School Tours: Nature in Art
Kindergarten–Grade 3
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If you could step into a landscape, what would you hear or feel? This tour explores how artists depict the natural world and invites students to use their imaginations while carefully exploring art and nature too.
Looking and Learning Skills
During four or five tour stops in the galleries, students engage in activities—such as careful looking exercises and small group work—that foster conversations about works of art. The following skills are promoted:
- observing, describing, and sharing ideas about nature in art
- drawing on prior knowledge to generate ideas about works of art
- comparing and contrasting works of art that depict nature
- discovering art as a way to explore and connect to nature
Logistical Information
Group Size: Up to 60 students
Length: 60 minutes
Meeting Location: West Building, Rotunda, Main Floor
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- Still Life (NGAkids interactive art activity)
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