Art, particularly observational drawing, plays an important role in science. By creating representational artwork, students develop observation skills and appreciation of the diverse ways organisms have adapted to life on Earth. This interdisciplinary project combines techniques and design elements of the visual arts with hands-on scientific exploration as students create masks that exhibit attributes of animals observed at the Smithsonian Institution’s Naturalist Center in Leesburg, Virginia.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2006Stock # tst06_073_03_48Volume 073Issue 03