Math Art: Elementary Education Activities
“Math Art” is a supplemental set of math activities for 2nd-4th grades created by Bronx math teacher Zachary Brewer. The activities are all hands-on artistic lessons in basic math principles, often involving paper cut-outs. The whole set can be purchased on the website.
Read MoreBotany Through Art
UC Davis Plant Genomics Program launched a K-12 education program called “Science through Art” to teach plant biology using artistic media. This collaborative effort is made possible by UCD graduate students, faculty, and local elementary teachers.
Read MoreElectronic Musical Instrument Design Course Bridges Art/Science Gap
Tuft University’s Electronic Musical Instrument Design Course is a hybrid class where engineering students collaborate with students from the arts. In addition to spelling out the curriculum, the paper mentions that the creation of this course was helped by the presence of two multi-disciplinary programs already present at Tuft: Musical Instrument Engineering and Multimedia...
Read MoreBiology Grad Student Group Promotes Science Through Art
BioEASI (Bio-Education and Art for Science Innovation) is a UC San Diego graduate student organization in the Division of Biological Sciences. Their goal is to increase the public understanding of science using outreach, education, and the arts. http://www.bioeasi.org/
Read MoreArt at the San Deigo Science Festival
The San Diego Science Festival plays host to two science-themed art contests: “Art as Science” and “K-12 Science Art Challenge”. The idea in part is to help increase support for the arts by demonstrating their cross-discipline usefulness.
Read MoreArt Crosses Language Barriers
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears is an online magazine for elementary teachers. The article linked here contains lesson plans and resources designed to teach science through art to eighth graders with language-based learning disabilities, but can be adapted for other age groups and...
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