Subject area
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: “Analyzing Artworks through the Technical Manual”
Educational objective
•Guiding students to discuss the artworks found on the EducArt platform through the theme of Peace, while making connections with the Sciences
•Guiding students to fill out a technical manual (specifications) based on one of these works
Description of activity
Class 1: Once the project, its objectives and the EducArt platform have been presented, students explore the documentation related to the theme of Peace found on the platform. In smaller groups, students share an appreciation of the artworks Man Size by Richard Mosse and Cactus Man No. 1 by Julio González, found on the platform. Students study the text related to the theme found on the EducArt platform. Students complete a heuristic diagram to define peace. Students watch the video featuring Monique Mujawamariya found on the EducArt platform.
Class 2: Students define and study the technical manual (specifications). In smaller groups, they select a work from the EducArt platform and begin to develop a technical manual (specifications), based on the work, that includes the following constraints: human, technical, physical, industrial, economic and environmental.
Class 3: Students take part in a creative session. Students continue to prepare their technical manual.
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:
• (C1) Seeks answers or solutions to scientific or technological problems
• (C3) Communicates in the languages used in science and technology
Key Features:
• (C1) Chooses an investigation or design scenario
• (C1) Defines a problem
• (C3) Participates in exchanging scientific and technological information
• (C3) Interprets and produces scientific and technological messages
Cross-curricular Competencies:
• Cooperates with others
• Uses information
• Exercises critical judgment
Targeted skills (if applicable)
Drawing schematic diagrams
Expected student outcomes
A technical manual prepared using a work found on the EducArt platform as a starting point