Illuminations

I believe that all subjects can be taught through art, and art can be taught through all subjects. After all, everything is related to each other somehow...the key is finding out how. I often find myself searching within other subject areas to find inspiration for my one-day-art class and curriculum. I love LOVE LOVE finding relationships between things, so this seems to be a natural progression for me. Nevertheless, my point is that I often come across math and science sites and resources that are just begging to be incorporated into a visual arts lesson plan.

Illuminations, from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is a great teaching resource which includes activities, lessons, and standards for K-12 mathematics. Given the relationship between art and math, this is a valuable tool for art teachers as well. This relationship can be seen in:

• Shapes
• Measurement
• Tessellations
• Fractals
• Knots
• Proportion
• Patterns
• Architecture
• Plus much more...

Below is a worksheet maker that I thought was very neat. It is called Dynamic Paper, and it easily creates a variety of PDF worksheets which are available for you to download or embed into a webpage.

Dynamic Paper