Integrated Studies

When fourth graders are asked to redesign the Mayflower, they work with content in several subject areas at the same time.

Two teachers who guided a project-based learning unit that included travel share how to replicate the deep engagement they saw without going anywhere.

An English teacher co-teaching trigonometry asked students to explain an equation to a child and to turn discrete problems into a story.

A Title I school in the Bronx is dramatically improving student outcomes—one book at a time.

Educators take on the role of guides and motivate students to direct their own learning.

A middle school math teacher on how to make real-world math connections during field trips and interdisciplinary projects.

Discover information, examples, and tools related to incorporating aspects of the arts, design, and the humanities into STEM-based school activities.

Whether you are looking for resources on integrating science, technology, engineering, and math or on infusing the arts to transform STEM into STEAM, these curated compilations will help you plan different approaches to integrated studies.

All points of arts integration -- from benefits and implementation to linking the arts with core curriculum -- are covered in this roundup of useful Edutopia blog posts, articles, and videos.

Combining science and literature can help students engage more deeply with both subjects.

Bringing together Shakespeare and forensics, or Icarus and design thinking, shows how literature and science can illuminate each other.

Teaching literacy and math at once helps make the most of class time while deepening young students’ understanding in both subjects.

Four of the skills used to solve computer science problems can be applied in other classes as well.