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The Art in the Park Guide

Elementary

Description

In today's fast-paced, technological world it is important that young people spend meaningful time outside exploring and engaging with local environments. This resource provides a range of hands-on activities, including drawing, photography, poetry, soundscape exploration, and sculpture that encourage close observation of nature. Designed for use in parks and green spaces, the activities can be used on their own or organized into an "All Arts Trail", in which students rotate through creative stations and respond to different elements of the landscape. This flexible, multidisciplinary guide encourages students to slow down, notice details, and deepen their awareness of the fascinating natural world that surrounds them.

General Assessment

Recommendation of how and where to use it

This resource supports K-5 outcomes in Science and Arts related to animals, plants, habitats and creative expression. Students practice scientific processes such as observing, recording, and describing features of the natural environment while also using a range of artistic forms to represent their learning. The flexible, open-ended activities can be adapted across grade levels and used within ecosystem units, outdoor science investigations, or cross curricular inquiries that connect science and the arts. One activity, "Unnatural Art", has students collect found man-made objects and use them to create an art piece. This idea could be extended into a simple conservation action during which the class cleans up litter in the park or green space they explored. Students could document the area before and after the clean up through drawings or photographs, along with written reflections that connect their observations to the importance of caring for the environment through small, local actions.

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      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts: Music: To appreciate musical works, personal productions, and those of classmates
        • Arts: Visual Arts: To produce individual works in the visual arts
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • To write self - expressive narrative and information -
      • Science & Technology
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Living Things
    • Grade 5
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts: Music: To appreciate musical works, personal productions, and those of classmates
        • Arts: Visual Arts: To produce individual works in the visual arts
        • Arts: Visual Arts: To appreciate works of art, media images, personal productions and those of classmates
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • To write self - expressive narrative and information -
      • Science & Technology
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Living Things
  • Saskatchewan
    • Step 2Select a grade level
    • Kindergarten
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts: Exploring Our World
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Compose and Create
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Units & Outcomes
    • Grade 1
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts 1: Critical/Responsive
        • Arts Education 1: Creative/Productive
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Compose and Create
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Needs & Characteristics of Living Things
        • Using Our Senses
    • Grade 2
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education 2: Creative/Productive
        • Arts Education 2: Critical/Responsive
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Compose and Create
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Animal Growth and Changes
    • Grade 3
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education 3 : Creative/Productive
        • Arts Education 3: Critical/Responsive
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Compose and Create
    • Grade 4
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education 4: Creative/Productive
        • Arts Education 4: Critical/Responsive
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Compose and Create
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Habitats and Communities
    • Grade 5
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education 5: Creative/Productive
        • Arts Education 5: Critical/Responsive
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Compose and Create
  • Yukon Territory
    • Step 2Select a grade level
    • Kindergarten
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education: Dance, drama, music, and visual arts express meaning in unique ways
        • Arts Education: Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry through purposeful play
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science: Plants and animals have observable features
    • Grade 1
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education: Dance, drama, music, and visual arts express meaning in unique ways
        • Arts Education: Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry through purposeful play
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 1: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment
        • Science 1:Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape
    • Grade 2
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education: Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
        • Arts Education: People connect to the hearts and minds of others in a variety of places and times through the arts
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 2: Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment
    • Grade 3
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education: Creative experiences involve an interplay between exploration, inquiry, and purposeful choice.
        • Arts Education: Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 3: Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
    • Grade 4
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education: Creative expression is a means to explore and share one’s identity within a community.
        • Arts Education: Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
    • Grade 5
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Arts Education: Dance, drama, music and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
        • Arts Education: Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and belonging.
        • Arts Education: Works of art influence and are influenced by the world around us.
      • English/Language Arts
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works

Themes Addressed

Ecosystems (2)

  • Appreciating the Natural World
  • Biodiversity