Subject area
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY: “The Art of Identity”
Educational objective
• Guiding students to discuss the artworks found on the EducArt platform about the theme of Memory
• Guiding students to formulate a scientific hypothesis
• Guiding students to derive the phenomena connected to evolution by focussing on a selection of works related to the theme of Memory
Description of activity
Class 1: Once the project guidelines have been explained, students read and study the text and view the works related to the theme of Memory found on the EducArt platform. Students then share their appreciation of an artwork on the platform. Students respond to guiding questions. Afterwards, they watch a video featuring Signy Sheldon and have a group discussion about the video content. In smaller groups, they share their appreciation of the work Young Girls Dancing around an Obelisk by Hubert Robert.
Class 2: Students study fossils and their origins; the theory of evolution; natural selection. In a group, they explore what might have triggered natural evolution and how an individual can leave a full and faithful trace of itself behind.
Class 3: In smaller groups, students find the evolutionary triggers in each of the artworks related to the theme of Memory on the EducArt platform. They observe and identify the changes related to the terrestrial home environment found in these artworks.
Class 4: Students reflect on how humans have evolved over 2,000 years. They note the changes that may have caused this evolution. They put forward a hypothesis to explain this evolution.
Class 5: Students write out their hypothesis and present the work orally.
Predicted subject areas (subject-specific competencies, key features, cross-curricular
competencies, according to the Progression of Learning or other Ministry of Education’s
documents)
Competencies:
• (C2) Makes the most of his/her knowledge of science and technology
• (C3) Communicates in the languages used in science and technology
Key Features:
• (C2) Understands the scientific principles underlying the issue
• (C2) Forms an opinion about the issue
• (C3) Produces and shares scientific and technological messages
Cross-curricular Competencies:
• Uses information
• Communicates
• Exercises critical judgment