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July 2015 Issue of STEAMed is HERE!
It's the middle of summer and the STEAM is certainly starting to rise as we head into the month of July!
Dyan Branstetter
Dyan is a fifth grade teacher in a public school district in Lancaster, PA and has over 16 years of classroom experience. With a Masters of Science Education and a passion for dance and music, she strives to integrate the arts into the curriculum whenever possible. Dyan has a background in teaching advanced learners, and is devoted to using project based learning to help her students achieve 21st century learning skills and master the PA Core Standards.
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Curriculum
STEM to STEAM Strategy Boost
STEAM to STEAM Strategy Boost - Here are a few strategies and techniques for infusing the arts into STEM contents to build a STEAM approach.
Strategies
Music, Math and Robots: Challenging Traditional Education
We're challenging traditional education and explaining why it's ineffective today.
Strategies
10 Ways to Inspire Creativity with Everyday Things
When we are given constraints or a limited set of rules, it can actually help make us more productive and help inspire creativity.
Curriculum
Arts Integrated Math Sample Curriculum Map
Download this FREE arts integrated math sample curriculum map aligning 3rd grade Common Core math to Core Arts standards in visual art, music, dance.
Strategies
When Learning is the Dance, Share the Lead
Well thought-out lesson plans leads my students through a fun and educational experience.
Strategies
Core Music Anchor Standard 4
Through the performance strand of core music anchor standards, students learn to select, analyze, interpret, rehearse, refine, and present musical work.
Strategies
Hacking Technology for the Classroom
There's a wide range of awesome ways we can use hacking technology in the classroom.
Educator PD
Summer of Surprises Part 1: NEW Conference Presenters Announced!
We are proud to announce our Conference presenters for our summer online arts integration and STEAM conference event happening in July.
Resources
Listening: A Lost Art?
Being an active and effective listener is an art and is such a key component to not only our learning but our humanity.
Strategies
Unpacking the National Standards: Anchor Standard 11
This month we will be exploring Anchor Standard 11.
Assessment
Assessing Creativity
If we value creativity its process in the classroom, we have to assess it.
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