No matter where we live, we can encourage students to respond to the natural world around them through art. Historic and contemporary artists who express their own responses to nature can be shown as examples.
Art can show students how connected they are to nature's beauty and power through both scientific and fanciful investigations. They can explore, through art, their immediate surroundings and how they relate to the wild animals that live in the area, the natural habitats around them and the weather and climate. Students can also expand their investigations to global issues concerning nature, ecology, conservation and climate change.
