Dowell Arts Integration Presentation March 2024
Spring 2024 Arts Integration Plans
Teachers go to NASA Houston for STEAM Training
Mrs. Astin and Mrs. Belcher blasted off to the SEEC conference in Houston, Texas to learn even more STEAM strategies. While they were there, they participated in several hands-on experiments and arts integrated projects revolving around concepts related to Space.
AI Planning Grids
AI Planning and Workshops
Our faculty and staff had the opportunity to participate in two first semester planning sessions at Dowell. Training was provided by our awesome STEAM and Art Specialists. Additionally, staff members completed AI planning sessions with consultant Jessica Espinoza in late October to sketch out AI projects for the remainder of the school year.
Fall Arts Integration Presentation 2023
AI/STEAM Plans Fall 2023
F is for Float
With teacher guidance, Kindergartners experimented with making a vessel that would hold the most bears. Students practiced making their design by drawing their plan. Students then engineered their boats and tested them by placing their bears on top. Since this was their first STEM challenge, students were scaffolded through the process and had a blast seeing if their boat could float.
Can You Help Pete the Cat with his Pumpkins?
Kindergartners are having more fun with STEM. After reading Pete the Cat and Five Little Pumpkins, students learned about the awesome job that engineers and architects do every day by constructing different items such as buildings and walls. Students were challenged to build a wall to help Pete hold his extra pumpkins. Students studied pictures of walls, planned out their design, and constructed their design out of builder bricks. Students also learned about the art concept of line and planned how they should make their walls. Students had to be extra careful, because their wall had to be at least 5 unifix cubes tall and be wide enough to hold all of their pumpkins.
Precipitation Paintings and Weather Tools
1st Graders in the STEM and Innovation Labs had a blast learning all about Precipitation and Weather Tools. Students use a marbelizing technique to create their precipitation paintings. Studnets also spent time graphing the weather each day and making their own weather vane to measure wind.
Fairy Tale STEAM
1st and 2nd Grade students worked through the Engineer and Design process in order to help Goldilocks and The Three Little Pigs. Students studied works containing house and beds and conducted a See, Think, Wonder thinking exercise before designing their project. Students worked in groups to help their Fairy Tale friends. 1st graders helped Goldilocks design a bed that was just right for her. They tested their beds by adding pennies to replicate Goldilock's weight. They collected data on whose beds could hold the most pennies and then discussed how they would improve their beds. 2nd Graders helped the Three Little Pigs design a house that could withstand the huffs and puffs of the Big Bad Wolf. Students simulated the Wolf's breath with a hair dryer and recorded their data in charts.
5th Grade Junkyard Wonders
After reading Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Pallaco, 5th grade students participated in a Junkyard wonders challenge. Students were given a bag of recycled "junk" and challenged to build a 3-D piece of art using the Engineering and Design Method. Students looked at 3-D art for inspirations.
What's the Matter?
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In conjunction with their study of matter and properties of matter, second graders learned about color and value while experimenting with crayons. Students enjoyed learning about how crayons were made and even listened to the story, The Day the Crayons Came Home. Students designed a new color by melting crayons and changing their shape. Students also designed works of Wax Art on Canvas and watched their crayons change from a solid to a liquid and back to a solid, while creating a new color. Finally, students wrote postcards to Duncan from the point of view of their crayons and reminded him that all matter matters.
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NatGeo Wants You!
5th Grade Advanced Content Students completed a semester long project on the World's Famous landmarks. In conjunction with their Constructive and Destructive Process Science Standards, students researched each landmark chosen to see if they were affected by earthquakes, volcanoes, and any other constructive or destructive force. Students used Google Earth to look at each landmark in order to make a scaled model of their landmark using only natural and recycled materials. Students had mathematical constraints on their projects and had to make sure projects did not consume and area of more than 144 square inches. Students also studied art elements of advertising and graphic design as they created postcards for their landmark and a blueprint for a souvenir t-shirt.
DLI and STEAM
Students in 2nd grade DLI became intrigued with the work of Antoni Gaudi during a Three Little Pigs building challenge. It all started with looking a photographs of his buildings during a See, Think, Wonder Activity. Students became immediately inspired to recreate their own structures inspired by Gaudi. Students used their math standards of measurement, science concepts of matter, and the engineer and design process to create amazing works of art.
Rocks, Rock!
Third Graders rocked at their task for creating a Rock Display for holding at least 3 prized rocks. Students studied attributes of rocks in the STEM lab and took the knowledge that they learned their to create a rock display from recycled materials during their engineering and design challenge. For a fun technology connection, students created Chatterpix of their rocks talking about all of their awesome attributes.
3rd Grade PBL at Work!
Third Graders participated in two PBL projects for the first half of the 2019-2020 school year. Their first project involved opening a restaurant. Students researched architecture and design to plan the blueprint for their restaurant. Students used principles of measurement to make a scaled model of their restaurant. Students also studied food artists who make models for commercials in order to design a replica of their favorite menu item. Students used principles of color and texture to design their mouthwatering sculptures.
For their second PBL project, students planned a Thanksgiving dinner party for up to 12 people. Students used multiplication, addition, and subtraction to work within their tight budgets to feed their guests. Students also used measurement and arrays to practice arranging their party areas. As a culminating activity, students cooked parts of their dinner and learned about food safety.
For their second PBL project, students planned a Thanksgiving dinner party for up to 12 people. Students used multiplication, addition, and subtraction to work within their tight budgets to feed their guests. Students also used measurement and arrays to practice arranging their party areas. As a culminating activity, students cooked parts of their dinner and learned about food safety.
Water Lillies comes to Life
4th grade's study of Ecosystems led them to their wonderful artistic creations based on the famous work of art by Claude Monet. Students researched animals that could live in the pond ecosystem. While studying the works of art and learning about impressionalism, students understood the concepts of color and value in their work. It was fun exploring how to use oil pastels to create their work. Students also built a model of their ecosystem.
Green Screen Fun
5th Grade students had a blast researching Constructive and Destructive Forces in the Technology Lab. Students created Green Screen projects on their favorite force.