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Teach/Learn – Science and Art
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I really enjoyed this! Lots of varied materials, so much exploring to do. Awesome
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What a fantastic post!! Very enjoyable, and it looks like tons of fun. I grew up in New Zealand in a house right on the beach and I have very fond memories of lots of play and craft with sticks and wood that had washed up on the beach!
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We’re collecting sticks everywhere ever since doing this, I can see many more in our future!
A great activity. I’ve been to scared to let my son near the hot glue gun, he seems to have a compulsion to test whether things are actually hot. Science/art is one of my favourite types of art, btw – perhaps you are not surprised. I especially love scientific illustration.
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I’m a complete Leonardo junkie. I’m actually an anatomist, so his drawings are breathtakingly beautiful and fascinating.
I’ve spent months keeping my girls away from the hot glue gun, Teacher Tom inspired me!
Fantastic post! I love that you highlighted it isn’t always the end product but the exploration and experimentation that is involved to get there!
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Thos Eureka photos were great! Some of them had me so wrapped up in their beauty I could not figure out what the images were actually of!
I have to admit, when we experiment with materials or tools, it is something I have found as a pack in one of the cheap shops. This weekend we have revisited the sticky paper/sand art, and we bought a battery operated spirograph, drawing circles and patterns across the page.
Sometimes I do just pull out eveything we have, put it on the table and see what happens, but then I usually think about the putting it all away after LOL.
The girls DO look deep in concentration with what they are doing, which shows just how engaged with it they were.
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I like those packs, they give me lots of ideas to get out of my rut. I’m intrugued by a battery operated spirograph, I used to spend hours playing with a normal one when I was a kid. Daddy brought home a mini version for the big girl, but I need to find a way to pin it down, she’s lost interest because it keeps slipping.
Oh fabulous creating…. I think you are very brave letting the littles use the glue gun, not because of the heat but because I always manage to stick everything to everything and everything to myself when I use ours! LOL
And art and science really go hand in hand in so many ways don’t they!
There’s a reason we’re doing it outside, and it wasn’t because of the wood!
I always find it a bit strange the separation between art and science, but my Dad’s a scientist and my Mum’s side of the family sprouts artists, so I’ve grown up with them.
That’s really cool – to teach perspective without directly alluding to it. That’s a fantastic approach to intellectually bonding with your kids. Cheers, Colin
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I’m starting to think I need to invest in a hot glue gun. Looks like lots of fun.
I think I got my hot glue gun for maybe $12 at an art shop. The glue itself is about $3 for a small pack. Will definitely not break the bank. Colin
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This one came from a $2 shop, I was shocked how cheap they are. You can get lovely glitter glues as well, and use them to make little seals and beads by pushing shapes into them.
I think the combination of fabric and sticks created some really stunning pieces. You are a braver Mama than me, a two year old and a hot glue gun, oh my! 🙂
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What a wonderful posting! I’m a firm believer in teaching things in an interdisciplinary way, and combining art and science is one of my favorites! In the schools I have done some nature writing with older kids and “kid writing” with younger kids (kids draw a picture and then write one sentence about it), but I am excited to try something more hands on like this that combines different materials.
Thanks for the ideas! I will keep reading in the future!
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You’re welcome! I love integrated learning, I find it so hard to separate things into subjects because I can always see so many other bits as well.
You’re right, integrated learning makes so much sense. I can’t think of many activities that involve one subject area only – and trying to teach things one subject at a time can really rob the activity of its meaning and context.
This was a great activity – I’d been contemplating a glue gun, now I’m completely inspired.
Can I do another entry for this blog carnival? See my recent post ‘Art over Maths’ – something I came up with to keep my son occupied this holiday.
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