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Going green in the classroom

Tips for Going Green in the Classroom

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Last week, we looked at some of the different ways you can go green in the workplace. This week, in part two of Studio 602’s green lifestyle series, we will be looking at going green in the classroom, and how you can teach your students a…

Luxury Notebooks On Sale September 26th

Luxury Notebooks On Sale September 26th Palomino is proud to announce that a new series of hand crafted notebooks from their Blackwing, Palomino and ForestChoice lines will go on sale exclusively to newsletter subscribers at midnight on Monday,…

Lesson Plan: How to Create Recycled Pencil Board Art

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Lesson Plan: How to Create Recycled Pencil Board Art Objective: Learn creative ways to recycle common everyday objects that might otherwise be sent to landfills. Featured learning skills: Creativity     LESSON PLAN Step…
Lesson Plan Sustained Yield Forest

Lesson Plan: What is a Sustained Yield Forest?

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Lesson Plan: What is a Sustained Yield Forest? Objective: Define the concept and value of a sustained yield forest and, as a “capstone” activity, apply what was learned to a community setting. Featured learning skills: Critical reasoning Ecology Forestry   LESSON…
Renewable Resources

Lesson Plan: What are Renewable Resources?

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Objective: Define the concept and value of renewable resources and how to distinguish between renewable and non-renewable resources Featured learning skills: Natural science Consumer awareness Classification Natural science Consumer…
Lesson Plan How Are Pencils Made

Lesson Plan: How are Pencils Made Today?

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Lesson Plan: How are Pencils Made Today? Objective: Learn how pencils are made and about manufacturing, in general Featured learning skills: Manufacturing Sequencing Geography   LESSON PLAN Step 1: Preparation/Discussion Start…
Lesson Plan Uses of Pencils

Lesson Plan: What are Important Uses of Pencils?

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Lesson Plan: What are Important Uses of Pencils? Objective: Learn the many uses for pencils, who uses them and why. Explore some of the famous people who used pencils; our Pencil VIPs. Featured learning skills: Association Graphing Biography   LESSON…
Lesson Plan History of Pencils

Lesson Plan: What is the History of Pencils?

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Lesson Plan: What is the History of Pencils? Objective: Explore the history of pencils and discover the point of pencils in history Featured learning skills: Researching Role playing Timelines   LESSON PLAN Step…
Pencil Artist Paul Lung

Pencil Artist of the Week: Paul Lung

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No, that isn't a photograph of this week’s pencil artist, Paul Lung, it is a self-portrait he created using only a 0.5 mm technical pencil. Lung is an artist out of Hong Kong that specializes in photo-realistic pencil portraits of people and…

Blackwing Better than an iPad Video

Blackwing Better than an iPad Video It's hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since we launched the Palomino Blackwing pencil. As we prepare for a giant Blackwing birthday celebration at the end of this month, we thought we'd take…