Art is the HeART of STEAM
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A STEAM approach to education that includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics is more meaningful and engaging than STEM.
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Art is the HeART of STEAM
- 1. STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Art is the HeART of STEAM
- 2. NAEA Position Statement on STEAM • STEAM education refers to teaching and learning in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. The STEAM approach is the infusion of art and design principles, concepts, and techniques into STEM instruction and learning. This is achieved through the use of STEAM curricula, collaboration of non-arts educators with certified/licensed art educators, teaching artists, and community- based arts organizations. It includes educational activities across all grade levels in both classrooms and in community- based settings. • STEAM approaches support the inclusion and involvement of professionals and resources from the community to support STEAM programs. Artists and designers experienced with STEAM are integral to driving workforce innovation in a variety of fields. • Visual arts content and artistic ways of thinking are fundamental and valuable components of high-quality STEAM education. NAEA believes that: • STEAM education values all STEAM disciplines equally • STEAM education is implemented through a wide variety of approaches • STEAM education encourages creativity and innovation • STEAM education acknowledges the rigor found in visual art
- 3. STEAM &The Rhode Island School of Design
- 26. April 8 is Draw a Bird Day Middle School Lesson
- 32. Radial Symmetry
- 39. Dioramas
- 50. Tetrahedrons
- 54. The Science of Clay
- 57. STEAM by Circle Painting
- 58. Cyanotypes
- 62. The celebrated physicist Richard Feynman said that scientific creativity is imagination in a straightjacket. Perhaps the arts can loosen that restraint, to the benefit of us all.
Editor's Notes
- STEAM is the collaboration between science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
- The NAEA has developed a position paper supporting the inclusion of the arts with STEM to make STEAM, adopted in April 2015. This is useful to share with your administrators, parents, and school community.
- The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) was one of the first proponents of STEAM education.
- The RISD Nature Lab is a collection of natural specimens where that students can observe and draw.
- The September 2015 edition of SchoolArts Magazine was devoted to the theme of STEAM.
- By Eric Gibbons. I’m sharing so many of his student artworks here because both they and their photographs are wonderful. Students studied pollen and seeds for inspiration. Students researched what flowers coordinated with their birth month and the national flower for the country their family was from and researched the pollen and seeds on a microscopic level. These they interpreted as works of art. egibbons@nburlington.com
- Gibbons include photos of the process his students undertook.
- More process photos.
- More process photos.
- More process photos.
- These middle school artworks were watercolor paintings based on cell illustrations. The lesson was a collaboration between the art and science teachers,Tracy Hare and Jenn Feierabend from Becker Middle School in Becker, Minnesota.
- Students learned about cells and watercolor painting at the same time.
- Watercolor cell illustration
- Watercolor cell illustration
- Watercolor cell illustration
- The natural world suggests many subjects for art. These artworks were created for Draw a Bird Day (April 8) by the students of Rachel Wintemberg. rachelhw1966@gmail.com
- Students created a collaborative mural of their birds.
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- Artist Walton Ford is a good contemporary artist to introduce as a comparison to John James Audubon, John Gould, or Maria Sibylla Merian when exploring natural history in art.
- Mandalas have long been a subject for art and many designs lend themselves to radial symmetry. By Linda Schober and Anastasia Mitas. lschober@glenview34.org, amitas@glenview34.org
- Radial symmetry is widely found in nature. These artworks include both radial symmetry and the color wheel. By the high school students of Kendra Farrell.
- High School Lesson by Kari Giordano. Chairs had to be make from cardboard and support at least 150 pounds. kgiordano@sbrsd.org
- Completed chair.
- Early Childhood Level
- Printing with cardboard
- Making a car.
- Have students make paper quilt squares and combine them to make a quilt for display.
- Dioramas can be adapted for any subject or grade level. These include clay animals within paper environments or biomes. Have students make the clay animals first. Then they can work on their habitats while the clay pieces are drying, being fired, and glazed.
- Have students fold 12” x 18” drawing paper in half and then open it. Squeeze blobs of primary colors of paint on one side of the paper. Fold it over and press with the hands or a ruler to spread out the paint inside the paper. Open it to find the result. When the paint is dry, details can be added with crayons or markers.
- Elementary example
- Elementary example
- Escher’s “Reptiles” is probably the most famous artwork based on tessellations. Look for artists such as Escher who were driven by mathematical content.
- A contemporary tessellation by Jim McNeill, http://www.jimmcneill.com
- A contemporary tessellation by Jim McNeill, http://www.jimmcneill.com
- A contemporary tessellation by Jim McNeill, http://www.jimmcneill.com
- Tessellations are designs made from repeating congruent shapes, shapes that are exactly the same in size and shape. This one is by a fourth grader.
- Architecture includes many STEAM concepts and works with the theme of Structure. One approach is to look at the structure provided by tetrahedrons. The Eiffel Tower’s structure is based on tetrahedrons.
- Buckminster Fuller’s dome for Expo 67 in Montreal is based on tetrahedrons.
- In geometry, a tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each corner or vertex. It has six edges and four vertices. These are made from recycled copy paper and yarn and can be made as large as desired. 8 ½’ x 5 ½’’paper is decorated at one end with marker, tightly rolled around a pencil and glued to make struts.
- Start with a triangle made of three tubes connected with a long piece of yarn. The yarn should be tightly knotted to create a strong form. Use 6” weaving needles to draw the yarn through the struts.
- Add pieces in a sequence of 2 and then 1. Tie on new pieces of yarn as needed.
- The structures can be made as large and elaborate as you like.
- Clay is a perfect match for science as it involves states of matter and chemistry.
- Join STEAM Art Educators on Facebook
- Look for opportunities for your students related to STEAM.
- These huge Circle Painting banners were created at The San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering 2015 and found a great home at Illumina Inc, one of the festival's largest sponsors. What if art teachers can rally all the teachers, or even better the leaders at your school district, together for a team building event to create a collaborative and community mural base on this concept?
- Many of these approaches to STEAM are included in Bridging the Curriculum through Art: Interdisciplinary Connections, by Pam Stephens and Nancy Walkup, from Crystal Productions. This PowerPoint can be downloaded at www.slideshare.net/nwalkup.
- What STEAM connections can you make with your students?