Spirit of the Estuary
Using Art to Understand Ecology |
A multi-disciplinary curriculum that addresses wetland environmental issues through the integration of fine art, language art, science,
and social studies. |
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This curriculum is ideal for students in grades 6 through 12. BTNEP has made this curriculum entirely downloadable from this page. Downloadables are highlighted in blue and underlined. Each lesson is a single PDF file. We have included the Spirit of the Estuary cover, book spine, and Introduction & Contents, which will complete
a 2" three ring binder.
Spirit of the Estuary is divided into three sections as noted below. |
Book Cover | Introduction
& Contents | Book Spine |
Chapter I-
Sensing the Spirit
of the Estuary | Chapter 2-
Capturing the Spirit
of the Estuary | Chapter 3-
Preserving the Spirit
of the Estuary |
Chapter One Divider | Chapter Two Divider | Chapter Three Divider |
1-1: I Am An Estuarian | 2-1: A Handful of
Estuary Critters | 3-1: Music Makers |
1-2: The Material
of Culture | 2-2: Natural Notes | 3-2:Commercials
for the Coast |
1-3: To Build or
Not to Build | 2-3: This is Driving Me
Buggy ...
So Let's Wrap it Up! | 3-3: Who Knows?
The Shadow Puppets Do! |
1-4: Where Has All
the Greenspace Gone? | 2-4: Painting in Style:
Flowers of the Estuary | 3-4: Honk If You Love
the Wetlands |
1-5: Rhythm of the Tides | 2-5: We Walk in Beauty | 3-5: Pass the Word-
Creating an Environmental
Action Brochure |
1-6: The Landscape of
the Estuary | 2-6: Cherokee
Leaf Painting | 3-6: Estuary Extra!
Your Own
Environmental
Newspaper |
1-7: Architecture
of the B-T Basin | 2-7: The World's
Greatest Sculptor | 3-7: Musical Meaning |
1-8: Form & Function
of Boat Designs | 2-8:Doin' What
Comes Naturally:
Naturalist? Artist?
Or Both? | 3-8: And Then A
Hero Comes Along |
1-9: Be Instrumental | 2-9: Nature's Art | |
1-10: Birds of Paradise:
Protect My Home | 2-10: Mamas, Your
Babies Grow Up to Be ___ | Spirit GLEs |
1-11: "A Time to Be Born;
A Time to Die" | 2-11: Cajun Music:
Traduire (To Translate) | |
1-12: Jambalaya,
Crawfish Pie,
File' Gumbo | 2-12: Bals De Maison
(House Dances) | |
| 2-13: Dialogue:
Disappearing Wetlands | |
| 2-14: From the Cane Field
to the Easel:
The Mystery of the Blue Dog | |
