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Draw on Imagination Hear specialists in art history, art conservation and the sciences discuss the connections between art, science and technology in video clips. You'll also find lesson plans and student projects on this site created by The Art Institute of Chicago. The overarching goal of the site is to show science teachers that an art museum may be used as a visual library to augment and enrich established high school science curricula in chemistry, earth science or physics. With primary emphasis on the theme of light and color, the site reveals how the scientific method is applied to the making, conserving and exhibiting of art.

Plus: A comprehensive Educator's Guide has 94 mission plans (lesson plans) corresponding to the 94 chapters in A Space Traveler's Guide. Aligned with National Education Standards for Art, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Technology, many of the plans introduce students to new concepts through hands-on activities.

Research shows that skilled readers use a set of learning strategies that help them make meaning from text. Into the Book provides you with tools to help elementary students learn to use these strategies in reading, the arts, and across the curriculum.

Pixisnap allows you to create your own pixisnap photos in 3 easy steps: choose a mosaic type, upload your photo and customize your mosaic art.