Science, Art and the Four Dimensions of Understanding Purposes Knowledge Methods Forms

Lawrence Horvath & Julia Marshall San Francisco State University

Purposes: WHY
of Science and Art
Understanding, Interpreting, Representing Ourselves and the World

ART

Knowledge in Art: WHAT

Personal and cultural interpretations of experience, perception and phenomena Techniques and Craft History of Art: Global and Local Aesthetics Contemporary Art Practices Arts role in culture and society

Art Methods: HOW

Conceptual Strategies
Observe Plan investigations and projects Ask questions, investigate Analyze, synthesize Collect, gather Juxtapose Associate, construct metaphor Project, imagine, envision Elaborate, extend, amplify Invent Construct, render Transform, translate Enact/mimic/embody

Forms in the Arts

Visual Arts (sculpture, drawing, painting, textiles, ceramics, photography, digital, installation, performance, video etc Dance (Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Folk etc) Theater (Tragedy, Comedy, Mime, Melodrama Improvisation etc) Music (Song, Symphony, Concerto, Duet, Dance etc )

Science

Science Methods: HOW

Ask questions Develop and use models Plan and carry out investigations Analyze and interpret data Use mathematics and computational thinking Construct explanations Engage in argument from evidence Obtain, evaluate and communicate information

Methods in Science A and in Science B

A: Experiment
B: Construct a story from evidence

Methods in Engineering
Define problems Design solutions

Branches of Science (Forms of Science)

Tree of Science
W. Bradford Paley

Knowledge in Science: WHAT

Disciplinary Core Ideas Physical Sciences: Matter, Motion, Energy, Waves etc Life Sciences: Structures and Processes in Organisms, Ecosystems,
Heredity, Evolution

Earth and Space Sciences: Earth Placement, Systems,

Earth/Human Activity

Engineering, Technology and Applications of Science: Design, Links among engineering, technology, science and
society

Knowledge in Science: WHAT

Cross Cutting Concepts
Patterns Cause and Effect Scale, Proportion and Quantity Systems and System Models Energy and Matter Structure and Function Stability and Change

Forms in Science
(conceptual tools)

Charts Graphs Maps Equations Diagrams Collection displays Cross-sections Illustrations Models Timelines

Culminating Activity
Create/draw a new snapshot that that you would expect to fit your story. The new snapshot can be positioned either at the beginning, within, or at the end of your story. It should support the evidence, inferences, and arguments that your group has used in your initial construction.

Creative Strategies
Project, imagine, envision Elaborate, extend, amplify Invent Fill in the Blanks

Dougal Dixon After Man

Critical Thinking for Understanding Creativity for Understanding

Questions?