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Life Sciences
+1 Age Levels Primary (5 to 8 years old)
This collection explores field drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition, led by United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes from 1838-1842 utilizing several resources from the Smithsonian Field Book Project. Students will explore the elements of a field drawing, the information that can be gleaned from these records and consider why a naval scientific expedition might have included artists. To extend the activity, students can also select a fish image from the Smithsonian collection to illustrate and annotate the way that an artist in the field might.
Keywords: scientific illustration, sketches
Learning from Field Drawings: Fish of the Wilkes Expedition (1838-1842)
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- Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
- Created by:
- Ashley Naranjo
- Date Published
- April 07, 2016
- Last Modified
- November 05, 2021
- Description
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This collection explores field drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition, led by United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes from 1838-1842 utilizing several resources from the Smithsonian Field Book Project. Students will explore the elements of a field drawing, the information that can be gleaned from these records and consider why a naval scientific expedition might have included artists. To extend the activity, students can also select a fish image from the Smithsonian collection to illustrate and annotate the way that an artist in the field might.
Keywords: scientific illustration, sketches
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Teachers may also be interested in:
Packet of field drawings from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
http://nmnh.typepad.com/files/usee_7186.pdfSmithsonian In Your Classroom Lesson Plan: Introduction to the Nature Journal
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/journals/smithsonian_siyc_fall06.pdf
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