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Search Tips for Learning Lab Resources By: Tess Porter, Educational Technician, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access Want to expand your resource searching skills in the Learning Lab? These search tips might help! Narrow Your Search Search terms should include KEY words or short phrases Try to avoid using terms such as: of, in, during, with, by, the, collection, object, item, image, culture, peopl...

Teacher Case Study: Incorporating Art into Your Lessons By: Ann Campbell, Social Studies teacher at University High School in Irvine, California and the "Teaching the Humanities through Art" Summer Institute at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Summer 2016 Participant I recently had the good fortune of attending the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Summer Institute for Teachers and I have to say the exper...

Teacher Case Study: Finding Math in Art By: Rachel Slezak, High School teacher at The Howard Gardner School in Alexandria, Virginia and "Learning to Look" Summer Institute at the National Portrait Gallery Summer 2016 participant My name is Rachel Slezak, and I am mainly a high school math teacher, although I teach a few other things, too! This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in the "Learning to Look" Summer Institute at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG). Initi...

Case Study: Using the Learning Lab for Warm-Up Activities By: Kate Harris, Learning Lab Coordinator, Pittsburgh, PA The Learning Lab can be a useful and flexible resource to use when creating anticipatory sets that pique student interest, get them focused on content and skills quickly, and even challenge them to look at a topic in a new light. In this post, I'll highlight examples of collections created for a ra...