ACE PICTURING ENDANGERED SPECIES! Arts for Children’s Enrichment.

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Arts for Children’s Enrichment

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ACEToday’s Timeline:10 min – survey20 min – introductory slides / discussion15 min – grid system drawing / charcoal15 min – mural assemblage10 min – abstract art40 min – group mural project instructions10 min – final survey / reflection


ACELesson Timeline:10 min – survey30 min – slides / discussion70 min – activity10 min – final survey / reflection / presentation


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Picturing Endangered Species In this unit, you will learn

about endangered and threatened species around the world as you experiment with grid system drawing, sketching, charcoal drawing, and mural making.

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Picturing Endangered Species Goals of the Unit Develop skills in art techniques

Improve comfort in expressing self through art and various materials

Learn about endangered species around the world



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Guiding Cultural Connections Questions What are the leading causes that threaten species? Across the globe, are the leading causes the same? What are the issues of greatest concern?

Guiding Art Questions How would you describe a common feature of

abstract art? Name 3 drawing techniques. How might depth be created? Name 3 spatial devices which can be used to create

the appearance of space What is value?




4 Learning Activities

Lesson 3 – Abstract Styles• Focus: Abstract Artist Styles • Shattered Color Pencil Artwork

Lesson 4 – Field Trip• Visit an aquarium, wildlife game reserve, estuary, wildlife conservation project, fish farm, wildlife habitat nursery, etc.




4 Learning Activities Lesson 1 – Introduction to

Grid Work• Focus: reasons for extinction,

ongoing concerns • Drawing techniques, grid work• Species drawing

Lesson 2 – Charcoal Mural• Focus: charcoal drawing and

shading




4 Learning Activities

Lesson 3 – Shattered Species• Focus: Abstract Artist Styles • Shattered Color Pencil Artwork

Lesson 4 – Field Trip• Visit an aquarium, wildlife game reserve, estuary, wildlife conservation project, fish farm, wildlife habitat nursery, etc.



What do you know about Endangered Species?

Picturing Endangered Species Background – Video Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawy5L1exwg&feature=related

Fragile eco-systems and threatened species with images and names. 4:15 min


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtl82URPJsE&feature=related

Photo slide: Volunteer reads slides aloud 1 min

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenopolisTV?feature=pyv&ad=3556859606&kw=animals#p/u/0/PSl1ECJyESU

The Plight of the Laysan Albatross 1:30 min

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenopolisTV?feature=pyv&ad=3556859606&kw=animals#p/u/26/7JBpsQTxsYs

Preventing trash from reaching the sea 55 min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmTLLmhxFQ 4:52 min

Recent Extinct Animals of the 20th Century


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtl82URPJsE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenopolisTV?feature=pyv&ad=3556859606&kw=animals#p/u/0/PSl1ECJyESU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmTLLmhxFQ

Picturing Endangered Species What is the Endangered Species Act?

• ESA was passed in 1973 to protect at-risk plant and animal species• There are two categories “Endangered” or “Threatened”• Endangered: danger of becoming extinct• Threatened: likely to become endangered in the future

• Another way to think about extinction!!


http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/esa.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1EixVFKZE

Blonds extinct in 200 years?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1EixVFKZE

Picturing Endangered Species How does a Species get “Listed?”

• The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), a bureau of the Department of the Interior is responsible for listing, delisting, and reclassifying the species.

• When the FWS announces a proposal to the Federal Register, the public is then allowed to comment on the proposal for a set period of time, letting the FWS know whether or not they agree or disagree with the proposal.

• The process can take a year or longer.



Picturing Endangered Species How many Species are Protected by the ESA?

• As of May 31, 2000• 1051 animal species protected• 368 are listed as Endangered in the US, 518 in foreign countries• 128 are listed as Threatened in the US, 37 in foreign countries

• There are 738 plant species protected• 593 in the US, 1 foreign• 142 Threatened in the US and 2 foreign

• A total of 1789 species are protected by the ESA



Picturing Endangered Species In What Other Ways are Endangered Species Protected?

• Local laws enforced by state governments and state departments• Groups of species are protected by specific acts such as the Marine

Mammal Protection Act• Foreign countries have protection laws for their endangered species• Endangered species are protected on international levels as well (ie. The

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an agreement between 150 countries that have agreed not to trade the species on the endangered lists

• Google US Fish and Wildlife Service for more info on the Endangered species Program



Picturing Endangered SpeciesProtection of Endangered Species:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddebPBrWaxI&feature=fvw

Endangered animals: watch with mute sound and pause button!


Preventing trash from reaching the sea

Picturing Endangered SpeciesConnection to Australian Unit: Protection of Endangered Species:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsBMcOVj8Ithe Dingo: A Threatened Species - 2min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fcp0ehIDPw Australian preservation of corridors for climate-threatened species - 3:35min

Picturing Endangered SpeciesVocabulary (Use Exercise Sheet)

abstract1.a style of art that refers to various types of 20th-century avant-garde art;

2. also refers to images that have been so altered from their realistic/natural appearance; they have been simplified to their basic contours/forms;

3. art is often based upon a recognizable object, which is then simplified to show some purer underlying form, sometimes removing any references to recognizable objects


Drawing techniques: different ways of drawing, such as hatching, stippling, contour, blending, or shading

hatching—drawing repeating parallel lines to create a texture or value cross hatching—drawing repeated crossing lines to create a texture or value contour—drawing the outlines of a shape blending—smudging to create a texture/value shading—creating various gradations of value of a color

hatching cross-hatching stippling smudging/blending

Picturing Endangered Speciesspacean element of visual arts; the area above, below, around, and within a piece of artwork. The illusion of depth or space on a flat surface is created through the use of the following techniques: overlapping shapes and forms, use of size, detail, value, color, and linear perspective

spatial devicesmethods used to create the appearance of space in an artwork; foreground/middle ground/background, overlap, placement, size, detail, color, foreground—the area of an artwork that appears closest middle ground—the area between the foreground and background background—the area of an artwork that appears farthest away: a way of showing space

color value—the lightness or darkness of a color horizon line—based on the artist’s eye level, a line where sky meets earth overlap—partly cover another part


Value

an element of visual arts; the lightness and darkness of a line, shape, or form

Picturing Endangered SpeciesValue: an element of visual arts; the lightness and darkness of a line, shape, or form

Joe Contuzzi, grade 10, pencil, page 62, From Ordinary to Extraordinary by Ken Vieth, Davis Publications.Try playing with colored pencils! Color a range of values within each section!

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