Lowell's Ocean
Grains of Sand
Quartz Crystal
Students gathered on the bridge to study the angles used in Mark di Suvero's work Lowell's Ocean.
Students used protractors to measure different angles on the work of art from their perspective.
Students were asked to find three different angles and document their exact measurement.
Students then determined if the angles measured were acute, obtuse or right.
Students walked the trails and visited the Crystal Grotto on the Museum grounds.
After looking at the crystals, students were introduced to the visual art form called frottage.
Students used Crayola sticks to rub the surfaces of various types of rocks throughout the Museum grounds.
The results were a collection of rubbings from various surfaces found in nature.
Students are introduced to non-objective art through their newly acquired mathematic skills of measuring angles.