Read the Fine Print
Botany and Art: Their Roles in Conservation
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
Students are introduced to the work of botanists and botanical illustrators, and specifically to their race to make records of endangered plant species around the world. Students examine illustrations, photographs, and dried specimens of endangered plants and consider the conservation value of an illustration over a photographic image. In a second session, students try their own hands at botanical illustration and follow the methods of a Smithsonian staff illustrator. Pencils, markers, tracing paper, and access to a photocopier are required.
- Subject:
- Humanities, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
- SubTopics:
- Plants and Forests , Green Education , Eco Art and Culture
- Collection:
- Smithsonian Institutions