"Spring Core Extraction"

• This watercolor and colored pencil piece portraying a scientist taking a core sample is accompanied by a robust explanation of the artwork presented. 
• Students will learn about the field research completed by scientists, what is going on beneath the surface, and soil levels and segments. 

Positives

• This resource includes a gorgeous piece of art that will inspire young artists and scientists.
• Students will enjoy learning about how art and science can merge unexpectedly.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand the concepts of scientific fieldwork, climate change, soil layers and cores, and strata.
• It may benefit students to understand the connection between art and science.

Differentiation

• This resource would work equally well in a science or art class. Teachers can make cross-curricular connections in social studies classes studying how scientists can "look through time" and into the past by examining soil.
• This resource would work well for a gallery walk. Print this art piece and several others from Jill Pelto. Have students walk around the room and make observations (either scientific or artistic, depending on the class). Students can either post their ideas on sticky notes near each piece or share them in a whole-class share-out session. 
• If your science class is learning about another type of fieldwork, have students illustrate their understanding of the fieldwork and explain what scientists do and why. 

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