
STEAM Up Creative Thinking with Art Bots
There are many possible STEAM connections in the creation of an Art Bot.
Holly Valentine is the Director of Curriculum and Assessment for the Institute for Arts Integration and Steam. Prior to joining the Institute, Holly worked as an Arts Integration and Classroom Teacher for 20 years in a suburb of Rochester, NY. She is a certified Arts Integration Specialist and has served as an Arts Standards Writer for the New York State Education Department. Holly has been a recipient of the NYC Broadway League's Apple Award for her work in Arts Education. She also serves as the Director of Education for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, where she has created nationally recognized programs and develops standards-based curriculum for touring Broadway shows in order to bring the theatre to classrooms and classrooms to the theatre. Holly holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Psychology as well as a Masters degree in Education from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, where she currently lives.
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There are many possible STEAM connections in the creation of an Art Bot.

Often, when we look at arts integration, it's between an art form and another content area.

In the Aboriginal Watershed STEAM lesson, middle school students are exploring both the rich, cultural heritage and significance of Aboriginal Art and their local watersheds.

Looking for an earth science lesson that connects with art?

Explore the work of African American Architects in this free arts integration lesson.

Optical illusions are a natural way to integrate visual art and science.

Teach students about predicates and sentence fragments using music cadences.

Need a good middle school lesson? This sound mapping lesson explores the cross-cutting concept of how STEAM influences the world around us.

Connecting art and math through money can be a challenging task.

Try this free STEAM lesson plan that teaches force and motion to kindergarten and first graders through Jackson Pollock's action art.

This free high school arts integration lesson uses mashups to connect social studies, literature & media arts with historical figures.

During this STEAM lesson you can focus on the idea that constellations are stars that form a shape in the sky which can change depending upon the season.
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