• 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.
  

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.
• Other artistic resources include this mural, this artistic activity, and this online climate exhibition. 

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