How has photography shaped ornithology and bird conservation?

Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, art clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 art, history and biology.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Karla McManus, a visual arts researcher at the University of Regina, Canada. She is exploring how bird photography has shaped ornithology and conservation.

• This resource also contains an interview with Karla and offers an insight into careers in visual arts. If your students have questions for Karla, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Karla’s research and challenges them to create their own visual artwork to raise awareness of an environmental or social issue.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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