From STEM to STEAM
Brain-Compatible Strategies and Lessons That Integrate the Arts
- David A. Sousa - International Educational Consultant
- Tom Pilecki - Educational Consultant
Art and science both hinge on discovery, and discovery requires thinking out of the box. But how do you lead students to think creatively in STEM education? The answer is STEAM, and A is for the arts.
STEAM—the integration of music, visual arts, and drama into daily STEM instruction—is proven to enhance student achievement in STEM subjects. After all, creative, real-world problem-solving is what working scientists and mathematicians actually do. But how do busy STEM educators weave arts activities into a sometimes inflexible STEM curriculum?
In this new edition of From STEM to STEAM, the ground-breaking bestseller, the authors provide lessons from the field to detail the way. Authors David Sousa, expert in educational neuroscience, and Tom Pilecki, veteran arts educator, pool
- Research studies in cognitive and social neuroscience, including new findings on how technology is rewiring students’ brains, that demonstrate how arts activities enhance creativity, problem solving, memory systems, motor coordination, and analytical skills—all critical elements to achieving STEM objectives.
- Classroom-tested strategies and techniques for integrating the arts into STEM instruction, including sample K-12 lessons plans and planning templates.
- Tools for building a professional development program designed to helps arts and STEM teachers collaborate to create STEAM lessons.
- Sample planning frameworks that provide a smooth transition from STEM to STEAM, including advice on adapting STEAM to meet the individual needs and limitations of a school or district.
- A list of resources available to teachers in the STEM subjects, in the arts, in arts integration, and for STEAM.
The main objective of both art and science is discovery. Lead your students to make that connection and STEAM ahead to academic success!
Why a Second Edition? |
What’s New? |
Looking to the Arts |
How This Book Can Help to Implement STEAM |
Chapter Contents |
Who Should Use This Book? |
What’s Coming? |
The Power of the Arts |
The Arts and STEM Do Have Differences |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
Brain Organization |
Thinking and Learning |
The Arts, STEM, and Creativity |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
What Is Arts Integration? |
What Is STEAM? |
Different Schools and Implementation Formats |
Implementing the STEAM Initiative |
The Basic District Plan |
What We Are Learning |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
STEAM Guidelines |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
What Are the Arts? |
Addressing Some Common Frequently Asked Questions |
Arts Perception Worksheet |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
Importance of Movement |
Science, Mathematics, and the Arts in the Primary Grades |
Ideas for Arts-Integrated Lesson Plans (Primary Grades) |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
A Day in the Life of a Middle School Student |
Teacher-to-Teacher Collaborations |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
STEAM and the Culture of High School |
Pushing STEAM Along |
Sample Comparisons of Traditional STEM and Arts-Integrated STEAM Lessons |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
About the Original Appetizers |
What’s Coming? |
Major Points to Ponder |
Know Your Instructional Intuition |
General Guidelines for K–12 Lessons |
Sample K–12 Lessons: Examples of Arts-Related Activities in Science Topics |
Sample Template for Designing a STEAM Unit Across Grade Levels |
Professional Development to Maintain STEAM |
Conclusion |
Major Points to Ponder |
The Appetizers |
The Appetizers |
HEOA Compliance
Available formats
ISBN: 9781506336770 | Electronic Version | Suggested Retail Price: $32.95 | Bookstore Price: $26.36 |
ISBN: 9781506322452 | Paperback | Suggested Retail Price: $32.95 | Bookstore Price: $26.36 |
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