In our choice-based pre-K art studio, we’ve been discussing and exploring different media that artists use. My students were quick to jump into the discussion, sharing that some artists use paint, others use cameras, and some use clay to make sculptures. I explained that we’d be looking at the work of an artist who used a totally different medium: light!
Art teachers share their STEAM efforts through a variety of powerful interdisciplinary lessons. Students experiment with electroluminescent lights, collaborate with science students to engineer moving mechanical insects, use natural materials to create colorful inks, explore surface tension with paper marbling, and much more.
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