Over the years I have conducted multiple STEAM projects, particularly with the art infused elementary school, Howe Hall AIMS in Goose Creek, South Carolina including a Butterfly Project for Cypress Gardens, the Dixie Project and the Ocean Project. This section highlights the collaborative work I conducted with STEAM, school aged children, and their amazingly cooperative teachers. The College of Charleston STEAM Project infused the arts into the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects. One day a week for a semester we researched how a kindergarten class would respond to bringing more arts into the classroom. Then arranging for the students to apply that knowledge to a real life experience at the ocean. The results were extremely successful. Students were more engaged and they improved their student learning outcomes.
Introducing Artistic Paper Folding to Math Concepts