2. Among the Sierra Nevada, California An Interdisciplinary Lesson by Kyle Killian Melissa Grzych Rochelle Seagle John Quincy Adams Middle School

3. 1868 Albert Bierstadt Born oil on canvas overall: 72 x 120 1/8 in. (183 x 305 cm) frame: 96 1/4 x 144 3/8 x 7 1/

4. Technology  Use publisher to create a travel brochure for a National Park  Use a Voki to create an avatar to teach others about a park http://kkillian.wetpaint.com http://kkillian.wetpaint.com  Create a PhotoStory video of scenes for the National Park

6. Science  Review key terms – observations, inferences, abiotic, biotic  Observations and Inferences about main painting  Video conference about other landscapes noticing abiotic and biotic features  Create a podcast about a landscape picture from the Smithsonian website naming the four key terms

7. Math  Convert temperatures from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius  Find the mean, median, mode, and range of the temperatures  Identify which measure of central tendency best describes their data  Create a box and whisker plot of all the data  Find the area of each county and create a scale drawing that comprises all of the counties in the Sierra Nevada

8. Counties in the Sierra  Alpine County, California Alpine County, California Alpine County, California  Amador County, California Amador County, California Amador County, California  Butte County, California Butte County, California Butte County, California  Calaveras County, California Calaveras County, California Calaveras County, California  El Dorado County, California El Dorado County, California El Dorado County, California  Fresno County, California Fresno County, California Fresno County, California  Inyo County, California Inyo County, California Inyo County, California  Kern County, California Kern County, California Kern County, California  Madera County, California Madera County, California Madera County, California  Mariposa County, California Mariposa County, California Mariposa County, California  Mono County, California Mono County, California Mono County, California  Nevada County, California Nevada County, California Nevada County, California  Placer County, California Placer County, California Placer County, California  Plumas County, California Plumas County, California Plumas County, California  Sierra County, California Sierra County, California Sierra County, California  Tulare County, California Tulare County, California Tulare County, California  Tuolumne County, California Tuolumne County, California Tuolumne County, California  Yuba County, California Yuba County, California Yuba County, California  The Carson Range (often considered part of the Sierra) extends into Nevada: Carson RangeCarson Range  Douglas County, Nevada Douglas County, Nevada Douglas County, Nevada  Carson City, Nevada Carson City, Nevada Carson City, Nevada  Washoe County, Nevada Washoe County, Nevada Washoe County, Nevada

9. Enrichment  Students will take pictures of the landscapes around the school.  They will create a PhotoStory making sure to include science terms learned during the lesson.  Students will present their PhotoStory to another class to share their knowledge among different grade levels.  Students will reflect on their art lesson by writing a short paragraph on the teacher’s eBoard page or blog.

10. Credits  Smithsonian American Art Museum  Websources – www.nps.org Special thanks to SAAM staff members and the Cisco 21S Fellows for this experience.