Exploring
Science through Art - Schools Session 1
The programme is presented to Key Stage 2 children by professional artist,
Paul Goodrick, and science teacher, Sue Parsons. Two Kent schools - St.
Saviours, Westgate and Langdon School, near Dover see art and science
merged together. The programme is tied in to the National Curriculum.
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Introduction
The classes are introduced to scientific principles of DNA in people and plants and to our own identities through different ways of doing self-portraits. Links are made to work by famous artists, to spiral forms that we see in nature and in buildings, and clues are given by using everyday objects. The basic meaning of DNA is discussed. Click the button to hear the children say it. |
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Self-portraits Appearances can be deceptive and there are many ways of identifying ourselves and making self-portraits. DNA is probably the most precise way. Here the children draw self-portraits of themselves, not by the conventional way of looking in a mirror (which is not a true image anyway) but by touching their own faces and translating this into a group sketch. Just like their characters, each drawing is very individual, while as a whole, it has the identity of the class. They are learning new ways of seeing. |
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DNA Spiral
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| © 2002 Paul Goodrick |
