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24 Hour Museum
Probably the best starting point for information on UK Galleries and Museums. A comprehensive portal to quality-controlled museums, galleries and heritage attractions. Features the young 24 Hour Museum, the museum finder, information on education and teachers' packs available from museums and galleries, an online magazine and trails.
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A Lifetime of Colour
A series of hands-on activities which concentrate on the techniques of drawing and painting, with reference to the principles of art, concepts, styles and artists.

AccessArt
An imaginative website which aims to present new ways of learning about art through a series of online workshops. It is essentially a meeting place for art educators. The workshops are for all key stages.

All My Own Work
All My Own Work is a great way to be creative, have fun and raise funds for your school, playgroup, nursery or favourite charity.

All Oriland
A resource devoted to origami and paper arts. The main highlight includes the learning centre which has lectures on the history of origami, lessons and practical tips.

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Another Look at Finger Painting (Mary Ann Bradt)
Finger painting isn't just for children. View some of this artist's work - you may well be inspired.

Art Adventures
Follow the links from Eduweb to learn about the history of art, artists and discover techniques through the timeline and glossary. In addition there are a number of activities to encourage creativity.

Art of Japan - Paris Museum
Japanese architecture, gardens, painting, sculpture and, of course, origami are all superbly presented and explained.

Art Room (The)
Site for teachers and children. Activity suggestions, gallery and links to other useful sites.

Art Smarties
Filled with links, tips, instruction and information on different drawing, painting and craft techniques and materials.

Art Studio Chalkboard
These pages are a resource for artists and art students that focus on the technical aspects of perspective, shading, colour and painting.

Art Teacher on the Net
American: Consists mainly of art resources and projects for teachers, parents and art students with advice sections, lesson plans and teacher exchange centres and an American art history area. Not an easy site to navigate.

Artistikids
This site is based on material written by children for children, including topics on painting, pottery, stained glass, photography and history of art.

Arts EdNet
The Getty's Art Education Web Site. A great collection of Art resources. Devices of wonder.

Arts Workshop
USA site. Contains some fun models and instruments to make at home or in the classroom, as well as examples and basic information on specific forms of art.

Arts-n-Crafts
A vast store of arts and crafts activities to try out. Although there are no diagrams, the written methods are fairly self-explanatory.

Axis
Axis provides quality information about contemporary artists and makers that champions the work of artists, nationally and internationally, and stimulates opportunities for the creation, presentation and purchase of artists' work. Links to numerous art and design websites and news of publications.

Back To School
Part of the charity's Forgotten Children Campaign, the site contains structured lesson plans in Art, English, Drama and PSHE / Citizenship, along with case studies and maps highlighting the plight of the 13 million internally displaced children who have been forced from their homes by conflict but remain within the borders of their own countries.

Bob Miller's Light Walk
Follow Bob Miller's Light Walk to appreciate the link between light art and science.

Bulgarian Photo Album
Takes some time to navigate but don't give up. Get to know Bulgaria and its cities through this fabulous collection of images.

Carmine's Introduction to Architecture
Carmine's Introduction to Architecture Interactive help for a younger audience to understand what buildings and architecture are all about. This site explains why architecture is art and gives opportunities to create their own designs.

Carmine's Line and Shape
Poetic lessons in line and shape will help you understand how they can be used to build up a drawing or painting.

Cartoon Classroom - Brick by Brick
Making cartoons, understanding the humour behind cartoons and how they work are covered here. Aimed at helping young animators.

Children's Recipes
Examples of how to use finger paints clay etc.

Colour My World
Colour in nature, colour in art, the science of colour, colour in humans and culture all aspects of colour are covered in this wonderfully immense site.

Contemporary Art Experience
An educational visual art experience created by secondary school students for secondary school students. This site features the work of ten female artists, interviews and analysis, a discussion cafe and worksheets for 5 to 17 year olds.

Craftown
Free patterns, projects and lessons. A whole variety of crafts covered.

Crayola
A commercial site containing projects and activities, an ideas generator for drawing, craft suggestions and information about famous artists.

Created by a Classics teacher
Created by a Classics teacher, this site contains information and activities covering Roman gardens, mosaics, inscriptions, tombstones, Bignor Roman villa, Latin poetry, Latin language and Tombstones.

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Curriculum Online Portal
Curriculum Online is a one-stop online catalogue of digital learning resources. Resources on this site include:
* lesson plans
* CD-ROMs
* interactive videos
* simulation software
* assessment materials
* online services
…organised by the National Curriculum programmes of study, QCA schemes of work and topics.
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Drawing Perspective
A useful demo and test for understanding perspective. There are step-by-step instructions for basic one-point perspective along with downloadable handouts for getting started.

EduWeb
Online education service including curriculum resources for students and teachers in a range of subjects.

Emmett Scott's Cartoon Corner
The cartoonist shares the secrets of drawing cartoons. Have a go.

Explore Monet's World
This is an excellent resource for introducing a younger audience to Monet. It gives a well-explained overview of Monet's art and life, focusing on London, Venice and Giverny, with fact files, activities and links to a Monet exhibition.

Exploring Leonardo
Designed to answer the question Who was Leonardo da Vinci? This resource provides intriguing insights into the scientist, inventor, artist and the man. Full of information and activities.

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments
A BBC resource covering the architecture of Britain from the Middle Ages, the Tudors, the 17th century, the 18th century, the 19th century and the 20th century. Don?t miss the chance to learn about Fred Dibnah and the Amazing Animated Architecture feature.

Gargoyles and Grotesques
All about stone sculpting and carving gargoyles and grotesques.

Global Art Project
The Global Art Project (GAP) is a grass roots effort to promote Peace by uniting people around the world in harmony through artistic expression. People of all ages and from all around the world who choose to participate each create a work of art expressing their vision of global unity. The art is displayed locally in each participant's community., Global Art Project then organizes an international exchange by matching participants around the world.

Hampshire LEA Art Web
There are sections to provide opportunities to share good practice in the planning, teaching and assesment of Art and Design. A very useful site.
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Hundertwasser
Born Friedrich Stowasser. Information about the Viennese artist, architect and philosopher. Find out about his love of things natural and his famous colourful buildings and the role of windows. If you have the 'plugin' there is an IPIX virtual tour of the Kunsthaus Wien (Vienna art Gallery) where his work is featured.

Incredible Art Department
USA. Links to art classrooms across the world. Including 'Art Site of the Week' and Archives. Be warned that some of the links back to the menu page fail.

Inside Art: An Art History Game
A fun, interactive, history of art. Discover artists, techniques, create art and even become part of it.
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Kargah.com
This is a website for Iranian artists to display their work. View photography, paintings, graphic designs and literature by contemporary Iranian artists.

Keith Haring
Some material may not be appropriate to children. A colourful, lively site which looks at the art of Keith Haring. It presents a selection of his works and a kids section with biographical notes, a range of activities and lesson plans for teachers and parents.

Kyoto National Museum
A valuable resource featuring a wealth of information and images online. Features the art of Japan and East Asia.

Learn to Draw
An good step-by-step guide to drawing.

Leonardo Da Vinci: A Man of Both Worlds
This site is devoted to the life and works of Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo Da Vinci. Images of his artwork are presented here in sites maintained by students. Select from three different levels: beginners, intermediate, and advanced.

Literacy Goes M.A.D.D
Bringing literacy alive through music, art, dance and drama.
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Magic of Painting (The)
This site contains a treasure chest of exercises in painting and drawing. The perspective section is excellent. These lessons cover a wide range of techniques abilities from beginners to advanced.

Majestic Taj Mahal (The)
This fascinating resource introduces India's famous tomb, the Taj Mahal. It explains the historical significance of the building, introduces the Moghuls and takes you on a virtual tour.

Making Patterns with Natural Forms
Follow the 'primary' link to the art section. A good, basic art activity. Part of the open access section of this resource.

Making Patterns with Natural Forms
This site provides instruction on how to create beautiful artistic patterns from simple natural forms. Part of the 'free tour' of this subscription service.

Monet at Giverny
A virtual tour which allows you to travel through Monet?s garden at Giverny learning facts about the artist, discovering the sites where the masterpieces were created and where photographs have been taken.

National Gallery - The Collection
The online Collection from the National Gallery spans the period from about 1260 to 1900 and consists of Western European paintings featuring artists from Botticelli to Turner.

National Gallery of Australia
Contains information on the museum and overviews of the collections which focus on Aboriginal, Australian and Asian art accompanied by a selection of images and news of temporary exhibitions and educational events.

National Society for Education in Art & Design.
If you teach art, craft or design in primary or secondary schools, or in further or higher education, this site is for you. Gallery educators, artists in residence, parents and all those with an interest in arts education will find much that is useful.,There is information here about teaching and learning resources, events, in-service education, publications, research, careers in art and design, and very much more. Links are provided to key art and design education sites worldwide.
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Out of This World Art
A superb resource, ideal for younger students, that colourfully presents information on many forms of ethnic and ancient art. Beautiful stained glass section.

Pinhole Photography
How to make a simple camera from a cardboard box. Instructions are in US units but there is a gallery of surprisingly good photographs taken by the author.

Planetpals Earthzone
An environmental site for kids with interactive pages featuring a card game, colouring page, recycle kits and lots of craft activities.

Primary School Safe Search
A safe internet search for Primary Schools that includes Teachers and Pupils resources

Schoolzone
A good site for reviews and evaluations of resources (a service Schoolzone provides for DfES/Becta). 50,000 free web-based resources in a searchable database. Also has as earch bale database of education suppliers and trainers.

Teaching Ideas
A useful series of art activities and lesson plans accompanied by worksheets and organised into suggested age groups.

TEEM - Curriculum Software Advice Centre
TEEM is the leading (UK) educational software evaluation service. Their teacher-written evaluations highlight effective classroom practice, enabling you to spend eLearning credits wisely. Free access to 1700 evaluations of the 750 products currently listed on the TEEM website, and details of eLearning credit eligibility. Consider joining their nationwide team of trained evaluators and benefit from professional and financial rewards. See the TEEM Digital Content Guide 2004 Download their latest 70 page digital guide, containing updated and expanded advice on the use of CD-ROMs and websites in the classroom, plus a new section on hardware. New developments include the evaluation of Foundation Stage and Post-16 materials.
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Van Gogh at Etten
A dynamic and interactive educational resource focusing on Vincent van Gogh, famous Post-impressionist painter. It features an online art course, a teachers' forum, lesson ideas, games and activities.

Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
The museum contains the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. It provides the opportunity to keep track of the artist's developments, or compare his paintings to works by other artists from the 19th century in the collection. The museum also holds an extensive offer of exhibitions on various subjects from 19th century art history. The on-line version requires you to download software to take a virtual tour. The downloading process will take some time!
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What Good is Math?
Shopping, travelling, exam grades and sports, all of these involve mathematics in some way, this site shows why mathematics is important in everyday life. Art and Maths. How are they related?
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Willing to Try
Flash sequences. When you look at a circle what do you see: a hole, the moon, or a bubble? Just as the animated character sees that there is more than one way to look at objects in life, children are encouraged to see that there is more than one answer.

World Native Costume
Covering China, France, Germany, Sourth Korea, Malaysia, Mexico Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam, this resource shows an example of traditional dress for each country together with a short description.

World of Glass
The World of Glass project celebrates the past, present and future of glass and the glass industry with galleries featured online and an interactive learning centre.