I was lucky enough to attend the Basic Art Institute funded by the Alaska Arts Education Consortium. Two weeks of music, drama, visual and cultural arts in Juneau at the University of Alaska Southeast Campus. What a treat. So many folks might ask, “how is art related to teaching science?” Well, check out another great project in Alaska, Project Articulate to help answer this question. Forget the grade level descriptions. You can see how the Observe, Question and Write lesson helps students learn science process skills such as inference and prediction. Alaska Landscapes with Georgia O”Keefe is a great scaffold for discussion of ecosystems and biomes. There are many kits that compliment science well and can be “beefed” up for high school students, check out the diatoms lesson. Of course my favorite is the Andrew Goldsworthy kit. A perfect compliment to any beach or environmental outing. Here is a picture and poem of our master piece on the Auke Bay beach.
Beach Art
Balance in nature
Day and night, male and female
Perfect harmony