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STEM/STEAM/STEMSS Resources

Articles, Books and Papers:

Full STEAM Ahead: Arts, STEM and 21st Century Learning, Doug Haller, SmartBlog on Education, 2012
http://smartblogs.com/education/2012/10/31/full-steam-ahead-arts-stem-21st-century-learning

Half a Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Dr. Alan Brinkley, Newsweek, 2009 (reprinted in “The Daily Beast”)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/11/13/half-a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste.html

STEAM-Not STEM, Harvey White, Whitepaper, 2010.
http://steam-notstem.com/articles/whitepaper

Places:

UW-La Crosse, Murphy Library
Alice Hagar Curriculum Resource Center STEM Website

Rhode Island School of Design Champions STEAM
www.risd.edu/About/STEM_to_STEAM

Projects:

Classroom Project Integrates Plant Science and Art
Tim Gerber (UW-L), Pat Stellflue and Marie Allen (Eagle Bluff Elementary School, Onalaska, WI), 2005, (summarized in ArtPlantae Today, November 2012)
http://artplantaetoday.com/2012/11/30/classroom-project-integrates-plant-science-and-art

Using Field Notebooks for Biodiversity Study, Tim Gerber (UW-L)
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/using-field-notebooks-biodiversity-study

Conferences and Workshops:

Leonardo's Workshop: Teaching STEM Subjects through Art | May 4-5, 2013
Michael Henry (Paradise Elementary School, Las Vegas, Nevada) and Tim Gerber (UW-L)
Program Handouts (PDFs): Leonardo's Workshop Activities, Cartouche, Michael Henrey's Business Card, Art Monograph Books in Murphy Library and UW-La Crosse Workshop PowerPoint

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2013 Conference
Artful Science Symposium, Tim Gerber moderator
http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2013/webprogram/Session5712.html

WI Art Education Association 2010 Conference – La Crosse, WI
Keynote Speaker: Margaret Wertheim & the Coral Reef Project (advance to minute 3:17)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BatRwYaqkJw 

Media:

"A Whole Lot of Science"
Local Teachers Participate in Science Workshops, News Channel 8, June 2012
http://video.news8000.com/watch.php?id=33994

STEAM: A Framework for Teaching Across Disciplines, Georgette Yackman, 2011
www.steamedu.com

STEM Education through the Arts in Early Childhood
www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/07/the-movement-to-put-arts-into-stem-education.html

TED Talks: Natasha Tsakos' multimedia theatrical adventure
http://www.ted.com/talks/natasha_tsakos_multimedia_theatrical_adventure.html

The STEAM Journal (Inaugural Issue), Claremont Graduate University, March 2013.
http://cgu.edu/steam