Switching Gears to High School STEAM

So I will be posting more High School STEAM Lessons now. Starting this Fall I will be the Graphic Design and Digital Photography Teacher at Skyline High School. I can not wait. I am so excited.

Below you find a lesson that was created by Susan Reily, who is the creator of EducationCloset which has a plethora of ideas and awesome strategies about Arts Integration and STEAM.

http://educationcloset.com/steam/mobile-battles-stem-and-arts-lesson/

Camp Invention

My son just finished his Camp Invention week long camp. As much as it was STEM I saw a lot of STEAM going on. Students were not just concerned about the mechanics of the PinBug Machine but they were concerned about the design. Below are pictures of my son enjoying the fruits of his labor. What a great way to teach a 6 year old how to collaborate and work as a team member.

Assessments

Education Closet- Art Integration Assessment

Plethora of great articles, assessment tools and rubrics for STEAM and Art Integration

STEM Formative Assessment

Another plethora of great assessment tool.

Quick and Easy Formative Assessment

Angela's Art Rubric

Self Assessment

STEAM Professional Devolpment

STEAM Professional Development

Education Closet offers great Professional Developments through out the year. Check out the array of opportunities at http://educationcloset.com/professional-development/.

Rhode Island's School of Design-Continuing Education: Certificates Programs for Adults

Advertising Design (AD)  •  Animation (AN)  •  Apparel Design (AP)  •  Appraisal Studies in Art + Antiques (AS) • Children's Book Illustration (CB)  •  Comic + Sequential Art (SA)  •  Digital Photography (DI)  • Digital Video Production (VE)  •  Drawing + Painting Studies (DS)  •  Graphic Design (GR)  •  Hand Knitting Design (HK)  • Interior Design (ID)  • Jewelry + Light Metals (JM)  •  Natural Science Illustration (NS)  •  Web + Interactive Design (WE)

AutoDesk: Digital STEAM Workshop

This is a prime free professional development opportunity for teachers who also must learn to use digital media to raise student achievement and advance college and career readiness. Teachers will learn to use free Autodesk® professional design software for real-world design challenges that spark students’ creativity—and support academic standards such as US Common Core Standards, College and Career Readiness, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

THE 33 DIGITAL SKILLS EVERY 21ST CENTURY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE

The Art Of Education Professional Development

Tech Ready Teacher, iPads in the Art Room and Advanced Ipads are a few of the courses they offer as well as webinars to keep you informed in your Visual Arts Profession.

Lesson: Take Off with Paper Airplanes- 5th Grade (Engineering and Visual Arts)

Lesson: Take Off with Paper Airplanes- 5th Grade  (Engineering and Visual Arts) Contributed by: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Figure 1. The Parts of an Airplane Summary This lesson introduces students to the art of designing an airplane through paper airplane constructions. The goal is that students will learn important aircraft design considerations and how engineers must iterate their designs to achieve success. Students first follow several basic paper airplane models, after which they will then design their own paper airplane. They will also learn how engineers make models to test ideas and designs.

Lesson: Study of Cell Parts, Mitosis, and DNA- 5th Grade (Science and Music)

Science Sampler: Using the Arts to Enhance Science Learning

Lesson: Study of Cell Parts, Mitosis, and DNA- 5th Grade (Science and Music)

Science Scope. September 2007.

Over the years, the author has developed several lessons in which songs, arts and crafts, drama, and body motions are used to better facilitate student learning in life science. This article presents a sample of songs that correspond with a study of cell parts, mitosis, and DNA. The “Pin the Part on the Cell” activity and making DNA models from crepe paper, which are used in conjunction with the songs, are also described.

Lesson: Architects and Engineers- 4th to 5th Grade (Visual Arts and Engineering)

 Lesson: Architects and Engineers- 4th to 5th Grade (Visual Arts and Engineering)

Contributed by: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Summary Students explore the interface between architecture and engineering. In the associated hands-on activity, students act as both architects and engineers by designing and building a small parking garage.