How My Work Embodies STEAM
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Artist Zack Smithey describes how he incorporates principles of STEAM into his work as a painter, sculptor, designer, and builder of container homes.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-239**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as you conduct a STEAM activity with students creating a work of art that also embodies other principles, concepts, or attributes of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. What is student response to Mr. Smithey’s ideas ? How do they see his work as an example of STEAM in practice? How does his work potentially influence what they’ll create in the activity?
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
