Look and Link
Description
What Is It?
Look and Link is a strategy that combines art-looking and art-making. By looking at two images deeply and exploring inferred and imaginary connections between the images, students can find and share meaning with others.
Why Use It?
Students are given processing time during which they can construct and revise their concepts, and then additional time to find connections and share perspectives. Look and Link also enables students to engage through a variety of communication methods.
Instructional Steps:
Discuss “Look and Link” directions briefly.
Display the first image, asking students to record their first impressions.
Lead a scaffolded, open-ended conversation about the image.
Discuss the concepts of force, motion, and energy in more depth.
Display the second image, again asking students to note their first impressions.
Show both images together.
Ask students to sketch a picture of what happened between the two images.
Display the sketches between the images.
Reflect on the drawings as a class
Quick Tips
Start with two images that are both literal or concrete (instead of abstract images) so that students get used to this idea of looking at what they see, what’s going on, what's the story, and what may be going on outside this frame, or what might have happened before or after this frame.
Put up images several days ahead of the activity to provide additional processing time for students.
Did you know?
The resources under the Creative Teaching tab on our internal website has a long list of sites where you can gather images.