TED Talk: Teach Art and Science Together
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, is also a dancer and art collector. Using autobiographical stories, Dr. Jemison makes a strong case for a combined art and science approach to education that strengthens student intuition and logic...
Read MoreArt at the San Deigo Science Festival
The San Diego Science Festival plays host to two science-themed art contests: “Art as Science” and “K-12 Science Art Challenge”. The idea in part is to help increase support for the arts by demonstrating their cross-discipline usefulness.
Read MoreLab Grammys
Online journal BioTechniques holds an annual science music parody contest. At this link, you will find the 2012 winner and nominees, as well as a link to the 2011 contestants.
Read MoreI’m Bringin’ Stickleback
Science blog “The Scorpion and the Frog” highlighted this trio of science music videos. Enjoy musical parodies on fish genetics, climate change, and reproduction.
Read MoreThe “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest
A Ph.D. thesis in any science can be overwhelmingly esoteric and technical. This makes for ripe material for interpretive dance. The “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest awards cash prizes for the best videos of people’s dances representing their Ph.D. thesis research.
Read MoreThe Physics of Dance
References to the work of Kenneth Laws on the physics of dance. “Physics and dance represent remarkably complementary approaches to human body movement – the scientific approach of classical mechanics, and the aesthetic approach of the popular art form of dance.” “Physics of Dance” presentations and classes are given by Kenneth Laws, Professor Emeritus of Physics at...
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