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TEKS ELA Standard: 1.11.B

develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by:

massive snow drawings
frozen soap bubbles
ice bike with circular saws for wheels
Mechanical Dinosaur Costume
Stop-motion animation made entirely out of carved pumpkins
from a single piece of paper
tiny, no-staples, photocopy-able book
Omni-Directional Sidewinder Forklift
a square-wheeled tricycle
Apple Harvesting Machine
Backdraft in Slow Motion
surreal woolen carpets
polluted water
stop-motion animation
invents a seed-launching backpack
embroidered food
LEGO-compatible stubs
10 Ballons, 10 Arrows, 1 Shot
built out of LEGO
best pre-game warmup trickshots
Hand-Painted Rock Portrait
giraffe costume
optical-illusion sculptures
just drawing some Peanuts characters
3D-Printed Zoetrope
self-leveling pool table
creating faux-shadows on street
Insects Made From Plant Clippings
jetpacks flying over Dubai
a 3D staircase
underwater volcanoes erupting
one piece of rolled-up paper
working Lego car
toss leftover tea in -40°C
portrait of Jackie Chan
cube-shaped watermelons
floating ball of water
Portraits With Globs of White Paint
Shredding Paper With Lego
Wood Bending Machine
Scythe vs Brushcutter
Boiling Water at -41°C
Mathematical Art Flip Book
Time Lapse of a Tiny Painting
Hair Dryer Kinetic Art
Making a Chain Link From a Red-Hot Rod
Maze Generator
Maze Generator
Create and print mazes for your students – with bonus side quests!
Emoji Stories 🐻
Emoji Stories 🐻
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Gr 2-8
Emoji Stories 🛥️
Emoji Stories 🛥️
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Gr 2-8
Squiggles Collection 3
Squiggles Collection 3
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
Gr 1-8
Squiggles Introduction
Squiggles Introduction
What do you see in this squiggle?
Gr 1-2
Squiggles Collection 1
Squiggles Collection 1
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
Gr 1-8
Squiggles Collection 2
Squiggles Collection 2
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Random Emoji Prompt Generator
Random Emoji Prompt Generator
Click up an interesting, visual writing prompt suitable for any grade or purpose.
Gr 1-8
Drawing Knots, Level 3
Drawing Knots, Level 3
How to draw the final version of the twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Gr 1-2
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
Asking students to “think creatively” won’t get you far. They won’t know how to start, they’ll get stuck with simple ideas, or they’ll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.
Gr 2-8
Notice Wonder: Turbine
Notice Wonder: Turbine
Your students will be surprised by the size of this turbine… and by what’s hanging from it!
Gr 2-8
Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides
Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides
It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.
Gr 2-8
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Four
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Four
How do you turn “go research something” into a structured, creative learning exploration? Kathryn Haydon walks through it step by step.
Gr 1-8
Greekymon
Greekymon
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.
Gr 3-8
Writing Clear Directions
Writing Clear Directions
Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?
Gr 2-8