Lesson Plans

Find inspiration in the world outdoors by creating and painting with paintbrushes made from found natural materials.

90 minutes

3-5 / K-2

Design / Explore / Look

Science / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Explore how Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of organic design can be applied to a work of public art.

100 minutes

6-8 / 9-12

Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Explore the topic of design inspiration while learning how Wright’s interest in nature and geometry shaped the world.

60 minutes

K-2

Build / Explore / Look

Science / Social Studies / Visual Arts

Use natural materials and personally significant items to create an original work of art.

180 minutes

3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12

Build / Design / Interpret

Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Identify a set of classroom values. Then, express one shared value in the design of a three-dimensional form.

60 minutes

3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12

Build / Design / Interpret

Social Studies / Visual Arts

Draw inspiration from biomimicry and organic design to design and build architectural sculptures.

135 minutes

3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12

Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Media Literacy / Science / Visual Arts

Explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s interest in geometry and nature to collaboratively create Wright-inspired flower bouquets.

100 minutes

3-5 / K-2

Build / Design / Interpret / Look

Math / Science / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Looking to Wright’s buildings for inspiration, design a new home for the three little pigs that builds community.

120 minutes

3-5 / 6-8

Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Language Arts / Visual Arts

Practice identifying lines of symmetry in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and create symmetrical art glass designs inspired by nature.

300 minutes

3-5

Build / Design / Interpret / Look

Media Literacy / Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Discover how buildings can be adapted, reused, and reimagined to foster community and build connections between people, place, and culture.

240 minutes

9-12

Build / Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Social Studies / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts

Design a new building based on observations of lines, shapes, and patterns seen outside the classroom window.

45 minutes

3-5

Build / Design / Interpret / Look

Math / Visual Arts

Explore an underutilized space with the intention of redesigning the space.

180 minutes

6-8

Design / Explore / Interpret / Look

Math / Social-Emotional Learning / Visual Arts