Teacher Notes
Overview
Topic: Botanical Illustration
Audience: Grades 9-12 or Adults
Disciplines: Art, Science, Botany, Continuing Education
Part drawing and part science, botanical illustration provides a unique opportunity to look closely at nature and learn from it. This web quest could be utilized by art, science, botany, and horticulture students or anyone with a general interest in botanical illustration and botany.
This web quest is primarily self-guided, but it could be used for younger learners with some supervision and independently for adult learners.
Standards
This learning module is aligned with the National Science Education Standards (NSES), especially Structure and function in living systems 1, 4-6, 10
and the standards set forth by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
For for more information regarding plants in the curriculum visit:
http://www.actionbioscience.org/education/hershey2.html
References
Wilkins, M. 1988. Plantwatching: How Plants Remember, Tell Time, Form Relationships and More. Facts on File, NY
A Brief History of Botanical Illustration, Early Portrayal of Plants By Jutta Buck. Retrieved from
www.asba-art.org/article/history-botanical-art-part-1-early-portrayal-plants
Biologybyme. (2013, February 17). Flower Dissection. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ZbEj5Hy3NHE
7activestudio. (2011, December 22). Plant Parts. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/OxQka2Bai7M
Arizona Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona. (1998). Botany, Plant Parts and functions. Retrieved from http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/botany/plantparts.html
Topic: Botanical Illustration
Audience: Grades 9-12 or Adults
Disciplines: Art, Science, Botany, Continuing Education
Part drawing and part science, botanical illustration provides a unique opportunity to look closely at nature and learn from it. This web quest could be utilized by art, science, botany, and horticulture students or anyone with a general interest in botanical illustration and botany.
This web quest is primarily self-guided, but it could be used for younger learners with some supervision and independently for adult learners.
Standards
This learning module is aligned with the National Science Education Standards (NSES), especially Structure and function in living systems 1, 4-6, 10
and the standards set forth by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
For for more information regarding plants in the curriculum visit:
http://www.actionbioscience.org/education/hershey2.html
References
Wilkins, M. 1988. Plantwatching: How Plants Remember, Tell Time, Form Relationships and More. Facts on File, NY
A Brief History of Botanical Illustration, Early Portrayal of Plants By Jutta Buck. Retrieved from
www.asba-art.org/article/history-botanical-art-part-1-early-portrayal-plants
Biologybyme. (2013, February 17). Flower Dissection. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ZbEj5Hy3NHE
7activestudio. (2011, December 22). Plant Parts. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/OxQka2Bai7M
Arizona Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona. (1998). Botany, Plant Parts and functions. Retrieved from http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/botany/plantparts.html
Created for ITEC 67438 Instructional Applications of the Internet at Kent State University by J. Robison