ALEX Learning Activity Resources

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3) Communicate personal ideas, images, and themes through artistic choices of media, technique, and subject matter.

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5 ) Construct explanations from observations to determine how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid.

This is an art activity adding oil to watercolor paint to reinforce the concept that oil and water don't mix. Students will be shown that no matter how hard they try these two liquids will avoid each other at all costs. The oil will either float on top or through the watercolors or, if applied to the paper first, prevent the watercolors from absorbing into the paper. Students will be able to make real-world connections between this art activity and what happens during a real oil spill. 

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.