I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
— Albert Einstein
The Art Institute of Chicago offers a class which blends art, science and technology, appropriately titled Science, Art + Technology (http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/sciarttech/ ). Here is an excerpt from the AIC's program site: "The program's overarching goal was to show science teachers that an art museum may be used as a visual library to augment and to enrich established high-school science curricula in chemistry, earth science, or physics. With primary emphasis on the theme of light and color, the sessions, conceptually integrated with Illinois State Goals and Chicago Academic Standards, revealed how the scientific method is applied to the making, conserving, and exhibiting of art. This Web site is designed for all teachers, who are invited to make use of its contents as points of departure for their own explorations with their students of science, art, or technology."
You can also view snippets of the video lecture here: http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/sciarttech/2a.html
After looking through some of the materials for this course, do you think a course like this would give you a better understanding of art, science and technology as seperate fields? How does studying art in a Science class help you learn science better? How does studying science in an Art class help you understand art better? When you mix different subjects do you learn better? Why or why not? Does it make it more confusing? Or does it give a better perspective?
it may give a better perspective. i like working on one thing at a time, so learning two subjects wouldnt be to easy.
ReplyDeleteI think mixing two different classes makes you understand both subjects and learn more because there are no boundaries to your learning. You can learn more about both subjects seperatly and as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know. I think it depends on the kid. Science is my worst possible subject by far, & I wouldn't appreciate incorporating it into my art considering art is something I actually like, whereas science is something I hate.
ReplyDeleteI think mixing subjects imitates the real world more accuratly and can enrich the educational experience. Visual art, or even the more basic skill off observation is a part of all subject matter. I think using art to better understand science would be extremely helpful.
ReplyDeleteIt would give me somewhat of a better understanding the art but if it was combibed with science or vice versa i dont think i would like art as much as i do now
ReplyDeleteThis confused me and i dont get it.
ReplyDeleteI think personally that this seems like a good idea but i dont know i got this gut feeling that its not good for everyone
ReplyDeleteDifferent people learn in different ways, the hands-on "artsy science" lessons can educate people and help flesh out their creative side.
ReplyDeleteI like working on one thing at a time, for me this would be hard to do, and its would really complicated and nothing would ever get done because id give up.
ReplyDeleteI think mixing the two classes would make me alittle bit more intrested in the class and how they would be connected.
ReplyDeletei think working with more than one thing at a time would be a little confusing. but i'm not really sure, cause everyone is different with this kind of stuff.
ReplyDeleteI think it could. I think it would be a good class for someone who is actually good at sciene and enjoys it. not me.
ReplyDeleteputting science into art is a great thing because you need some of that science stuff to draw and the art in science is big to.
ReplyDeleteI think the mixing of class' is best because it allows all learning types to soak in the knowledge that is supposed to be obtained through that class
ReplyDeletei feel like art and science are not that related with eachother. like when you think of physics i mainly think math and a bunch of theorys. then when i think of art i think creative and free, so i dont think these two subjects can be combined...
ReplyDeletebut art and technology can be used to bennifet eachother.