Art, Design, and Biology

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.01.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction – Why not stay in our lane?
  2. Unit Overview
  3. My Philosophy of Art Instruction
  4. Demographics
  5. Background and Cross Curricular Approach
  6. Content and Learning Objectives
  7. Technique Objectives for Improving Observational and Cognitive Skills
  8. Teaching Strategies
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Appendix on Implementing Pennsylvania Arts Standards
  11. Bibliography
  12. Notes

Looking at Visual Art through a Scientific Lens: Looking at Science with a Visual Lens

Christopher Snyder

Published September 2025

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Notes

1 Diana Donald. Endless Forms, 18

2 Grout, Donald J., A History of Western Music. 736

3 Grout, Donald J., A History of Western Music. 157

4 Russell, Francis. The World of DüRer, 1471-1528, 161

5 Ron Ritchhart, Creating Cultures of Thinking, 52

6 Ritchhart, 204

7 Ritchhart, 8

8 David Byrne, How Music Works, 73

9 Ritchhart, 125

10 Betty Edwards, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

11 “Pittsburgh Dilworth,” Pittsburgh Public Schools

12 Dürer, Albrecht. The Rhinoceros. 1515

13 Jon Young. What the Robin Knows, 48

14 John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren. How to Teach Nature Journaling, 154-157

15 Snyder, Christopher. Project Diagram as Reference. 2025

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