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Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Among the Sierra Nevada, California. An Interdisciplinary Lesson by Kyle Killian Melissa Grzych Rochelle Seagle John Quincy Adams Middle School. 1868 Albert Bierstadt Born oil on canvas overall: 72 x 120 1/8 in. (183 x 305 cm) frame: 96 1/4 x 144 3/8 x 7 1/. Technology.

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Among the Sierra Nevada, California

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  1. Among the Sierra Nevada, California An Interdisciplinary Lesson by Kyle Killian Melissa Grzych Rochelle Seagle John Quincy Adams Middle School

  2. 1868 Albert Bierstadt Born oil on canvas overall: 72 x 120 1/8 in. (183 x 305 cm) frame: 96 1/4 x 144 3/8 x 7 1/

  3. Technology • Use publisher to create a travel brochure for a National Park • Use a Voki to create an avatar to teach others about a park http://kkillian.wetpaint.com • Create a PhotoStory video of scenes for the National Park

  4. Science • Review key terms – observations, inferences, abiotic, biotic • Observations and Inferences about main painting • Video conference about other landscapes noticing abiotic and biotic features • Create a podcast about a landscape picture from the Smithsonian website naming the four key terms

  5. Math • Convert temperatures from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius • Find the mean, median, mode, and range of the temperatures • Identify which measure of central tendency best describes their data • Create a box and whisker plot of all the data • Find the area of each county and create a scale drawing that comprises all of the counties in the Sierra Nevada

  6. Counties in the Sierra • Nevada County, California • Placer County, California • Plumas County, California • Sierra County, California • Tulare County, California • Tuolumne County, California • Yuba County, California • The Carson Range (often considered part of the Sierra) extends into Nevada: • Douglas County, Nevada • Carson City, Nevada • Washoe County, Nevada • Alpine County, California • Amador County, California • Butte County, California • Calaveras County, California • El Dorado County, California • Fresno County, California • Inyo County, California • Kern County, California • Madera County, California • Mariposa County, California • Mono County, California

  7. Enrichment • Students will take pictures of the landscapes around the school. • They will create a PhotoStory making sure to include science terms learned during the lesson. • Students will present their PhotoStory to another class to share their knowledge among different grade levels. • Students will reflect on their art lesson by writing a short paragraph on the teacher’s eBoard page or blog.

  8. Credits • Smithsonian American Art Museum • Websources – www.nps.org Special thanks to SAAM staff members and the Cisco 21S Fellows for this experience.

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