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Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
"Coral Gardener"
Provided by: Sea Walls |Published on: April 27, 2021
Artwork Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This mural in Grenada depicts the positive efforts in the Caribbean islands to restore the oceans.
- The woman in the painting is dressed in Grenadian colors and is shown swimming through the ocean to bring back life to it.
Subjects: Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Cinzah Merkens
Region: South and Central America
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This artwork presents positive climate action.
- The resource lists four ideas for how students can take action to help save coral reefs.
Additional Prerequisites
- The artist's statement at the bottom of the page features background information about the mural.
- This resource will be most effective if students are already familiar with ocean restoration and coral reef conservation.
Differentiation
- This could be used as a hook in a science class after which students could further research actions taken in the Caribbean and around the world to help protect our oceans.
- Students outside the region where this resource is focused could identify positive actions that can be adopted to rejuvenate the oceans near them.
- Act classes could use this resource to inspire students to create their own climate change-related art.
- Other resources include this video about saving coral reefs and this video about coral reefs in Tobago.
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About the Partner Provider
PangeaSeed Foundation
PangeaSeed Foundation is a globally engaged nonprofit organization acting at the intersection of culture and environmentalism to further the conservation of our oceans. Its mission is to empower individuals and communities to create meaningful environmental change for the oceans by raising public awareness of critical environmental issues through SCIENCE, EDUCATION, and ARTIVISM (S.E.A.). Through their groundbreaking Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans public art program, PangeaSeed Foundation has created over 400 educational ocean advocacy murals in 17 countries, bringing the ocean into streets across the globe.
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