"Climate Change Data"
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Provided by: Jill Pelto Gallery|Published on: November 7, 2022
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Synopsis
- 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.
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Subjects: Science, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Jill Pelto Gallery
Region: Polar Regions, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource is ideal for showing how science and math can be communicated through art.
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 & Implementation
- 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.
- Other artistic resources include this mural, this artistic activity, and this online climate exhibition.
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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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