Friday, April 11, 2025

Is there any value in making sketches?

 My Co-op Biology class has been making sketches and taking digital screen shots of microscope slides. I plan to have them make detailed sketches when we do the dissection specimens, too.  In fact, I bought a bunch of realistic toy animals to sketch, as well.  Is there any value?  I’m old school; sketching has always been a part of a standard Biology class.  Additionally, sketching slides is part of the Apologia Biology curriculum.  I found this UK teacher’s guide, Biological Drawing, which has a great introduction explaining how sketches make students examine objects more closely.  Yes! Biological Drawing  is a handbook, too; although the detail is more suitable for college students.  








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