"Landscape of Change"

• This is a landscape painting by Jill Pelto that uses data about sea-level rise, glacier volume decline, increasing global temperatures, and the increasing use of fossil fuels to generate data lines. 
• These data lines compose a landscape shaped by the changing climate, a world in which we are now living. 

Positives

• The painting is simple and easy to appreciate and interpret.
• There is a link to different websites with data about different climate change concerns. 
• This resource is ideal for sparking creativity in students.

Additional Prerequisites

• This resource supports lessons but may not exactly replace them. Hence, it is advisable for the educator to determine how to apply this in the lesson. 

Differentiation

• The educator can sign the students up for a collaborative project with the author Jill Pelto.
• Teachers can invite the artist via Zoom for an explanation of the artwork from her perspective.
• Students can be challenged to represent other climate change risks they identify in their community in the form of art.
• Other works by Jill Pelto include "Decline in Glacier Mass Balance", "Moments of Observation", "Measuring Crevasse Depth", and Support Marine Reserves in the Antarctic: Overfishing, Bycatch, Climate Change".

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