Online Course: Art and Science

The NCMA offers educators a course on the connections between art and science. Participants explore topics through inquiry-based learning in an online community while gaining valuable classroom connections. The course is self-paced, and each topic should take around three hours to complete (15 hours for the entire course). The course is available May 7 through August 6.

Course topics:

• Art and the Science of Looking
• Art and Systems
• Art and Physics
• Art and Ecology
• Art and Nature

The course is aligned with the K–8 North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Visual Art and Science. It is open to educators of all disciplines and audiences. The course can provide a certificate of participation for up to 15 hours if all five topics are completed (0.3–1.5 CEU, with approval from your local school system). More info on course topics.

Image: Vollis Simpson, Wind Machine, 2002, steel and other media, H. 30 × W. 30 × D. 15 ft., Commissioned by the North Carolina Museum of Art with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art