My students learn in different ways, so it is important that I provide opportunities for students to learn across disciplines. Arts integration is a powerful tool for my students' learning because it allows them to create, communicate, collaborate, and become critical thinkers as they solve problems.
My wonderful students come from a wide variety of cultural, social, and economic backgrounds, but they all have at least one thing in common: they learn best by collaborating and exploring through hands-on activities.
My Project
My project enhances and deepens my students' understanding of STEM concepts by providing a variety of learning modes through art integration. For example, they will use the Chromebooks to collaborate and design a vegetable garden. Then they plant vegetable seeds and seedlings in the school planters. As the garden grows, they use the Chromebooks to create and edit videos or print their own photographs to show the germination process. Throughout the learning process, the Chromebooks will enable them to collaboratively record original songs or plays that demonstrate their understanding of STEM concepts.
Through this project, students will experience how arts integration enhances their understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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