A collaborative supporting quality Arts learning for all students in NH by sharing information, resources, and services.
STEAM promotes project based learning through the integration of all subjects; teaches innovation through hands on activities, experiments, and projects; uses the Arts and Design to apply 21st Century skills transforming STEM to STEAM.
Resources
STEM to STEAM
Rhode Island School of Design
NH Governor's Task Force on K-12 STEM Education
2015 report recommending inclusion of Arts
Call for the integration of STEM +Arts + Humanities
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Arts Exposure Leads to Increased STEM Patents
Michigan State University
Interview with Arne Duncan on STEM
Innovation and Technology in Education conference
STEAM by US Region
RISD Office of Government Relations
STE[+a]M Connect
UC San Diego
The Steam Journal
Claremont Graduate University
ArtsEdSearch
Arts Education Partnership
State of Create
Adobe
School Transformation Through Arts Integration
Edutopia
Reinvesting in Arts Education
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Cultivating Organizational Creativity
IBM Report
Ready to Innovate
The Conference Board
Arts Exposure Leads to Increased STEM Patents
Michigan State University
STEAM in NH
What does STEAM in New Hampshire look like?
STEAM champions innovation through achieving competencies in each subject area of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics. Through project based learning, these subjects are often integrated to present a more holistic learning experience. STEAM challenges students through the application of 21st Century Skills: creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration. Here's what STEAM looks like in NH...
STEAM in the NEws
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Why Stem Won't Make Us Successful
Washington Post
When unveiling a new edition of the iPad, Steve Jobs explained that “it’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough — that it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing.”
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Why All Parents Should Care About Arts Education
Washington Post
“When we think about “the arts,” often we go huge: the Louvre, Broadway, Swan Lake, Picasso. Perhaps without even realizing it, though, many parents instinctively know the value of the arts and incorporate them into our children’s lives in much smaller ways. Otherwise, why would we give our toddlers that first pack of crayons?”
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From STEM to STEAM: How Early Childhood Educators Can Apply Fred Rogers' Approach
Hedda Sharapan, YC Young Children, Vol. 67, No. 1 (January 2012), pp. 36-40
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ACADEMIC TOOLBOX: FULL STEAM AHEAD
American Society for Engineering, Alice Daniel, ASEE Prism, Vol. 24, No. 7 (MARCH + APRIL 2015), pp. 34-36
This article outlines some crossovers between arts and engineering-- full of tangible, real world examples
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Toward a STEM + Arts Curriculum: Creating the Teacher Team
National Art Education Association: Toni Wynn, Juliette Harris. Art Education, Vol. 65, No. 5 (September 2012), pp. 42-47
