This document discusses integrating art into science curriculum. It provides research showing how artistic expression can enhance students' ability to communicate science ideas, engage with science topics, and deepen their understanding. Examples are given of lesson plans that combine art and science, such as having students create a mobile to illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly. The document advocates for using art in science teaching to appeal to student diversity and promote creativity.

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Art Integrated Into Science
Curriculum
By: Kylee York
Visual
Pedagogy

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Why I Chose This
 Science=challenging subject
 Many different topics that could use various instructional
strategies
 Science and art are left out more in curriculum due to high
standards for reading and math

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Science and Visual Arts
 “Art and science have their meeting point in method.” –Earl
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
 “During human progress, every science is evolved out of its
corresponding art.” –Herbert Spencer

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Research
 Artistic expression enhances a student’s ability to:
 Communicate science explanations
 Engage in science
 Communicate ideas to the public
 Deepens understanding of complex topics using a hands-on
approach
 Students can learn from interaction with each other and their
products

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Research
 Teachers can design lessons according to specific needs,
abilities, or interest of the students
 Multiple viewpoints can be presented
 Extend lessons
 Enhance the effectiveness of the lesson

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Connect to Readings
 Fountas & Olson:
 Observation of images
 Communicate verbally to visually or visually to verbally
 Oreck:
 Push for test scores eliminates creativity and enhances autonomy
 Diverse abilities in learners
 Eisner
 Arts can help play a role in human development
 Art is a way of expression and discovery

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Examples

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Examples

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Lesson: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
 Standard: SC.2.3.1 2000
 Investigate by observing and then describe in some way that some events in nature have a repeating
pattern, such as seasons, day and night, and migrations.
 Activity
 Read The Life Cycle of a Butterfly By: Bobbie Kalman
 Draw a spiral on a paper plate and cut out
 Draw, cut out, and color a green leaf
 Draw, cut out, glue tiny white circles on leaf
 Draw, cut out, and color a caterpillar
 Draw, cut out, and color a pupa (cocoon)
 Draw, cut out, and color a butterfly
 Take the four individual pieces, and hole-punch a hole in them
 Tie a piece of string to each of the four pieces and tape the strings to the underside of the spiral
 Tie the leaf with the egg closest to the top of the spiral, the caterpillar second closest to the top, the
pupa third, and the butterfly the farthest away so that it hangs down in order

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Connect to Teaching Philosophy
 I Believe In:
 Hands-on learning
 Variety of instructional strategies
 Strengthening ability in multiple content areas
 Art is another form of communication comprised of it’s own
language
 Art is an open canvas with an endless amount of opportunity

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References: Text
 http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2005-09/elementary.htm
 http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=1884&CAT=n
one
 http://web1.uct.usm.maine.edu/~trudy/frame/finteg.htm
 http://david-r-wetzel.suite101.com/using-visual-arts-to-stimulate-science-learning-a67479
 http://www.todayinsci.com/QuotationsCategories/S_Cat/ScienceAndArt-Quotations.htm
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/lifecyclemobile/

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References: Visual
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