Description

Overview:

Novel representations and diverse perspectives can reveal new insights into complex systems, and can support rich understandings of the world. In this activity, students will identify and analyze the choices artists and scientists make when creating representations of living or non-living natural objects. This process will help students recognize the potential and place for their own articulation of how the world works. After drawing from nature, students will reflect on the process of representing information, then compare their drawings with that of a 16th-century artist. Students will consider what is included and what is excluded, and hypothesize about larger contexts and systems.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities

Level:

Middle School, High School, Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Lesson Plan

Provider:

PBS LearningMedia

Provider Set:

PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development

Date Added:

03/01/2016