ART TALK
HOW THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS FORMED
“TEACHING GEOLOGY THROUGH THE ARTS”
Featuring Artist: G. Brad Lewis
By: Chelsea Daley
Talk and Turn
• How do you think the Hawaiian Islands formed?
• List two places you may have gathered this information.
How the Hawaiian Islands Formed
• The earths crust is made up of tectonic plates.
• Sometimes, when two plates come together it forms a
volcano.
How the Hawaiian Islands Formed
• Volcanoes can also form in the middle of tectonic plates.
The magma can rise above the tectonic plate and erupt at
the sea floor. This is known as a “Hot Spot”.
How the Hawaiian Islands Formed
• The Hawaiian islands were formed by a hot spot. As the
tectonic plates moved over the hot spot, the Hawaiian
Island chain was then made.
Turn and Talk
• Why would you want to take photos of a volcano?
• What features of the volcano would you want to
photograph? (Make a list with your partner)
G. Brad Lewis
• Born and raised in Utah and Alaska
• Moved to Big Island of Hawaii in 1982
• Went for a 2 week vacation, that turned into a lifelong
living experience.
• Once the Kilauea Volcano erupted when he was there in
1982, he knew that he was hooked on photography.
Influence On His Work
• The stunning views
• Every photograph is different because lava flows in every
direction.
• Beauty of nature
• Power of these volcanoes
• Especially Kilauea
• Can anyone guess why it would be dangerous
to photograph an erupting volcano?
Dangers to Lewis’s Work
• When the hot lava goes into the ocean, the land around
the ocean can collapse off the coast. (Sometimes as big
as a football field!!!)
• When the hot lava enters the cold ocean, it creates steam
and sulphuric acid. This steam acts as acid rain and can
dissolve your clothes.
• Lava is so hot it can melt the rubber of your boots
• Sometimes Lewis needs to wear a respirator mask
around his nose and mouth because of the acid rain. It
can cause respiratory problems.
Photographs
What strikes you
in this picture?
Photographs
What are your
favorite colors in
this slide? What
do you think
these colors
represent?
Photographs
How do the
colors in this
photo represent
the God Pele?
Photographs
Photographs
Activity
• Replicate ONE of these three
photos. Use ONLY the scrap paper
and glue I give you. After you are
done with your picture, LABEL the
parts of your picture
Works Cited
• Slide 3-Top Picture-
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/plate_tectonics/rift
_man.php
• Bottom Picture-http://www.examiner.com/article/tectonicplates-volcanoes-and-earthquakes
• Slide 4- http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/WhatWere-Still-Learning-About-Hawaii.html
• Slide 5- http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/WhatWere-Still-Learning-About-Hawaii.html
Work Cited
• Slide 7- http://vimeo.com/user7068610
• http://www.facebook.com/G.Brad.Lewis
• Slide 10- http://oddstuffmagazine.com/g-brad-lewis•
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photographs-volcanic-eruptions-in-hawaii.html/4-67
Slide 11- http://musingsbyaly.tumblr.com/
Slide 12http://www.cis.gvsu.edu/~mcguire/misc_pers_images/
Slide 13http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/791
0626/Kilauea-volcano-on-Hawaii-homes-destroyed-bylava-from-volcano-that-has-been-erupting-since1983.html?image=20
Slide 14http://www.mauihands.com/artists/lewis/about_lewis.html
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Exceeds Expectations
Online Posting in Forums and in Assignments:
_x_ Includes a title page that describes the presentation
_x_Title page includes your name
_x_Background information about the artist, period in art history, culture, OR technique
_x_ Three or more images of the selected works of art
_x_A series of open-ended questions to get children and adults to look closely at the art work (double check that all
answers can be accepted)
_x_ Brief summary list of major concepts you want to share with elementary students in the classroom.
_x_List a series of art production experiences that will build on the art talk. (Note: These can become the art
lessons that are part of your Art Unit Plan.)
_x_Post work in Forums
__Respond in writing to three Art Talks.
__Name___Serena___________
__Name__Stephanie____________
__Name____Kris__________
__Post PowerPoint and Completed Rubric in Assignments
In addition to meets expectations, provide evidence of how you think you exceeded the expectations for this project:
I finished my art talk the day after we talked about it. I also taught it the week after I finished. I believe I went above
and beyond because I am still teaching about Brad Lewis. I have contacted him for my students and am still doing
lessons on him. 