Science

Integrating the Arts into Science Curriculum

Science and Art

• Mitosis - Link
• Orion Nebula - Link
• Five-Horned Eggshell - Link
• Princeton University Science of Art Exhibits - http://artofsci.princeton.edu
  • 2009 Gallery - http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/2009/
  • 2010 Gallery - http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/gallery2010/
  • 2011 Gallery - http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/gallery2011/
  • 2013 Gallery - http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/gallery2013/
  • 2014 Gallery - http://artofsci.princeton.edu/2014-gallery/
  • 2014 Video Gallery - http://artofsci.princeton.edu/2014-videos/

Science and art have been linked from the earliest of times. Cave dwellers recorded their own presence and preserved their place in history by drawing figures and artifacts on cave walls and sculpting figures out of clay. Scientific invention has always required careful planning, drawing, and illustration from the parts of machinery and tools to illustrating anatomy of the human body. Studying perspective is particularly important in scientific drawing and illustration. Early drawing and paintings attempted to explain the known as well as the unknown. Physical science, biological life science, geoscience, and chemistry have all provided a source for artistic creation. One of the best known examples is Leonardo da Vinci - scientist, inventor, artist. Go to this website - http://www.mos.org/leonardo/. Many historians consider da Vinci a paleontologists and biologist. Below are drawings of a horse, a flying machines, fetus in the womb, and the Vitruvian Man.

Leonardo da Vinci at the Museum of Science - http://www.mos.org/leonardo/.

• Leonardo: the Man and His Machines: http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/
• Leonardo's Perspective - http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeonardosPerspective.html

Science and Visual Arts

• Art of Science Gallery - http://www.princeton.edu/~artofsci/gallery2006/
• Art and Science Collaborations - http://www.asci.org/
• When Science Meets Art (NPR) - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111499
• Science-Art.com - http://www.science-art.com/
• MIT Visual Arts Program - http://visualarts.mit.edu/
• Using Visual Arts to Stimulate Science Learning - http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_visual_arts_to_stimulate_science_learning
• Earth Science Week - Visual Arts Contest - http://www.earthsciweek.org/contests/visualarts/index.html
• Science Illustration - http://scienceillustration.org/
• PBS Seeing in the Dark: Arts and Anatomy - http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/resources-links/astronomy-and-the-arts.html
• Insect Studies and Art Come Together - http://prism.montclair.edu/prism/newsletters/jan07/bergenfield.html

Drawing Nature

Anatomy of Animals and Humans

• About.com
  • Learning to Draw Animals - http://drawsketch.about.com/od/learntodrawanimals/Learn_to_Draw_Animals.htm
  • Drawing Gallery - http://drawsketch.about.com/library/gallery/blgallery_creatures.htm
  • Easy Animal Step-by-Step - http://drawsketch.about.com/od/drawanimalsstepbystep/Easy_Animal_Step_by_Step_Drawing_for_Kids.htm
• Figure Drawing: About.com - http://drawsketch.about.com/od/figuredrawing/Figure_Drawing_Life_Drawing_Tips_and_Lessons.htm
• Education World: The Human Body Online Tour - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson065.shtml
• Drawing Lessons for Kids - http://www.kinderart.com/drawing/
• Eduscapes - http://42explore.com/draw.htm
• Life Drawing for Middle Schoolers - http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Jan-life.htm

Science and Visual Arts – Illustrations from Mrs. Piper’s 4^th/5^th Graders for Earth Week!

Mowgli Murals.com - Visit this elementary school in Santa Ana, CA!

• Home: http://mowglimurals.com/index.html
• The Making of a Mural - http://mowglimurals.com/MuralStagesIndex.html
• Ocean Mural - http://mowglimurals.com/OceanQuestions.html
• Jungle Mural - http://mowglimurals.com/JungleQuestions.html
• Desert Game - http://mowglimurals.com/DesertQuestions.html
• Tundra Game - http://mowglimurals.com/Tundra%20Questions.html

More Murals

• Mesozoic Murals - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/mesozoic/
• History of Science Murals in the Griffith Observatory - http://www.publicartinla.com/LA_murals/Silverlake/griffith/ (LA)
• Kidz Murals - http://www.kidztheme.com.au/pages/custom_murals/custom_murals.htm

Nature Illustration

• Botanical Illustration - http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/hort/
• Smithsonian Botanical Illustrations - http://botany.si.edu/botart/
• The Art of Botanical Illustration - http://www.lib.umn.edu/botanical/herbalspresentation/herbals.php
• Science Piction - http://www.sciencepiction.com/
• Pigsty Studio - http://www.pigstystudio.co.uk/

• Seahorse Anatomy - Link
• Interior Vacuum Vessel - Link
• Anatomical Illustration - Link
• Cryptic Coalition - Link