Incorporating science content into The Art of Connection
Building science literacy in the Environmental Art Session
One way to establish the concept of "literacy" is to utilize the Common Core standards.
During an Environmental Art session, the students will be interpreting data relating to art and science content. They will be applying literacy and science knowledge from both Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) into practice as they think about, question, and interpret art and the art-making process and think about the human and natural world. In doing Environmental Art they will be thinking about how humans use the environment, and how humans and more-than-human interact and interconnect with each other and impact one another which cover science knowledge also used within NGSS at an age-appropriate level. In engaging in critical thinking conversations about art, the artwork process, and assessing their work and the art of others, the students are using literacy practices in Common Core for their grade.
Common Core Standards
Common Core Standards
For the Environmental Art session, we will be using Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1→ We will be using the standard Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly through talk moves used throughout the Environmental Art session
Common Core Standards
For the Environmental Art session, we will be using Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1
(Common Core Standards Initiative, 2010)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.C→ We will be using the standard Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others through talk moves used throughout the Environmental Art session