The Leonardo Effect: a Research Report

Abstract

The project is based primarily in primary schools in which learners investigate ‘flight’ using an innovative, synchronised/integrated approach in which they will research, observe, record, experiment, develop ideas, imagine and create. The approach goes beyond the conventional concept of cross-curricular teaching, by utilising the commonalities of both subjects, to enrich learning and equip children to approach science confidently and more creatively. It also raises awareness of the function of knowledge in art making, and the role for are in science.