San Diego, CA named Incubator for Art/Science Innovation
San Diego, California has been awarded a $2.65 million grant for the Art of Science Learning Innovation Incubators project. The project will develop art based STEM innovation curriculum for all ages, as well as spawn several related programs involved in research and collaborative efforts.
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 MoreWorcester, MA Named One of 3 NSF Art/Science Incubators
NSF granted $2.7 million to Worcester, Massachusetts to help it to become an Art of Science Learning incubator. The city is working to integrate the arts into STEM education (STEAM) through collaborative efforts between institutions. http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2012/education/innovative-project-integrates-arts-with-science-learning.aspx
Read MoreTED Talk: Teach Art and Science Together
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, is also a dancer and art collector. Using autobiographical stories, Dr. Jemison makes a strong case for a combined art and science approach to education that strengthens student intuition and logic...
Read MoreThe Best Scientists Are Artists
This Scientific American guest blog by Steven Ross Pomeroy makes the case for going from STEM to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). In this blog he argues that incorporating art into science education can help to improve the ways we take in, store, and communicate scientific...
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