This paper focuses on field trip-based experiences across the disciplines of art, culture, and science. The author addresses gaps in the learning sciences' research about children learning both art and cultural content as well as how they learn cross-disciplinary practices. She offers one strategy, video-based interpretive case studies (VICS). By…

A suburban art museum, forced to rely on an outdoor environment for a middle-school collaborative program, discovered that in fact, this large and varied landscape was the ideal setting for students to learn not only classroom curriculum, but also about themselves, their peers, and their relationship with nature. In developing and teaching this…