Earth Curriculum Integration:
 Earth/Env.Science, Geometry

 Concepts 
NC Course of Study Objectives: 21st Century Skills:
  • Cartography
    		• 4.02A.1, A.3
  • Drawing a sphere and other geometric shapes
    		• 3.04A.1
  • Drawing to Scale and Using a Grid
    		• 2.03B.2
  • Drawing 3 Dimensions - Light and Shadow
    		• 7.05B.2
  • Drawing 3 Dimensions - Using a Vanishing Point
    		• 3.05B.1
  • Foreshortening
    		• 3.05, 4.02B.1
  • Conserving Materials
    		• 3.02C.2, C.9

    Earth fron Apollo 17 - one of the most famous photos ever taken of the Earth One-point Perspective - the Vanishing Point



     Skills 

    • Draw with shadows

    • Draw using vanishing points

    • Enlarge using a grid



     Artists 

    • Alan Bean - b.1932 - The only artist to have walked on the moon"

      'That's how it felt to walk on the moon' 'Success'

      He called this painting 'Kissing'



     Words We'll Use 

    • Background: The area that appears to be farthest away or behind the other objects.

    • Cartography: The art of map-making.

    • Foreground: The area that appears to be nearest and in front of the other objects.

    • Foreshortening: Objects that are closer appear larger than objects that are farther away.

    • Hatching: Using lots of little lines to shade in an area.

    • Middle Ground: The area that appears between the foreground and background.

    • Paper-mache: Paper pulp mixed with wheat paste and molded into three-dimensional forms.

    • Perspective: Techniques for creating the illusion of 3-dimensions on a 2-dimensional surface.

    • Proportion: The relationship between the sizes of elements in an artwork. Used to enlarge or reduce a drawing accurately.

    • Scale drawing: A drawing or map that changes the size of something but keeps the proportions accurate. The scale may be 1 foot = 1 inch, 10 miles = 1 inch, etc.

    • Sphere: A round 3-dimensional object.

    • Stippling: Using lots of little dots to shade in an area.