These tours are designed to connect students with age-appropriate content and skill development. They link Michigan educational standards with the University of Michigan Museum of Art's permanent collection and offer a variety of subjects including: science, language arts, social studies, math, and writing.
Description: How do rocks and minerals appear in art? In addition to looking at the cultural and symbolic values of various minerals, students will investigate why artists use specific types of rocks to make paint, create vessels, and to sculpt.
Concepts: Science (Describe objects and substances according to their properties: texture, density) and Art (Develop a visual vocabulary)
Images: The featured images are possibilities that you may encounter in this tour. Because of variables such as availability and time, you may not see these exact art works.