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Plant with bright green leaves growing close to the ground.

Fern

Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at ferns, and explore how different artists have been inspired by ferns.

A field of orange lilies.

Lily

Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lilies and explore how different artists have been inspired by lilies.

A pink lotus flower with fish swimming in the background.

Lotus

Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lotuses and explore how different artists have been inspired by lotuses.

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Explore Plant Adaptations in Your Community!

Take a walk through your neighborhood, local park, or anywhere else where plants grow. What adaptations do you observe?

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Create a Herbarium Specimen

Preserve information about a particular plant for future generations.

Nature as Artistic Inspiration

How are artists inspired by nature? How do artists combine observation and imagination to create artwork? 

Nature as Art and Artist

Does art need to be made by humans to be considered art? Is nature art? Can natural processes create art? 

A skeleton and elephant viewed from the front. The background is of trees, shrubs, and rocks.

Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body

This collaborative effort between an anatomist and an artist revolutionized people’s understanding of the human body.