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This project will allow Jackson Elementary students to experience for possibly the first time the creation of a scientific and beautiful work of art that will last them for life. Using the science of fluid dynamics and the art history of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican artist credited with exploration of the technique to be used by the scholars.

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Acrylic Aurora Pour

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School:
Jackson Elementary School 
Subject:
Art 
Teacher:
John Summitt 
 
199158 
Students Impacted:
460 
Grade:
K-5 
Date:
August 23, 2019

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

 

Spurlino Foundation - $576.68

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Goal

This project will allow Jackson Elementary students to experience for possibly the first time the creation of a scientific and beautiful work of art that will last them for life. Using the science of fluid dynamics and the art history of David Alfaro Siqueiros, a Mexican artist credited with exploration of the technique to be used by the scholars. 

 

What will be done with my students

Most of the scholars at Jackson have limited access to funds for art supplies or science experiment supplies. This grant will supply the means for all students to experience this for possibly the first time. When a denser fluid rest atop a less dense one, the top fluid wants to move downward, causing the two fluids to mix. Different colors of paint have different densities because of the varying compounds used to make pigments. In physics, this battle between densities is called a Rayleigh-Taylor instability, and it crops up in a number of areas outside of art. In astrophysics, for instance, exploding stars expel gases of varying densities, leading to the formation of Rayleigh-Taylor “fingers. Using cross-curriculum between science and art scholars create a visual art piece dedicated to exploration.  

 

Benefits to my students

Florida education standards to be explored:
VA.5.S.2.2: Identify sequential procedures to engage in art production.
VA.5.S.2.3: Visualize the end product to justify artistic choices of tools, techniques, and processes.
SC.5.N.2.2: Recognize and explain that when scientific investigations are carried out, the evidence produced by those investigations should be replicable by others.
As fluids of differing densities combine they form new and complex patterns. Using scientific principles scholars may repeat the experiment with predictable results. 

 

Budget Narrative

Easels are to support the canvases to be painted. The canvasses and acrylic paint are the materials needed to complete the project. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 (2) 12-Pack of Tabletop Easels - Wood Easel, Mini Easels for Tabletop Painting, Standing Easel, Brown - 9 x 14.8 Inches $61.98
2 (10) Madisi Painting Canvas Panels 72 Pack, 5X7, Classroom Value Pack Art Canvas $269.90
3 (6) Sargent Art 24-2498 Count Artist Quality Acrylic Paint Set, 12 $244.80
  Total: $576.68

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