Name and Title: Mary Jo Allegra, Artist and Lower School Art Teacher
School: Friends Academy, New York
Area of our World: Long Island, New York
Language: English
Target Audience: Teachers, Curriculum Designers
Many content areas within an educational program often have overlapping goals and objectives. Join us if you are curious about curriculum integration and are eager to discover successful steps for collaboration.
During this presentation, I will share my successes in collaboration via my experiences in building an integrated Art/Science program in an elementary school setting. By thinking and creating like an artist and scientist, students begin to understand how both disciplines share many skill sets as well as reflect and support one another. Students study concepts that share knowledge based in both the Visual Arts and Science. Developing an awareness of our natural environment will allow students to build a personal aesthetic and discover how art mimics nature. Students explore the elements and principles of art via natural phenomena and discover how the arts of every world culture are inspired by their surrounding environment.
Websites for referencing Learning Experiences: sunporchstudio.com, creativityengine.wordpress.com
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