As spring approached, we started a community art and science project at Green Street. We wanted to freshen up the planters at the entrance of our building to represent our new partnership of the Green Street Arts Center and Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science.
Our challenge was to represent the coming together of art, math, and science in a community outdoor space.
After partnering up with landscape designer and teaching artist Deb Aldo and a group from Sonia Manjon’s Art and Social Justice Class – the Greening Green Street seed was planted and started to grow.
The general idea was to bring together community members, college students, and neighborhood youth to reimagine the planters. This involved new plants and a new decorative component of pebble mosaics within the existing planters. We wanted to use the whole experience as a teaching opportunity for our After School Program.
During Part 1 of the project, we taught our After School Program students about the art, math, and science behind landscaping. We learned about the science of plant biology, the importance of sunlight for plants, and the water cycle. We learned about math concepts like sequence, pattern, and spatial limitations by studying mosaics.
The students enjoyed the arts integrative approach to the lessons. We used drawing, song, dance, mosaic, and more.
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