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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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One of my earliest projects as the Director of Environmental Education for a public school district in New York was in a middle school English Language Arts classroom. I wanted to see the impact of nature journaling, as a representation of interdisciplinary environmental literacy, on students. The results were remarkable.

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How we use robots and art to make meeting computer science standards fun

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This approach has allowed us to create interdisciplinary lessons that spark curiosity, imagination, and engagement. We’re able to combine coding with art and show students the parallel between programming and storytelling. We’re able to combine coding with art and show students the parallel between programming and storytelling.

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Meet The Newest Liberal Art: Coding

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When coding shows up in the curriculum of a liberal arts program, its primary purpose is usually pretty obvious: help students get hired. Instead, coding is integrated to explore where it fits in “the broader idea of the liberal arts in the traditional Greek sense,” Anderson explains. In other words, coding isn’t just tacked on.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

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The IBs interdisciplinary structure plays a key role. Alongside the Prefect system, Elmwoods student-led councils offer focused leadership experiences in areas like academics, arts, athletics, and service. For students drawn to the arts, Elmwood shines just as brightly. Think art meets science.

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4 ways a STEAM-centered curriculum is critical to youth education

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The answer lies in the inclusion of arts in a STEM-centered curriculum. Arts and sciences have traditionally been perceived as different subjects with few commonalities, and STEM programs often omit the arts from the conversation. A STEAM learning approach encourages collaboration to understand and distill new concepts.

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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

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It’s an art competition unlike most others. We believe that the line between math, arts and humanities is a lot blurrier than what most people make it out to be,” says Luberoff. Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such.

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Friday 5: STEAM education in action

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Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics. As STEM has risen in prominence over the past decade, arts education has yet to achieve the same recognition and integration. You can’t have one without the other.

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