Teaching Astronomy Through Art Books 1 & 2 CD ROM

These supplemental lessons reinforce astronomy facts while teaching art techniques. Art topics include cylinders, shading, blending oil pastels, mapmaking and more. Astronomy topics reviewed are telescopes, colors in space, famous astronomers, stars, comets, the sun, galaxy, nebulas, asteroids, solar and lunar eclipses, international space station and much more. Several lessons are internet linked to resources to provide supplemental information. A Table of Contents helps you to easily find the art lessons to correspond with your astronomy lesson. Suggested art supplies include: chalk pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, water color paints, black construction paper, white drawing paper, 2 "H" pencils (or ebony drawing pencil), colored pencils, compass, protractor, ruler, tube water colors and scrap paper. This program is available on CD-ROM, which contains PDF files or in printed format.