9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The Science and Art of Air and Water Movement
Bernie Zubrowski

The patterns of air and water movement have been a source of fascination for artists and scientists throughout the ages. In this workshop, we will discover these patterns by exploring air currents with smoke and bubbles and by exploring the engaging forms in moving water with food color. These explorations will be related to the science of fluid dynamics, to the universal Jungian archetype of the vortex symbol, and to some works by contemporary and past artists.

Heliography
Charlene Waggoner

This workshop will give educators hands-on experience with two different forms of heliography: cyanotyping and sunpainting. Heliography is making images using the sun and cyanotyping is a very old, traditional process that uses a chemical reaction to create art. Sunpainting relies upon a physical process to create an image. Participants will learn ways to connect the creation of prints and a T-shirt or memory cloth to lessons about scientific method, measurements, area and plant morphology.

Whose Feet Are These?
Marian Brickner

Bring your digital camera (or borrow one of ours) to learn photographic techniques including composition, depth of field and lighting while photographing ten stuffed animals...including their feet! Come away with lists of riveting questions about how to explore the relationships between feet and the bodies they belong to. Marian Brickner, professional photographer, will lead you through an "enlightening" experience that your students will get a kick out of!

Dramatizing Science
Maria Varelas & Justine Kane

Integrate drama into the science class! We will explore how elementary-school teachers and children work together to act out scientific phenomena, models, and ideas, such as molecules in different states of matter, a food web in a forest ecosystem, or rocks and how they are made. In these activities, children imagine the world of molecules, animals, or rocks, and become the entities they are learning about. Dramatizing is a powerful tool for learning science that enhances children's thinking and communication skills. By using their whole bodies, children, with the guidance of their teacher, can develop a deeper conceptual understanding, wonder about new ideas, and reveal their reasoning. This session will include examples of how other teachers have enacted drama in their classrooms and provide an opportunity to explore new ways of using drama in your classroom.

What Can You Learn from an Old Ulna Bone? Biology, Math, and a Fine Arts Approach to Human Universals
Joan Hoscher & Jackie Lewis Harris

A human ulna reveals many things about the person to which it belonged. In this hands-on workshop, we will discover all of the wonderful information that could be obtained from one forearm bone. We will use this exercise to introduce the concept of human universals through the use of biological information and a sculpture exercise. This is highly interactive program that can be adapted to the classroom for grades 4 through 8.

9:30-10:55 a.m.

Celebrating the Collision of Art and Science: Exploring to Create…Creating to Explore
Carloyn Lesser

Join Carolyn in an exploration of the world and the world of nonfiction as you ignite your independent thinking, intellectual curiosity, primal artist, and exquisite humanity. Exploring her nonfiction process, literacy has purpose, artistic risk becomes experiment, human nature collides with the natural world, and science passions and enthusiasms morph into astonishments and beauty. In this hands-on session, welcome back the exuberant 10-year-old you were. Come to explore, discuss, draw, and write as we celebrate the confluence of science, art, and you!

Using Popular Media and Technology to Support Science Learning
Liz Nealon

Join award-winning children's educational media producer Liz Nealon (Sesame Street, Ghostwriter, The Upside Down Show) to explore the art and craft of creating inclusive media which entertains, engages and educates children. Using popular Media and Technology to Support Science Learning will include screening of excerpts from three current science television programs and their associated websites with discussion of the curriculum goals, analysis of child appeal, identification of salient educational features, and brainstorming about opportunities to incorporate in the classroom.

11:05 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sound Inquiry on Sound
Hal Harris

Participants will explore and experiment with a variety of equipment that produces or analyzes sound. They will first investigate the materials provided, and then devise an experiment to answer questions about the equipment. The processes of inquiry and the importance of connections to music and expression through sounds will be emphasized.

Shades of Green
Glenda McCarty

This session incorporates an art and science inquiry approach to learning the process skill of observation by exploring the many shades of the color green. Participants will experiment with colored water, paint with water colors, and observe natural phenomena and works of art. We will begin the session by mixing colored water to determine the many different formulas for creating the color green. Each participant will then have the opportunity to experiment with paint to create shades of green on paper. These "paint chips" will be used to make comparisons to paintings and natural objects in and out of the classroom.

1:30-4:30 p.m.

Through a Child's Eyes: Drawing to Learn, Learning Through Drawing
Skylar Harman & Darlene Norfleet

Learn how to use your students' drawings to interpret their observations. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to gain insights using drawing to deepen their questions, predictions, observations, and learning about flowers. Using children's actual drawings and one's we will make of live flowers, criterion will be developed to assess children's understanding of form and function, from a novice level to an expert.

Knit One, Learn Too
Lindsay Obermeyer

Students have much to learn from the simple knit stitch. Through knitting a simple hat, students gain practical knowledge of geometric applications through the manipulation of a line into a plane while being able to feel the difference between protein, cellulous and synthetic fibers. As they dye yarn, they are introduced to both chemistry and the history of the Industrial Revolution. Addition and subtraction are reinforced as students increase and decrease. Multiplication and division are applied in figuring yarn amounts needed to complete a project. Knitting allows students to discover a colorful, tactile world while making practical items for themselves and others.

Telling Science Stories with Digital Technologies
Joe Polman

In this session, participants will learn about the prospects of "Digital Storytelling" projects for science education, and carry out a small hands-on project in which they create a multimedia digital science story. This genre of active learning projects involves learners in planning, scripting, storyboarding, editing, and narrating photo-stories on different topics. For this session, participants will be guided through the creation of a history of science or science cycle story using a free web-based tool. At the end of the session, we will discuss the needs and possibilities for implementing similar strategies in schools and community-based settings.

Rappin' with H20
That Uppity Theatre Company

That Uppity Theatre Company sets the stage for a fun and interactive session exploring the importance of water in our lives with the H20 Rap! Participants will learn about the role of water in our world and explore fun facts as they make costumes, props, and learn the H20 Rap for an informal sharing. How much of the human body is water? How long can we live without it? Just how important is water in our lives? How much does the American household on average, use each day? Why should we and how can we conserve water? How does pollution affect the availability of water in our communities? Additional discussion points include perspectives on how important messages can be conveyed through performance art. This session will demonstrate how creative processes can reinforce learning while engaging students with multiple learning styles.

1:30-2:55 p.m.

Celebrating the Collision of Art and Science: Exploring to Create…Creating to Explore
Carloyn Lesser

Join Carolyn in an exploration of the world and the world of nonfiction as you ignite your independent thinking, intellectual curiosity, primal artist, and exquisite humanity. Exploring her nonfiction process, literacy has purpose, artistic risk becomes experiment, human nature collides with the natural world, and science passions and enthusiasms morph into astonishments and beauty. In this hands-on session, welcome back the exuberant 10-year-old you were. Come to explore, discuss, draw, and write as we celebrate the confluence of science, art, and you!

Build Observation Skills Through Technical Drawing
Joanna Hubbard

No artistic skills needed! Learn to give your students another tool to help them look more closely, make detailed observations, and communicate their discoveries. This session will increase educator skill in a classroom technique to use with students to improve their drawing and observation skills. Participants will take part in a graduated series of classroom technical drawing experiences, discuss the impact of adding the focused technical drawing component to scientific observations, and consider how best to implement the techniques with their students. This technique is a vital component of successful science notebook use and assists students in building both their observation skills and their descriptive language skills.

3:05-4:30 p.m.

Sound Inquiry on Sound
Hal Harris

Participants will explore and experiment with a variety of equipment that produces or analyzes sound. They will first investigate the materials provided, and then devise an experiment to answer questions about the equipment. The processes of inquiry and the importance of connections to music and expression through sounds will be emphasized.

Shades of Green
Glenda McCarty

This session incorporates an art and science inquiry approach to learning the process skill of observation by exploring the many shades of the color green. Participants will experiment with colored water, paint with water colors, and observe natural phenomena and works of art. We will begin the session by mixing colored water to determine the many different formulas for creating the color green. Each participant will then have the opportunity to experiment with paint to create shades of green on paper. These "paint chips" will be used to make comparisons to paintings and natural objects in and out of the classroom.

9:00 a.m.-noon

The Science and Art of Air and Water Movement
Bernie Zubrowski

The patterns of air and water movement have been a source of fascination for artists and scientists throughout the ages. In this workshop, we will discover these patterns by exploring air currents with smoke and bubbles and by exploring the engaging forms in moving water with food color. These explorations will be related to the science of fluid dynamics, to the universal Jungian archetype of the vortex symbol, and to some works by contemporary and past artists.

Rousseau Across the K-5 Curriculum
Susan Evans & Lois Jacobs

Learn multiple ways to integrate the artist Henri Rousseau and the study of plants and animals across the K-5 curriculum. Explore the classification of organisms, ecosystems, food chains, lines and motion using clay, model magic, paper, pastels and paint. Participants will complete sculptures, collages and paintings for classroom use. Art media will be instigated with the use of microscopes for classification. Handouts, graphic organizers, lesson plans, reference lists and Power Points will complete the teacher packet.

Curators and Conservators Working Together: Art and Science at the Saint Louis Art Musuem
Judith Mann & Laura Gorman

Curators and conservators often work together, using a combination of scientific and art historical tools, to solve important questions about art objects. We can determine or fine-tune dates, ascertain where an object was made, figure out if it was one of a kind or a copy, and reconstruct the artist's procedure in making the piece. Judith W. Mann and Laura Gorman will present examples from objects and paintings in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum that demonstrate how art curators and museum conservators have worked together to better understand these objects. The scientific techniques used will be described.

Geospatial Writing Workshop: Exploring and Writing about Place
Sarah Coppersmith

Explore local geography and engage spatial cognition during this field-based geospatial-writing workshop modeled for use on your school's playground. Work outdoors to survey and map nearby terrain, apply geospatial skills and document data. Record the "poetry of place" in your Geo Diary. Our work outdoors will inspire a writing workshop using The Poetry Home Repair Manual by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. Landscapes inspire Kooser, poet of the Great Plains, and his Manual will support our writing about place. Participants will use geospatial skills in geography and writing, and be offered an option to continue learning through an online partnership.

9:00-10:25 a.m.

How Instruments Work
Bob Nordman

Does a trumpet really have an audio source, a pre-amp, an amplifier and a speaker? How many bugles are there in a trumpet? What vibrates where to create tones from a musical instrument? If a French horn were unwound, how long would it be? How do instruments change pitches? Why does a clarinet have a mouthpiece and the oboe does not? What is the phenomenon of timbre and why is it important? Why is the timpanist in the back of the orchestra frequently putting an ear near the instrument and tapping on it? Why do saxophones exist? How does a euphonium work? Answers to these questions and more! Learn how instruments work (and give one a try!).

The Natural Way
Dianne Moran

Nature, science and the arts form natural and beautiful connections. A casual nature walk can fill our senses with infinite shapes, sounds and esthetic beauty. Many of our greatest visual artists, dancers, and musicians have been influenced by the natural world. Join Dianne Moran, a professional naturalist and living history performer, as she shares her methods of integrating nature science into teaching performances. Audience participation with live animals and body parts promises to draw you into this lively session.

Perspective on Seeing
Paul Markovits

Learn a couple of easy techniques that will help your students add accurate sketches to their science notebooks. Teachers will find the quality of student drawings enhances the quality of their communication skills. Learn how to focus on an object and draw what you see, even if you don't think of yourself as an artist. Apply some simple mathematics to help you look at the world around you and use proportion and perspective to visually describe your scientific inquiry. You will be amazed at what you will accomplish!

10:35 a.m.-noon

GeoBots
Sandra Merkel

Create robots using basic and complex geometric shapes. This hands-on workshop with help you and your students understand the ideas of method, application, and the elements and principles of design.

Using Popular Media and Technology to Support Science Learning
Liz Nealon

Join award-winning children's educational media producer Liz Nealon (Sesame Street, Ghostwriter, The Upside Down Show) to explore the art and craft of creating inclusive media which entertains, engages and educates children. Using popular Media and Technology to Support Science Learning will include screening of excerpts from three current science television programs and their associated websites with discussion of the curriculum goals, analysis of child appeal, identification of salient educational features, and brainstorming about opportunities to incorporate in the classroom.

Animal Artistry
Sharon Kassing

In this session, teachers will explore patterns, textures, and color and their significance, and often, vital importance to animals. We will examine each of these art topics as they are reflected in the animal kingdom as positive adaptations that help animals survive. At the end of the session, teachers will complete a related art project that pulls together everything learned during the session

1:00-4:00 p.m.

Through a Child's Eyes: Drawing to Learn, Learning Through Drawing
Skylar Harman & Darlene Norfleet

Learn how to use your students' drawings to interpret their observations. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to gain insights using drawing to deepen their questions, predictions, observations, and learning about flowers. Using children's actual drawings and one's we will make of live flowers, criterion will be developed to assess children's understanding of form and function, from a novice level to an expert

Rousseau Across the K-5 Curriculum
Susan Evans & Lois Jacobs

Learn multiple ways to integrate the artist Henri Rousseau and the study of plants and animals across the K-5 curriculum. Explore the classification of organisms, ecosystems, food chains, lines and motion using clay, model magic, paper, pastels and paint. Participants will complete sculptures, collages and paintings for classroom use. Art media will be instigated with the use of microscopes for classification. Handouts, graphic organizers, lesson plans, reference lists and Power Points will complete the teacher packet.

Knit One, Learn Too
Lindsay Obermeyer

Students have much to learn from the simple knit stitch. Through knitting a simple hat, students gain practical knowledge of geometric applications through the manipulation of a line into a plane while being able to feel the difference between protein, cellulous and synthetic fibers. As they dye yarn, they are introduced to both chemistry and the history of the Industrial Revolution. Addition and subtraction are reinforced as students increase and decrease. Multiplication and division are applied in figuring yarn amounts needed to complete a project. Knitting allows students to discover a colorful, tactile world while making practical items for themselves and others.

Rappin' with H20
That Uppity Theatre Company

That Uppity Theatre Company sets the stage for a fun and interactive session exploring the importance of water in our lives with the H20 Rap! Participants will learn about the role of water in our world and explore fun facts as they make costumes, props, and learn the H20 Rap for an informal sharing. How much of the human body is water? How long can we live without it? Just how important is water in our lives? How much does the American household on average, use each day? Why should we and how can we conserve water? How does pollution affect the availability of water in our communities? Additional discussion points include perspectives on how important messages can be conveyed through performance art. This session will demonstrate how creative processes can reinforce learning while engaging students with multiple learning styles.

Physics Phun with Light and Color
Linda Kralina

What do light propagation, intensity, shadows, reflection, and refraction have to do with art? Explore the physics inherent in art and art masterpieces at the Saint Louis Art Museum, and take home nearly two dozen classroom applications of physics in art. See GLE I.2.A in a whole new light!

How do artists use light and color to create different atmospheres in their work? Explore the art masterpieces through the physics principles of vision and color. Let’s digitize and polarize art for your science classrooms. Take the Brown Challenge, build a kaleidoscope of color, and try several creative hands-on activities you can do in your own classrooms. Teach GLE I.2.A in color!

1:00-2:25 p.m.

Perspective on Seeing
Paul Markovits

Learn a couple of easy techniques that will help your students add accurate sketches to their science notebooks. Teachers will find the quality of student drawings enhances the quality of their communication skills. Learn how to focus on an object and draw what you see, even if you don't think of yourself as an artist. Apply some simple mathematics to help you look at the world around you and use proportion and perspective to visually describe your scientific inquiry. You will be amazed at what you will accomplish!

How Instruments Work
Bob Nordman

Does a trumpet really have an audio source, a pre-amp, an amplifier and a speaker? How many bugles are there in a trumpet? What vibrates where to create tones from a musical instrument? If a French horn were unwound, how long would it be? How do instruments change pitches? Why does a clarinet have a mouthpiece and the oboe does not? What is the phenomenon of timbre and why is it important? Why is the timpanist in the back of the orchestra frequently putting an ear near the instrument and tapping on it? Why do saxophones exist? How does a euphonium work? Answers to these questions and more! Learn how instruments work (and give one a try!).

2:35-4:00 p.m.

Animal Artistry
Sharon Kassing

In this session, teachers will explore patterns, textures, and color and their significance, and often, vital importance to animals. We will examine each of these art topics as they are reflected in the animal kingdom as positive adaptations that help animals survive. At the end of the session, teachers will complete a related art project that pulls together everything learned during the session

Sun, Moon, and Stars: What Time Is It in These Paintings?
Ann McMahon

Learn what the position of the sun, moon and stars in the sky tells us about time of day, time of month, time of year, and location on earth. Use clues from a painting's description to decide if the artist's rendering might be true to nature or a product of artistic interpretation.