Tennessee State University - Center of Excellence Information Systems - Institute for Understanding Biological Systems - Dr. Todd Gary
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Drawn to Space: Keeping a Discovery Journal of the Solar Neighborhood is a series of teacher workshops for teams comprised of art teachers and general education teachers. The focus is on cross-curriculum planning for science and the arts. The workshops are being held through out the school year (2003-2004) at Dyer Observatory.
This program is a partnership between Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt University with funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the NASA Ideas Grant. The teachers participate in activities that help them understand the scientific information about the phases of the moon and solar system. They learn the science content by exploring the night sky with Rocky Alvey, the Superintendent of Dyer Observatory. Judy Butler, the Director of Education and Public Outreach for the Center of Excellence in Information Systems at Tennessee State University, is responsible for planning the curriculum and conducting the writing and visual arts instruction for the workshops. Ms. Butler is an educator and naturalist who has taught the art of journal keeping to students and teachers across the state of Tennessee for the last ten years as part of the Harpeth River Project.
Workshop Announcement
Examples of Teacher Art Work during the Workshops
Examples of Middle School Student Discovery Journals
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Tennessee State University - Center of Excellence Information Systems - Institute for Understanding Biological Systems - Dr. Todd Gary
