Exploring Darwin the Geologist
You might think a leaf is just a leaf, but if you look really closely, you’ll see it’s got loads of insects
Can you do anythin
g to do with the earth?
Creative Practitioners Sally Brown and Christina Lorimer worked with seven and eight year olds at Milton Road Primary School and St Philip’s School in Cambridge to explore the work of Darwin the geologist:
We gave the children time to encounter the objects, to think about the great age of a rock held in their hand as they interpreted it with chalk, or the newness of a freshly picked leaf creating condensation in the slide projector. Changing the scale of the activity (from capturing a magnified detail of a wish fairy to collectively mapping out the form of a twisted branch) encouraged the children in active looking. Working both individually and in groups, they were discovering and negotiating their social space through the activity of drawing.
Artwork and other documentation of the project is on display in the Museum for more information click here >>>>>