Arts Integration

An assessment called a one-pager has students use art to show what they know—and it can be used across the curriculum.

A teacher who has used photography to build student engagement notes particular benefits for students on the spectrum.

Too many university supervisors and administrators criticize the absence of lesson closure, the activity that ends a lesson and creates a lasting impression. Like contracting your bicep at the top of a dumbbell curl, closure squeezes an extra oomph into a lesson. Find 22 closure strategies in this article by Todd Finley.

Like a story, lessons deserve compelling beginnings and endings. From pop culture connections to finishing with a level-up, here are eight strategies for holding students' attention.

Make a daily habit of starting every ELA class with a poem—they’re short and intense, connect to other reading, and inspire student writing.

Art and music are key to student development.

Incorporating music into almost any class can be a great way to teach content—and it doesn’t take special training or expensive resources.

Teachers can inspire outside-the-box thinking for students by using problem-based learning, art, music, and inquiry-based feedback.

Using project-based learning in science, technology, engineering, art, and math classes is a way to solve problems in real-world contexts.

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

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.

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.

Successfully launching a school makerspace includes community buy-in, generating a student buzz, finding cheap or free resources, and building maker activities into the curriculum.