Art 371
Earth Day Module

Expected Time to Complete: 3 hours

Time In:________

Name______________________ Time Out:_______


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1. Go to the following internet address (type it in the address line of Netscape or your browser):

http://www.ArtsEdNet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Ecology/index.html
 

Scroll down to "Links" and click on it.
 

2. Locate the name of an artist on the Web who uses our Environment and its safety as a theme for their artwork.

Artist's Name: ________________________________________ (full name)

Web Address:_____________________________________________

Title & Image of one artwork by Artist:

Title:____________________________________________________

Web Address:______________________________________________

Write a 200 word summary (in your own words) about the artist's life and work. You can attach this.
 

3. You will write a 200 word summary on the History of Earth Day.

You can attach it.

Find it here:

http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/edn/GNelson.html
 

Put this in your own words. Don't quote!
 
4. Do a Net Search (try Excite) for "earth day". Find a site which describes a community's specific activities or plans. Put it here:
 

Site Address:_______________________________________________

Title:_____________________________________________________
 

Plan summary (in your own words):
 
5. Find an Earth Day appropriate art project and attach it this page. It cannot be one of the two art projects we did in class, but it can be from a source other than the Internet.

Where did you find it? Or

Site Address:_______________________________________________

Title:_____________________________________________________
 
 
6. Design a Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for 4th Graders.
 

Go to: The Earth Day Network
 

http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/EarthDAy/ednethome.html
 

You will use this site as a jumping off point (if you so choose, you can choose another related site).
 
 

The Scavenger Hunt must have the following components:

a. Go to the following address on the Internet/WWW
 

Site Address:_______________________________________________

Title:_____________________________________________________
 

b. Write five (5) questions that the students must find answers to at the site.
 

c. Write four (4) statements that students must agree or disagree with (Earth Day Content). They must provide a WWW Address that explains their answer.
 

d. Have the students answer a question, write a paragraph, etc. This question/activity may or may not send them out onto the WWW to surf for information.
 

7. Describe a complete Earth Day Fair for your Elementary School Classroom. What will they do? Put together the components which you have found for this assignment in a creative way and be specific. Your students must do at least one art project and then they must also do at least one Earth Day social service or community project. Who will you get to help you? Will you coordinate this project with others? Tell me your ideas. Try and be realistic (but you can be ambitious if you want). I want this answer to be more than three or four phrases but it can be in outline format. Attach it to this handout.
 

Please turn in two copies of this project



 
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