CEN DISTANCE LEARNING RESOURCES

6th GRADE - 8th GRADE

**Recursos en Español =

Center for Contemporary Arts

https://ccasantafe.org/

(Workbook) Story Archetypes: 5 Lessons and creative activities on common story archetypes. Each section involves a lesson (with examples and visuals), an exercise and the creation/drawing of an archetype, English

LITERACY

ART

Cooking with Kids

https://cookingwithkids.org/

(Activity Page) Cooking with Kids Recipes: Cooking with Kids recipes have been kid-tested in Northern New Mexico schools (the secret is that kids help make them, so check out our how-to videos, too!), English, Español

SCIENCE

LITERACY

MATH

(Videos) Cooking with Kids "How To" Videos: Learn how to make breadsticks or salad dressing, properly measure or use a knife with these fun Cooking with Kids "How To" videos!, English, Español

SCIENCE

MATH

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

(Coloring Book) Color Me O'Keeffe! 8 downloadable O'Keeffe coloring pages done by local artist, Christina Dallorso Kortz, English

ART

(Worksheets) 18 separate art activities, all focused on different themes, English

ART

Los Alamos Historical Society

https://www.losalamoshistory.org/

(Activity Page) History at Home: Hands on history activities for learners of all ages

HISTORY

Museum of International Folk Art

http://www.internationalfolkart.org/

(Instruction Page) DIY Amulet Necklace: Amulets are used for protection, as a charm, and to fulfill wishes. Ex-votos or votive offerings or milagros (Spanish for miracle) are presented as gifts in gratitude for answered prayers or as a method of divine assistance., English

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

(Instruction Page) Ema, Japanese Wishing Plaques: The practice of writing a personal wish or prayer on a wooden plaque, called ema, usually takes place at Shinto shrines throughout Japan. They are written to seek blessing or good fortune from the sacred realm, English

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

(Instruction Page) Ema, placas de deseos japoneses, Español

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

(Instruction Page) Tako Kichi, Kite Crazy in Japan: Japanese Kites have been a long delightful and entertaining tradition. The paper is often brightly painted with colorful narrative illustrations in the ukiyo-estyle representing legendary heroes and other design elements referencing Japanese folklore, English

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

New Mexico History Museum

http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/

(Instruction Sheet) Lunar Polyhedron Ornament, Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing, we have a moon to cut out and fold together and glue or tape to make a cool ornament, English

ART

SCIENCE

HISTORY

(Activity Sheet) Celebrating Women in New Mexico History, word search, English

HISTORY

LITERACY

(Worksheet) Learn About Radioactivity: Calculate your daily radioactivity dose, English

HISTORY

LITERACY

SCIENCE

Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of NM

http://www.nmarchaeology.org/education-outreach/at-home-resources.html

(Worksheet) Fantastic Beasts: Kids learn about broad similarities of vertebrate skeletons (same bones) and adaptive differences (for locomotion and diet). They construct a collage beast from provided elements, English

ART

SCIENCE

(Worksheet) Direcciones de Animales Fantásticos, Español

ART

SCIENCE

(Worksheet) Every Picture Tells A Story: Using historic photos of NM homes, children seek evidence of people's homes and lifeways in the past, English

HISTORY

LITERACY

River Source

https://riversource.net/

(Worksheet) Cada Imagen Cuenta una Historia, Español

(Worksheet) Take the Wildlife Challenge! Get outdoors to track wild animals and plants using iNaturalist, English

SCIENCE

OUTSIDE

PHYSICAL ACTIIVTY

SITE Santa Fe

https://sitesantafe.org/education/distance-learning/

(Workbook) Guadalupe Maravilla (El Salvador, US) presents works that draw on his own personal migratory history and displacement. His work incorporates his pre-colonial Central American ancestry, personal mythology, and autobiographical story-telling, English

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

(Workbook) Guadalupe Maravilla (El Salvador, US), Español

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

(Workbook) Hew Locke (UK/Guyana) presents two large-scale murals of Greek and Mexican Refugee Shares from the early 20th century along with several of his recent boat sculptures evoking ocean crossings of migrants over the centuries, English

HISTORY

SCIENCE

LITERACY

(Workbook) Hew Locke (UK/Guyana), Español

HISTORY

SCIENCE

LITERACY

(Workbook) Harriet Bart (US) and Yu-Wen Wu (Taiwan/US) present Leavings/Belongings, an installation partially created in partnership with New Mexico-based immigrants and refugees, English

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

(Workbook) Harriet Bart (US) and Yu-Wen Wu (Taiwan/US), Español

HISTORY

ART

LITERACY

Vital Spaces

https://www.vitalspaces.org/

(YouTube Video) Introduction to Experimental Videos: Vital Spaces Virtual Visiting Artist Series with Morgan Barnard , English

SCIENCE

ART

(YouTube Video) Introduction to Illustration: Vital Spaces Virtual Visiting Artist Series with Jacks McNamara, English

ART

(YouTube Video) Making the Familiar Strange: Vital Spaces Virtual Visiting Artist Series with Sarah Spengler, English