner Rant |
A student creates a Speaker’s Corner rant that has an emotional impact on her peers.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating |
Santa Vending Machine |
A student works with classmates to build a cardboard vending machine to deliver secret Santa presents.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Political Cartoon |
A student creates a political cartoon to encourage community members to support a ban of shark fin products.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Plasticine Story Puppets and Props |
A student uses Plasticine to create puppets and props for their stories.
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Creative Thinking |
Designing Your Own Robot |
After doing a report on robots and assembling a robot from a kit, a student designs his own robot.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Investigation Workbook in Visual Arts |
A student creates an Investigation Workbook of artistic research, reflection, and original work.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating |
Hundreds Chart |
A student builds on a classmate’s idea for how to use a hundreds chart using only his fingers.
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Creative Thinking |
Essay about a Poem |
Students reflect on how they generated creative ideas for a group essay about a poem.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating |
Duct Tape Wallets |
A student makes duct tape wallets as a hobby.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Constructing a Working Crane |
A group of students engage in a multi-stage design process to make a working model of a construction crane.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Retelling the Three Billy Goats Gruff |
A student retells the story of the “Three Billy Goats Gruff” from the perspective of the troll while adding in a few twists.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Underground Mine |
A student knows he has lots of creative ideas when he draws underground mines, but he is not sure how he comes up with his ideas.
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Creative Thinking |
Building a Structure for Toy Animals |
Two students incorporate scarves into their building block structure.
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Creative Thinking |
Building a Block Tower |
A student explains how she is building her tower of blocks.
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Creative Thinking |
Artistic Explorations of Identity |
Over time, a student develops a body of creative work exploring the theme of identity.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating, Positive Personal and Cultural Identity |
Inquiry: How Do Artists Best Express How They Think or Feel? |
A student inquired into how artists express themselves, and produced an authentic piece of her own.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Creative Thinking, Communicating |
Designing a Logo for Universal Washrooms |
Students design a logo for a universal washroom.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Creative Thinking, Social Awareness and Responsibility, Communicating |
Happy, Healthy Fish |
A student builds a model of an aquarium that would keep fish happy and healthy.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Creative Thinking |
Making Wings |
During free exploration time, a student decides to make wings she can wear.
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Creative Thinking |
The Nail Salon |
A child and her friend create an elaborate series of activities, over several weeks, connected to an imaginary nail salon.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating, Social Awareness and Responsibility |