Arts and sciences: 5 neat things
Froguts is virtual dissection software! Yay! You can do some of it online, but we have the subscription CD, which has more you can do, including a fetal pig — you have to pay to play for the fetal pig action. But online, you can try dissecting a frog, a squid, and an owl pellet — that’s vomit not poop, right?
It’s perfect for homeschoolers, kids who are interested in biology, and grown-ups who dig surgery.
Here’s an odd companion for Froguts — The Guardian has an amazing photo gallery of portraits done before and after death by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta.
It’s very haunting stuff that raises plenty of questions about the nature of our being — and tugs at very personal emotions about your own mortality.
Here’s a pretty good video by a Mass MoCA intern who scoured the streets of my town to answer the very important but entirely diversionary question “What is art?”
Nick Abadzis’ excellent graphic novel “Laika” now has an informational Web site if you want to further explore the creation of the novel, as well as the topic it covers. Abadzis provides lots of material covering the book’s conception and creation, and also includes some of his research into the material. Cool stuff that’s another good resource for homeschoolers interested in teaching about graphic novels.
Oddee has a good rundown of the 20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings. If you have an interest in art history, why not start at the beginning, you know? And then you can cross reference this introduction to the lovely and haunting ancient form with the excellent book 30,000 Years of Art and the intense and riveting series How Art Made the World.
