Miss Jennifer Ward has started a new series of ‘Meet the Artist‘ interviews with educational clip artists and asked me to start things off!
Rutherford-Bohr Models
Drawing atoms from the periodic table isn’t too hard, but it is pretty time-consuming. So take advantage of my handiwork with these diagrams of the first 20 elements in the periodic table. I’ve drawn them in three different styles: Outline, Solid Black, and Valence Shell. Or grab the Bundle for all three. [edit – I have closed my TPT shop. Please visit my creative market shop for clip art sets.]
Each of the style sets contains 3 sets of 20 images in black and white. One set has the atom’s symbol on the nucleus, the second has the number of protons and neutrons, and the third has an unlabeled nucleus. There are also several blank models for explaining processes and for worksheets, with full electron shells and with empty shells. Each individual set has 76 files; the bundle has 212 files in total.
The font used in this set is Alegreya Bold, a free font by Juan Pablo del Peral, in case you would like to use it in your project.
Native Plant Sales
The Illinois Native Plant Society has put together a list of native plant sales across the state for the spring of 2018.
Make some Earth Day resources
Get your students excited for Earth Day on April 22nd with some clip art of real-world activities perfect for your practical science resources!
Grab a sweet potato, some toothpicks, and a jar and grow a pretty vine; make a butterfly water dish with a shallow bowl and some pebbles; or lash a forked branch and a stick together with twine to make room for a garden spider’s web.
Regrow Vegetables Clip Art, DIY Wildlife Feeders Clip Art, and DIY Wildlife Houses Clip Art all available in my teacherspayteachers.com shop. [edit – I have closed my TPT shop. Please visit my creative market shop for clip art sets.]
A collection of different vegetable scraps (and a fruit!) placed in water or dirt to grow again
Welcome wildlife into your garden with these DIY projects.
Some do-it-yourself projects to encourage wildlife to stay in your garden.
Baking Clip Art, Set 2
I’ve added another new set of “cooking with kids” themed clip art to my TPT shop, Baking Clip Art, Set 2. Featuring some sweet ingredients and some kitchen wares for making baked treats, this clip art set can get you started with your cooking-themed resources. [edit – I have closed my TPT shop. Please visit my creative market shop for clip art sets.]
Part of a growing collection of clip art for life skills.
Baking Clip Art, Set 1
I’ve added a new set of “cooking with kids” themed clip art to my TPT shop, Baking Clip Art, Set 1. Featuring a few dairy ingredients and some basic kitchen accessories, this clip art set can get you started with your cooking-themed resources. [edit – I have closed my TPT shop. Please visit my creative market shop for clip art sets.]
Part of a growing collection of clip art for life skills.
My color clip art comes with black and white versions of each clip.
The Baking Clip Art, Set 1 includes several products with variations. 13sparrows,
My ‘Mockup Style’ clip art sets are all in scale with one another and all on the same perspective plane. 13sparrows.
Springtime birds clip art
In springtime, many beautiful birds return from their winter migrations to their breeding grounds in the eastern United States. My Spring Birds Clip Art sets include birds that are fairly common throughout the range, such as an American robin, eastern bluebird, ruby-throated hummingbird, and a field sparrow.
These cute but realistic bird images can help you and your students explore the seasons, animal habits and habitats (including a checklist for nature walks), and adaptations like beaks and plumage colors. [edit – I have closed my TPT shop. Please visit my creative market shop for clip art sets.]
Some of the birds that return to the eastern US in spring.
These birds are common to the Eastern U.S., which is where they return to breed.
Some of the birds that return to the eastern US in spring.
Creating a Clip Set
Here’s a short video I made to share some of the processes that go behind making one of my animal clip sets, from research to getting the files ready for use. It’s fun, but it’s a lot of work. The 10 Most Venomous Snakes of Australia Clip Art set is available on TPT. [edit – I have closed my TPT shop. Please visit my creative market shop for clip art sets.]
Wildlife Monitoring Volunteer Training
Friends of the Chicago River is looking for volunteers, families and groups are welcome, to help monitor ospreys, bats, and turtles and their habitats along the river over the summer. There are two training events at REI on Halsted: Wed May 17 at 5:30pm and Sat May 19 at 9:30 am.
Won’t you be my neighbor
The official trailer for the documentary on Mr. Rogers, a film by Morgan Neville, was released today. It looks so good. In theaters on June 8th.
