"Spring Core Extraction"
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Provided by: Jill Pelto Gallery|Published on: October 31, 2023
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Synopsis
- This watercolor and colored pencil piece portraying a scientist taking a core sample is accompanied by a robust explanation of the artwork presented.
- Students will learn about the field research completed by scientists, what is going on beneath the surface, and soil levels and segments.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Jill Pelto Gallery
Region: Europe, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource includes a gorgeous piece of art that will inspire young artists and scientists.
- Students will enjoy learning about how art and science can merge unexpectedly.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should understand the concepts of scientific fieldwork, climate change, soil layers and cores, and strata.
- It may benefit students to understand the connection between art and science.
Differentiation
- This resource would work equally well in a science or art class. Teachers can make cross-curricular connections in social studies classes studying how scientists can "look through time" and into the past by examining soil.
- This resource would work well for a gallery walk. Print this art piece and several others from Jill Pelto. Have students walk around the room and make observations (either scientific or artistic, depending on the class). Students can either post their ideas on sticky notes near each piece or share them in a whole-class share-out session.
- If your science class is learning about another type of fieldwork, have students illustrate their understanding of the fieldwork and explain what scientists do and why.
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About the Partner Provider
Jill Pelto
Jill Pelto is an artist and scientist whose work focuses on communicating human-environment connections. She incorporates scientific research and data directly into her watercolor paintings — from local trends to global changes. Jill’s artwork was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine in July 2020 and has inspired online features in Smithsonian and PBS News Hour. Jill has created a science-art activity based on this idea and has worked with K-12 students across the U.S. and beyond. By pairing graphical information with visual imagery, Jill hopes students can learn about and connect to climate change topics (good, bad, and in-between) in ways that educate and are emotionally relevant. This data-art activity is flexible and allows students to make their own graph art to share topics they care about.
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