The main objective of this lesson is to illustrate an important application of mathematics in practical life -- namely in art. Most of the pictures selected for this lesson are visible on the walls of Al-Hambra – Granada (Spain), which is one of the most important landmarks in the Islamic civilization. There are three educational goals for this lesson: (1) establishing the concept of isometries; (2) giving real-life examples of groups; (3) demonstrating the importance of matrices and their applications. As background for this lesson, students just need some familiarity with the concept of a group and a limited knowledge about matrices and the inverse of a non-singular matrix.

This course is particularly focused on helping you develop visual literacy skills, but all the college courses you take are to some degree about information literacy. Visual literacy is really just a specialized type of information literacy. The skills you acquire in this course will help you become an effective researcher in other fields, as well.

This course is an exploration of visual art forms and their cultural connections for the student with little experience in the visual arts. It includes a brief study of art history and in depth studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative processes and thought. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: interpret examples of visual art using a five-step critical process that includes description, analysis, context, meaning, and judgment; identify and describe the elements and principles of art; use analytical skills to connect formal attributes of art with their meaning and expression; explain the role and effect of the visual arts in societies, history, and other world cultures; articulate the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic themes and issues that artists examine in their work; identify the processes and materials involved in art and architectural production; utilize information to locate, evaluate, and communicate information about visual art in its various forms. Note that this course is an alternative to the Saylor FoundationĺÎĺ_ĺĚĺ_s ARTH101A and has been developed through a partnership with the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; the Saylor Foundation has modified some WSBCTC materials. This free course may be completed online at any time. (Art History 101B)

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Artist 2 Artist is a series from the Springville Museum of Art where artists share their expertise and answer questions from students. This episode features ceramicist, Janna Siebert.

This is a professional training for secondary art teachers on charcoal drawing. In this training for Utah teachers professional artist Liz Harris shares her preferred materials and tips and tricks for drawing with charcoal. She also gives tips on teaching students about charcoal drawing and teaching drawing in online and hybrid classrooms.

Artist 2 Artist is a series from the Springville Museum of Art where artists share their expertise and answer questions from students. This episode features Emily Fox King, an artist based in Ogden, Utah.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Jewelry artist and arts professional Jennifer Ortiz shows us her studio and talks to us about working as an artist part-time, using the artistic process to learn and experiment, reusing and recycling materials, and finding your niche as an artist by making art you love!

Artist 2 Artist is a series from the Springville Museum of Art where artists share their expertise and answer questions from students. This episode features Karl Hale, sculpturist.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. As a professional street artist and muralist, Bill Louis takes us through his evolution as an artist, who inspires him, and how he incorporates his culture into his work. He also gives students tips on how to create a mural from finding supplies, how to scale your artwork up, and where to paint. Some of his work include street and tunnel murals in Park City, Utah, Habitat for Humanity in Utah County, South Towne Mall in Sandy, Utah, and many others around the country.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Artist 2 Artist is a series from the Springville Museum of Art where artists share their expertise and answer questions from students. This episode features oil painter, Andrew Alba.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Join professional artist Michelle Franzoni Thorley as she discusses her artistic process and inspiration. She covers topics like the importance of representation in art, the power of art to heal, and gives advice to high school students on how to pursue an art career.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals.Curator and Fiber Artist Danielle Susi joins us for a Q&A where she discusses working and experimenting with different materials, finding work as a professional artist, how to pursue different art careers and explore career paths, and how to deal with imposter syndrome.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Artist 2 Artist is a series from the Springville Museum of Art where artists share their expertise and answer questions from students. This episode features sculptor, David LeCheminant.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Join professional artists Steve and Tonya Vistaunet as they talk about their careers in the arts, finding inspiration, staying true to yourself and your art, and their favorite artworks they've created (including a huge mural at the Cake Creation Studio). Steve and Tonya collaborate on paintings and each do work on their own, Tonya as a painter, and Steve as an illustrator and graphic designer.

This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Join professional artist Leslie Graff in her Massachusetts studio as she talks about her career path as an artist, how she composes her paintings, working from photographs, her painting methods and techniques, and other advice for student artists!

Novel representations and diverse perspectives can reveal new insights into complex systems, and can support rich understandings of the world. In this activity, students will identify and analyze the choices artists and scientists make when creating representations of living or non-living natural objects. This process will help students recognize the potential and place for their own articulation of how the world works. After drawing from nature, students will reflect on the process of representing information, then compare their drawings with that of a 16th-century artist. Students will consider what is included and what is excluded, and hypothesize about larger contexts and systems.

A fun activity where kids can search outside for living matter to arrange and create different bug or insect species.

The Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTS Arts) provides arts-integrated instruction to elementary students, effectively increasing student performance in every subject—from language arts and social studies to math and science. The program is currently in 400 Utah elementary schools in 36 districts, including over 30 charter schools, and is serving over 300,000 students. Though there are no preschool-specific lesson plans, many of the kindergarten lesson plans could be adapted for preschool.

In this lesson, students will consider the many kinds of communities that exist, and reflect on their own special ties to a community they are a part of. After watching the video for "Sunday Candy," and hearing the poetry of Chicago-based Kevin Coval, students will hold their own poetry slam featuring poems about community.

This activity allows students to explore reflective symmetry. They are asked to color a given arrangement of triangles in symmetric patterns using specific numbers of colors. The Teachers' Notes page includes suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support, and printable sheets