"Landscape of Change"
Provided by: Jill Pelto Gallery|Published on: April 27, 2021|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Artwork
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Jill Pelto Gallery
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Synopsis
- This is a landscape painting by Jill Pelto that uses data about sea-level rise, glacier volume decline, increasing global temperatures, and the increasing use of fossil fuels to generate data lines.
- These data lines compose a landscape shaped by the changing climate, a world in which we are now living.
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Positives
- The painting is simple and easy to appreciate and interpret.
- There is a link to different websites with data about different climate change concerns.
- This resource is ideal for sparking creativity in students.
Additional Prerequisites
- This resource supports lessons but may not exactly replace them. Hence, it is advisable for the educator to determine how to apply this in the lesson.
Differentiation
- The educator can sign the students up for a collaborative project with the author Jill Pelto.
- Teachers can invite the artist via Zoom for an explanation of the artwork from her perspective.
- Students can be challenged to represent other climate change risks they identify in their community in the form of art.
- Other works by Jill Pelto include "Decline in Glacier Mass Balance", "Moments of Observation", "Measuring Crevasse Depth", and Support Marine Reserves in the Antarctic: Overfishing, Bycatch, Climate Change".
The resource presents the interaction between fossil fuel, sea-level rise, glaciation, and increasing global temperatures influencing the climate system. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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