Dig Art!

 This blog offers ideas for lessons, garden guidance and citizen science that support a school garden and Art integration.  Easy to use lesson ideas that span minutes to multiple days, brings the outside into the art classroom.  This site has printable PDFs, and access background information and learning standards connections. 


Science classroom connections:
Kindergarten: Plant Needs, Organisms' Impact on Environments
Second grade: Plant and Animal Dependence, Prairie Field Experience, What Plants Need
Third Grade:  Life in Ecosystems


Dig Art! Cultivating Creativity in the Garden- Link

Why Arts Are Essential in a STEM Education

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This 2016 article discusses the connections between art and STEM, and how creativity might be the key to connecting with students who struggle with math, science or technology.  Included in this link are additionals art integration articles such as; Arts as Text: Bridging Literacy and the Arts


Why Arts Are Essential in STEM Education- Link

Art helps students retain more science content

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Current research shows that integrating art with science helps students retain content weeks after instruction.  Read this short article with links to the study, STEM educational myths, and additional resources for Art, STEM and student success.



Art based lessons improve science performance  - link

ART- Learning About Plants with STEAM

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Interested in an article integrating Art and Science through the use of a school garden?  Click on the link below to find out more about a school garden and how this art teacher integrades color, patterns, line, texture and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)  into her yearly lesson plans.  

Learning About Plants with STEAM - link