Guide Entry to 25.01.09
This unit is built around the interconnectivity of visual art and science, and how they both work with each other symbiotically. The unit emphasizes the importance of looking through the lenses of other disciplines, especially when relating to visual arts. We will discuss how visual arts and artists were used as a tool to deliver information to increasingly larger groups of people over time. We will also discuss what can go wrong through the translation of information, along with how science can be used as a tool to providing more accurate methods to produce observational drawings with higher realism. We will be following a somewhat strict framework of activities, but which still allow for individual artistic freedom. Students will discuss works from Albrecht Dürer and Vincent Van Gogh, using them as inspiration for our activities as well as for our final project. We will discuss botanical drawings from the 19th and 20th centuries and the work of Charles Darwin. The unit should take about six to eight weeks, and will have a culminating project that compares and contrasts each student and their use of a scientific and artistic lens. I am looking forward to implementing this unit, seeing how it positively impacts student learning and retention, and providing a fun and thought-provoking experience for both my students and myself.
(Developed for Visual Art, grades 4-5; recommended for Visual Art, Science, and Biology, grades 3-6)
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