This painting by Jill Pelto conveys data about glaciers, sea level rise, and global temperatures in an artistic manner that blends the meaning of the data with the artwork imagery.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This resource is ideal for showing how science and math can be communicated through art.
Additional Prerequisites
There is more information in the description below the image and there are links to the cited data for reference.
Students should be familiar with line graphs.
Differentiation
Art classes could use this as an example of line art and meaning through composition.
Students can be challenged to represent other climate change information in an artistic form.
Showing the painting could also be a "hook" for a science lesson about greenhouse gases, climate change, or sea level rise.
The resource outlines the interaction between sea level rise, glaciation, and increasing global temperatures. Students can explore deeply to understand these interactions and gain knowledge on the underlying factors that influence our climate. This resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
National Core Arts Standards
Visual Arts: Standard 8 - Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
VA:Re8.1.Ia Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.
VA:Re8.1.IIa Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works.
