Celebration of Dobson Student Artwork

Dobson's 3rd, 6th, and 8th grade students have been collaborating over the last 3 months with artist in residence, Rosi Dispensa, to create a series of banners that will be hung for the next year along the Manayunk Towpath.  The banners are designed to beautify the canal area and attract more visitors to experience the towpath.  Each grade had a specific focus that linked what they saw at the towpath to what they were studying in their Science curriculum.  Third grade studied the indigenous plants that are found at the canal and learned all about the scientific naming process.  They created sunprints and silhouettes and pieced them together to create large quilt-like images.  Sixth grade focused on ecosystems and learned which fish were naturally found in the canal.  They were taught how to identify the species by looking at the characteristics of the fish and they each had the chance to create a traditional Japanese gyotaku fish print that was used to create their banner designs.  Eighth grade studied water samples that were taken at the canal to determine which elements and molecules comprise the water at the site.  They combined their own microscopic photographs with scientific molecular drawings to make abstract radial designs.  The students worked very hard with Ms. Rosi to create these collaborative pieces, so please come out to the Canal to celebrate their great efforts on 

Friday, June 15th!