MS-6
(Grades K-8)
Art in Science, Science in Art
Jaime Malwitz, Fond du Lac, WI
jmalwitz@wasdinet.org
This course will give you and your
students the opportunity to let both
sides of your brain become active as
you explore the science behind a
wide variety of art offerings and
create links to the content areas of
math, social studies, reading, and
language arts. No artistic
talent required!
Teachers of science, all regular
education teachers, art teachers,
and teachers of special needs
students will find activities to
motivate and excite their students.
Science and math will help us to
understand the following art
projects that each participant will
make and take home: The effects of
alcohol on acrylics while doing
multi-media, abstract paints on yupo
film; the properties of plastics as
you sculpt and make "pop" art
desserts; effects on the eye caused
by "op" art pictures created in
class; chromatography applied to the
dying of T-shirts; bending of light
rays through hand-built polariscopes;
physical and chemical changes in the
making of paper; creative writing
and stamping on newly made paper;
iris folding for use in cards,
science folders, and math, and many,
many more hands-on activities.
Art teachers will learn the science
behind the activities and crafts
they do, and Science teachers will
learn how to incorporate art into
their science content.
