GEN 003: Science Technology & Society
Student Activity Sheet
Lesson #5
Materials:
Lesson title: The Science in Arts and the Art in Science Student Activity Sheet, Syllabus,
References:
Lesson Objectives: https://www.ebsco.com/blog/article/the-
steamy-relationship-between-art-and-
1. Differentiating Science and Art. science
2. Describing ways how science is related to arts and vice versa https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-
magazine/where-art-meets-science
A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW
1) Introduction (2 mins)
A blessed day everyone! I would like to introduce a new and interesting topic today that the famous scientist of all
time was able to come up with a beautiful quote - “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science,” -Albert Einstein.
B. MAIN LESSON
1) Activity 1: Content Notes (13 mins)
There has long been a connection between art and science, one that can be traced back to the Egyptian pyramids.
History proves that the two disciplines cannot exist without each other, enduring in constantly changing and evolving
relationships.
Traditionally, art and science have been treated as two separate disciplines, but when they are studied together it’s
clear to see the impact one has on the other. A great deal of creativity is required to make scientific breakthroughs, and art
is just as often an expression of (or a product of) scientific knowledge. Consider the science behind mixing paint in the
correct proportions, or creating perspective in a drawing, or even imagining the dance of a quark.
Visual art has been used to document the natural world for thousands of years, from cave drawings of animals that
help today’s researchers figure out yesterday’s fauna, to paintings of centuries-old experiments that show us how they
were conducted. One of the most famous examples of the interconnection between art and science is the work of
Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.
While his Mona Lisa is probably the most famous portrait ever painted, da Vinci’s scientific drawings, recently on
exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science, are smaller in scale and intricately detailed and annotated; and they demonstrate
that he was no less skilled as an inventor and researcher. In fact, da Vinci’s talent as a bridge engineer was proven in
2001, when artist Vebjorn Sand built the da Vinci-Broen bridge in Norway using the artist’s never-realized plans for a
bridge meant to stretch across the Golden Horn in Istanbul. Rejected as an architectural impossibility by the Ottoman
Sultan who commissioned it, the bridge was built 499 years after da Vinci designed it, proving the Sultan wrong.
(Source: https://www.ebsco.com/blog/article/the-steamy-relationship-between-art-and-science)
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Student Activity Sheet
Lesson #5
Activity 2: Skill-building Activities (18 mins + 2 mins checking)
(I.) Developmental Activity (12 mins)
Direction: Identify the art and science behind the given pictures. List all your possible answers on the space
provided below the picture.
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Student Activity Sheet
Lesson #5
Materials:
Lesson title: The Science in Arts and the Art in Science Student Activity Sheet, Syllabus,
References:
Lesson Objectives: https://www.ebsco.com/blog/article/the-
steamy-relationship-between-art-and-
1. Differentiating Science and Art. science
2. Describing ways how science is related to arts and vice versa https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-
magazine/where-art-meets-science
A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW
1) Introduction (2 mins)
A blessed day everyone! I would like to introduce a new and interesting topic today that the famous scientist of all
time was able to come up with a beautiful quote - “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science,” -Albert Einstein.
B. MAIN LESSON
1) Activity 1: Content Notes (13 mins)
There has long been a connection between art and science, one that can be traced back to the Egyptian pyramids.
History proves that the two disciplines cannot exist without each other, enduring in constantly changing and evolving
relationships.
Traditionally, art and science have been treated as two separate disciplines, but when they are studied together it’s
clear to see the impact one has on the other. A great deal of creativity is required to make scientific breakthroughs, and art
is just as often an expression of (or a product of) scientific knowledge. Consider the science behind mixing paint in the
correct proportions, or creating perspective in a drawing, or even imagining the dance of a quark.
Visual art has been used to document the natural world for thousands of years, from cave drawings of animals that
help today’s researchers figure out yesterday’s fauna, to paintings of centuries-old experiments that show us how they
were conducted. One of the most famous examples of the interconnection between art and science is the work of
Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.
While his Mona Lisa is probably the most famous portrait ever painted, da Vinci’s scientific drawings, recently on
exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science, are smaller in scale and intricately detailed and annotated; and they demonstrate
that he was no less skilled as an inventor and researcher. In fact, da Vinci’s talent as a bridge engineer was proven in
2001, when artist Vebjorn Sand built the da Vinci-Broen bridge in Norway using the artist’s never-realized plans for a
bridge meant to stretch across the Golden Horn in Istanbul. Rejected as an architectural impossibility by the Ottoman
Sultan who commissioned it, the bridge was built 499 years after da Vinci designed it, proving the Sultan wrong.
(Source: https://www.ebsco.com/blog/article/the-steamy-relationship-between-art-and-science)
This document is the property of Phinma Education Page 1
, GEN 003: Science Technology & Society
Student Activity Sheet
Lesson #5
Activity 2: Skill-building Activities (18 mins + 2 mins checking)
(I.) Developmental Activity (12 mins)
Direction: Identify the art and science behind the given pictures. List all your possible answers on the space
provided below the picture.
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