Arts In Education PowerPoint Presentation

STEAM Ahead
How the Arts are part of STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math)
PTA Dinner presentation
March 20, 2013

Programs that address
at least one of the NYS
Learning Standards for
the Arts:
• Performances
• Workshops
• Residencies
• Field Experiences
• Video Conferences
Arts in Education

Exploratory Enrichment
Programs with visiting experts, etc. in-school or
field experiences that do not address the NYS
Learning Standards for the Arts
• Performances
• Workshops
• Residencies
• Field Experiences
• Video Conferences

Arts Integration:
Levels of Engagement
Exposure/Access –
• Single, usually new experience
• Intended for education and/or entertainment
• Often preparation or follow-up is integrated into regular instruction
Alignment –
• Alignment between an arts genre and standards and/or curriculum
Arts Integration –
• Integrates content and skills from the arts with other core subjects through:
– Curriculum and standards alignment
– Collaborative instructional planning between arts and non-arts subjects
– Goal of student learning in one or more curricular areas
– Sustained – the experience lasts over an extended time period
– Includes assessment to measure student achievement or program effectiveness
– Arts integration helps abstract concepts become concrete, humanized, and relevant
through the demonstration and creation of symbolic analogies. – meaning making.

• SCIENCE
• TECHNOLOGY
• ENGINEERING
• MATH
STEM

• SCIENCE
• TECHNOLOGY
• ENGINEERING
• ARTS
• MATH
STEAM

H.RES.51 STEAM Bill
• Expressing the sense of the House of
Representatives that adding art and design
into Federal programs that target the Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) fields encourages innovation and
economic growth in the United States.
NY Cosponsor: Louise Slaughter
Also: CA, CT, CO, DC IL, NJ, OR, RI

113th Congress (2013-2014)
H.RES.51.IH
RESOLUTION
Whereas the innovative practices of art and design play an
essential role in improving STEM education and advancing
STEM research; because art and design provide real solutions
for our everyday lives, distinguish US products in a global
marketplace, and create opportunity for economic growth;
Whereas artists and designers can effectively communicate
complex data and scientific information to multiple
stakeholders and broad audiences;
Whereas the tools and methods of design offer new models for
creative problem-solving and interdisciplinary partnerships in
a changing world; with artists and designers playing an
integral role in the development of modern technology and
manufacturing;

Let it be Resolved that the
House of Representatives
1) recognizes the importance of art and design in the Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields;
2) supports the designation of `STEM-to-STEAM Month';
3) encourages the inclusion of art and design in the STEM fields during
reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and the
the Higher Education Act; and
4) encourages the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Department
of Education, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and
the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop a STEM to
STEAM Council representative of artists, designers, education and
business leaders, and Federal agencies in order to facilitate a
comprehensive approach to incorporate art and design into the Federal
STEM programs.

Where to find programs
• Website: www.esboces.org/aie
Search:
Engineering Authors
Science Social Studies
Technology Non-fiction
Math

Keyword: Engineer

Keyword: non-fiction
www.esboces.org/aie

Science – Math -- Engineering
• Science: Be A Scientist (LI Science Center),
PetraPuppets, Bash the Trash
• Math: Arithmetickles, Yuniko Kamamoto,
Bradley Fields, Engineers Teaching Algebra
• Engineering: Kids Under Construction, Mad
Science, LI Children’s Museum, Cleveland
Museum of Art

First Person Interpreters
Primary Sources:
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin

Looking for Leonardo DaVinci…
“Leonardo’s famous drawings of the Vitruvian proportions of a man’s body
first standing inscribed in a square and then with feet and arms outspread
inscribed in a circle provides an excellent early example of the way in which
his studies of proportion fuse artistic and scientific objectives.”

PARP
• Chris Pitkin Australian art
• Steve “The Dirtmeister” Tomecek
• Prismatic Magic Show – Laser Reader

Why integrate the Arts & Sciences?
• They share the goal of making meaning of the world
around them- integrating the two provides opportunities
for knowledge to be transferred to deepen understanding.
• The process of art making is based in inquiry and reflects :
– The design process IDs a problem, brainstorms, designs, builds,
– The 5E cycle of engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate.
(John Dewey and David Kolb)
• Arts integration provides useful career tools & strategies for
creative thinking including: observing, imaging, abstracting,
recognizing patterns, forming patterns, analogizing, body
thinking, empathizing, dimensional thinking, modeling,
playing, transforming, and synthesizing. (Sparks of Genius:
Thirteen Thinking Tools by Robert Root-Bernstein)

Conference 4 Kids - LI Media Arts Show

Creative Classroom
Collaboratives “C 3 ”
Arts in Education Model Development &
Dissemination Grant (AEMDD)
July 2010-June 2014

Our Mission…
• Implementation of an arts
integrated curriculum and
program that leads to
improved school wide
student outcomes.
Nathaniel Woodhull
Elementary School

Other Online Resources
• Star Newsletter
• PTA Arts in Ed Handbook
• Links and Resources
• NCCAS: National Coalition for Core Arts
Standards: http://nccas.wikispaces.com

Contact Info
Administrative Coordinator: Carol Brown
cbrown@esboces.org
Senior Account Clerk: Barbara Gillen
bgillen@esboces.org
Office Applications Specialist: Diane Bloxon
dbloxon@esboces.org
ES BOCES Arts In Education
(631) 286-6989
(631) 286-6991 (fax)
www.esboces.org/aie

STEAM Ahead
How the Arts are part of STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math)
PTA Dinner presentation
March 20, 2013