An Interdisciplinary Data Base for Science Investigations: Postage Stamps

Arts and Sciences: A Natural Connection

“…Yasso's (1991) article explains how museum-grade artworks can be used in science education, and the creative teacher can spin off into modem art forms, crafts, and student constructions as other ways to apply graphic arts in science teaching. Rather than detail any specific works, consider how you might use the art of postage stamps as a gauge of what ideas are salient in society at a given time (Mayer and Fortner 1986). Use the holiday wildlife stamps you get in the mail to study classification of organisms.…”

Female/male portrayals on U.S. postage stamps of the twentieth century

“…Postal Service (1991), over eight million children and teachers have been exposed to stamp collecting since the inception of a program in 1974 to make grade school students familiar with this activity. Teachers have been urged to introduce stamp collecting to students in their classrooms (Farmerie, 1986;Garbowsky & Raabe, 1985;Glenn, 1983;Mayer, & Fortner, 1986;Nuessel, 1984;Schreck, 1986) as a means of studying such varied subjects as science, geography, Spanish, social students, and art.…”