Nature

Aquatic Communities in Clay

By Jessica Provow, posted on Oct 10, 2024

Searching online for a new great lesson idea, I stumbled across a tweet from a school in Northumberland, England, that featured a miniature clay sculpture full of underwater coral. That image inspired me to create a unit based on aquatic communities in clay. Students first explored the work of contemporary ceramic artist Courtney Mattison. Students were inspired by her beautiful ceramic sculptures that call attention to climate change and the environmental impacts on sea life.

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