Content Standard # 6
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Achievement Standard

• Students describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts

Science (High School)

1. Have students visit http://science.howstuffworks.com for a scientific explanation of why glass is transparent.

2. Have students visit http://math.ucr.edu for a discussion of whether glass is a liquid or a solid.

3. Have students visit http://pubs.acs.org for a discussion of the properties of glass and its use throughout history.

4. Ask students to explain how one of the glass artists in the exhibit has taken advantage of the unique physical properties in creating their artwork.

Social Studies (High School)

1. Have students visit http://news.bbc.co.uk for a discussion of glass manufacture in ancient Egypt.

2. Have students visit http://www.blm.gov for a description of a 19th century glass factory. Ask them to research early glass manufacture in their own state
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3. Ask students to research the history of art glass in Italy and to compare and contrast the art glass of that period with the contemporary art glass represented by the glass artists in this exhibit.

Vocational Studies

Have students visit http://www.corning.com to explore career opportunities in industrial glass.