Why are #STEAM careers important? How can students build creative thinking skills and a growth mindset to come up with innovative solutions to real-world problems? Explore these and many other essential read more
Innovators and inventors investigate, inquire, infer, inspire and improve. What #STEAM behaviors do you exhibit as a learner and problem solver? Encourage students to identify their strengths using this read more
Have children consider where new products come from and how #STEAM teams work together to meet unmet needs. Ask them to look around their house, school, or community and imagine how an everyday item read more
Portraits can help show who we are, and how we feel. Have students create a self-portrait and include words in the image. Students can share their portrait with others and ask them to describe what they read more
Encourage students to reflect on what others don’t see or know about them. Have them sketch and write about their vision for their future, then map out pathways that could help them reach those goals. read more
Students are exposed to news stories daily, and are often tasked with interpreting what they read. How could creating an index card story series that illustrates and reports on the news in their life help read more
This Intentional Writing Framework uses visuals as springboards and asks writers to plan the intent, intended audience, voice, and then to pick a genre. Have students select a piece of art and then use read more
What genre could students use to use to tell their personal story? How might portrait images inspire different stories? Visual and written literacy work together to create a powerful narrative in this read more
In the digital era reading visuals for meaning is key to effective communication. Use this Thinking Sheet with your students to explore what visual literacy is, why it is important, and how sketches, read more
When students imagine themselves with super powers, some of the “super” confidence and optimism rubs off and shapes their behavior. Using this thinking sheet, students imagine themselves as a superhero, read more