STEAM Resources

References You Can Use
Here are three great articles for teachers on STEAM, from the National Science Teachers’ Association’s journals, Science Scope and Science for Children: 

​STEAM to Your Classes, by Cheska Robinson 
(Science Scope, September, 2017, Volume 41)    

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics, including how to add STEAM  to your classroom by using STEAM-based icebreakers and team-building activities on the first day of school; strategies for creating a STEAM-centered classroom makerspace: and how to gradually replace end-of quarter assessments with STEAM  design challenges throughout the school year.  
 
Moving Beyond STEAM:  Art as Expression, by Cassie Quigley, Judy Harrington, and Dani Herro
(Science Scope, July, 2014, Volume 40}
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An overview on how to move STEM to STEAM by adding the arts to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to  produce powerful and authentic  learning opportunities: Link

Engineering Encounters: From STEM to STEAM, By Kristin Cook, Sarah Bush, and Richard Cox  (Science for Children, September, 2017, Volume 54)

Details how to incorporate the arts in a roller coaster engineering project: Link
 
Follow this link for some STEAM lesson plans from NSTA: Link