MAKERSPACE IN ART
FREE CHOICE FRIDAY
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Authentic Information concerning STEAM Some ideas that I would like to further extend into the classroom are ideas that were originally used during Free Choice which is a time dedicated to self-directed, independent learning activities. In the art room there is a list of ‘Create and Make’ items that students can choose from to work on individually, in pairs, or small groups. But to allow these projects to be offered as part of the curriculum and class instruction would benefit all learners. Some of these activities that lend themselves for STEAM integration and project-based, innovative learning are as follows: Making Kazoos Making Catapults Making Flipbooks Wooden Stick Slinkys Painting with Pendulums Propellers and Parachutes There are so many more ideas to consider and choose from and students would find these projects engaging and fun! |
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ESCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH INTEGRATION Everything is engineered whether you realize it or not; even our thoughts are engineered. The reason being is that they all require a process. The engineering design cycle is often called the Creative Process or Design Cycle in the area of the Visual Arts. Applying science, technology, engineering and math is a seamless when integrating aspects and concepts related to art. Many units of inquiry in art include all other areas of STEAM whether all at once or individually with a major focus in one area. Some units include: Grade One: Color-mixing Visor Construction Digital Portraits - Technology Integration Force and Motion - Old Fashioned Games Number Patterns - Reverse Weaving Properties of Sound - Painting to Music Scientific Illustration - Ear Diagrams Radial Symmetry - Ceramic Spinning Tops Proportion and Scale - Full-Length Portraits Animals - Animal Forms Animation Commercial Services - Printmaking Sky Patterns - Ladder to the Moon Grade Two: What is matter? Ceramic pinch pot construction What is matter? - Minerals and color glazes Change - Properties of Water and Watercolor Ecosystems - Landforms Digital Landforms = Landscapes Culture - WebQuest Australian Bark Painting Home and Host Countries - Watercolor Postcard Plants - Window to the World Flower Vases Plants - Contour Drawing Real to Abstract Grade Three: Weather Weaving and Water Cycle Force and Interaction - Inclined Plane Painting Plants: Botanical Illustrations Animals: Camouflage Accordion Fold Sculpture Life Cycles: Navajo Sand Painting Ancient Civilizations-Ceramic Rice Bowls/Spoons Coordinates and Cartesian Grid - Abstract Maps Tessellation - Construction and Watercolor Grade Four: Energy Transfer - Kinetic Sculpture Theory of Light and Color Mirror Sculpture Waves and Information - Optical Illusions Earth Processes - Layers of the Earth Fossils Body Structures - Optical Illusions Scientific Illustration - Eye Diagrams Structures and Functions - PBL Economics - Ceramic Trade Beads and Jewelry Boxes 
Kinetic Sculpture Grade Four Kinetic Energy: Be sure to listen to the process... |
Watch the above video group presentation as students show their project that they researched, designed and created. Find out more about PBL at:
https://www.pblworks.org/ and https://studentsatthecenterhub.org/resources/
Watch the above video group presentation as students show their project that they researched, designed and created. Find out more about PBL at:
https://www.pblworks.org/ and https://studentsatthecenterhub.org/resources/
