Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan One

Making a Rectangular Prism Christmas Tree

• Objective:
  To use art and math to create a rectangular prism Christmas Tree


• Materials:
  Rectangular prism (from herbal tea product), ruler, pencil, graph paper, template for circles, protractor, construction paper, card stock, scissors, glue, glue stick and glitter.


• Materials:
  Measure and graph to enlarge the prism. Make a template for tracing. Cut, fold and glue. Use circle templates for ornaments. Decorate.

Lesson Plan Two

Mandala CD Hanging

• Objective:
  To transform a recycled CD, decorated with a mandala, into a stained glass window hanging with beads.


• Materials:
  Jose Arguelles Mandala (for research), mandala drawings to color (for practice), prepared CDs (ink removed and holes drilled for hanging), nylon thread, permanent markers, a variety of beads and other items.


• Materials:
  Place mandala drawing under CD and trace with permanent markers. Thread beads and add the CD along with more beads or hanging items.