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Leonardo da Vinci - Scientist, Inventor, Artist
This website, a collaborative effort between USWeb Utopia and the Museum of Science Boston, captures the genius of the Renaissance man, with text, illustrations, and interactive audio and video.
This website, a collaborative effort between USWeb Utopia and the Museum of Science Boston, captures the genius of the Renaissance man, with text, illustrations, and interactive audio and video. The site has four sections: The Inventor\'s Workshop, which gives students a chance to analyze Leonardo\'s gadgets and design their own; Leonardo\'s Perspective, which explores Renaissance techniques for representing three-dimensional perspective on paper; What, Where, When?, a brief biography with images; and Leonardo: Right to Left, which shows Leonardo\'s curious reverse left-handed writing. There are lesson plans and teachers\' notes designed for grades four through eight, but the site could be interesting for anybody. The site presents Leonardo as a role model for applying the scientific method creatively in every aspect of l ife, including art and music. Although he is best known for his artwork, Leonardo conducted dozens of carefully designed experiments and created futuristic inventions in a time before modern science and invention had really begun. A map shows the regions of Italy where Leonardo lived; click on a region to learn about the inventions, experiments, and artworks he produced while there. And everyone will have fun with the portrait of Leonardo on the introductory page, watching his eyes follow the cursor (if you put the cursor on his nose, he becomes crosseyed).
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