Homeschool Review Crew - NatureGlo's eScience MathArt Online

I was thrilled to get a chance to review MathArt Online 4-Class Bundle from NatureGlo's eScience with access to all four classes for one year for multiple users in the household available to be used on the PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android platforms.

What is MathArt Online 4-Class Bundle from NatureGlo's eScience?

In a nutshell, though Art is in the title, and is the part I was most interested in, the courses take real-world learning combining math with history, science, language arts, art and music. I received access to all 4 classes online. The 4 classes included are:

Math Connections with the Real World
MathArt in Ancient Cultures
Mathematics in the Arts & Sciences
MathArt - Patterns in Nature

Each class contains 6 weeks of lessons that include online class-time slideshow lectures, interactive elements, study guides that you download, and projects to complete along with extra resources and links to videos and sites. I decided to focus on MarthArt in Ancient Cultures but did explore the others as well. Keep reading, I'll explain. The classes I used were a live online class that had been recorded, but there is the option to sit in on a live class as well.

How Did We Use It?

All four of the classes have six weeks of lessons and are set up in similar fashion with a Pre-lesson video and main lesson video which have both been recorded during a live lesson session with real students via a webcam. Then, there are additional resources, such as videos that relate to the topic, interactive screens, there is even a link to a site that allows you to interact online with drawing shapes and such, and projects that tie art and Math and the concepts learned together. All of the art projects come with free downloads whenever necessary and clear instruction.

When I first saw that there was Math and Art in the name of a curriculum, I knew this was right up the alley of my little artist. What I didn't know is that she was going to experience a long-division math melt-down at just the perfect time to give her a bit of break by watching NatureGlo's eScience MathArt instead of continuing to struggle through math page after math page. While, it was not quite covering the exact same topic, it was the perfect diversion that kept her engaged and lifted her melt down. We actually first clicked on the lessons from the Math Connections with the Real World section, and we learned about Fibonacci numbers, which neither of us had ever heard of before. We were fascinated to follow the instructions of cutting an apple in half only to discover a beautiful star shape inside. With all of the apples I've cut in my life, I don't know why I never thought to cut it in half like that.

MathArt in Ancient Cultures



We then delved into the one I was intending to focus on - MathArt in Ancient Cultures which was set up in the same format as the first class we experienced. The six weeks of lessons are set up to include several lesson sections each week, such as: a pre-lesson video, followed by the main lesson. Before you get started, they include the downloads and study guide you need to follow along with the class/slideshow instructional videos. Each of the following lesson sections may take you to various links filled with resources, sometimes a video, sometimes an interactive site, sometimes information about how the topic relates to language arts or music, sometimes instructions for an art project to explore. All of it ties to what was discussed in the initial video slideshow online class main lesson.

The picture above is the result of playing around with Islamic art shapes in Microsoft Paint.

Below is the process of building a dodecahedron using the provided template download:

We made our way through the six lessons only to be delighted to discover there is a certificate of completion at the end. I then explored the other two courses as well but have not gotten beyond the first lessons on any of those.

What Did We Think?

We fell in love! I especially loved that the courses all have sections that apply art projects with what has been learned. My daughter is hugely hands-on and loves art projects, so these were the best. I also, however, found plenty of information to share with my high school senior as well. He is into coding and modding games, and there was so much included in these online lessons that I couldn't wait to share with him as I knew he would find them interesting, such as new discoveries about the Pythagorean theory, and information about geometric shapes and Plato.

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