Artistic Expression Explored through Science and Mathematics

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=56 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="011a0a03.jpg"> <div> Artistic Expression Explored through Science and Mathematics</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=135 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="21fa0c01dduajq.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Educators Science and Math Institute Ser"><U><B>Educators' Science and Math Institute Series</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Series"><U><B>About the Series</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goals"><U><B>Goals</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Institutes"><U><B>Institutes</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="lesson_plans_prepared_by_esmis_participants_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Plans"><U><B>Lesson Plans</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Albums"><U><B>Photo Albums</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm"><U><B> ESMIS</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=424 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Artistic Expression Explored through Science and Mathematics</div> <div> <I><B>June 24-28, 2002</B></I></div> <div> <B>Four graduate credits</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16311cd0.jpg" border=0 width="273" height="205" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ED 5601: Special Topics in Education - Summer, 2002</div> <div> ED 5602: Special Applications in Education - Fall 2002</div> <bR> <div> Based at MTU's Ford Forestry Center in Alberta, MI, this institute for K-12 teachers explores the importance and usefulness of incorporating artistic expression in the science and mathematics classroom. This course offers a wide variety of concepts focusing on real-world investigations of physical science phenomena, such as sound and vibrations, shadows, color and other</div> <div> light phenomena, and changes in matter and energy, as well as concepts in the life sciences that describe the complexity of the natural world and patterns that allow for hypotheses and predictions. Art is incorporated into all of the sessions through heightening awareness of observations, drawing, sketching, painting, writing, exploring artistic media, and investigating shapes and structures. Art is especially important in fostering spatial sense, helping students construct two-dimensional images, and laying the groundwork for symmetry, geometry, proportions, orientation, and three-dimensional thinking. This experience  prepares teachers to help students: understand how we investigate and learn about our world; observe and describe the geosphere, the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and universe around us; explore patterns and relationships; and strengthen language arts skills in literature, genre and craft of language. Teachers create a teaching unit to implement in their classrooms in the fall using this experience as a resource.</div> <bR> <div> Cost: $1850, covers tuition, lodging, art supplies, and instructional materials for the full week. Fellowships: Michigan teachers are eligible for fellowships from the Michigan Eisenhower Program, which cover all Institute fees for Michigan teachers except for a registration fee of $500.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>