Anything else that we should know about STEAM from your
Education Board (ISEB), a global collaboration on learning about space. He uses
vantage point?
his life story as an athlete, astronaut, scientist, engineer, photographer, and
We need to go where the students are - this is incredibly
Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) careers.
important. There’s a little boy named Juaquin who loves to play
Leland currently resides in Lynchburg, Virginia. Find out more at http://
football - loves it! In football, there’s running and catching and
lelandmelvin.com
musician to help inspire the next generation of explorers to pursue Science,
throwing and all of these things. So you can obviously take all
the physics that are associated with the sport. This equation for
impact is associated with that equation for force. When you’re
jumping into the air and you have that hangtime, that’s what
dancer’s do when they move through space and time. So when
Susan Riley is an Arts Integration Specialist and Founder of
EducationCloset.com, an online resource providing
professional development for integrative and innovative
teaching. Susan is the author of four books, including the
you’re developing lessons, units or curriculum, tie in what your
recent No Permission Required: Bringing STEAM to Life in
students already love and have an interest in and find a way to
K-12 Schools and the popular STEAM Point. Contact her at
integrate it naturally with other areas through the arts. If we can
[email protected] for more information.
start making connections where the kids already are, using what
they are already doing, we now become an advocate for them.
And that’s what it’s all about.
Leland Melvin has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and a Master’s
degree in materials science engineering. He worked at NASA Langley Research
Center in the area of nondestructive testing creating optical fiber sensors for
measuring damage in aerospace vehicles, resulting in publications in numerous
NO PERMISSION REQUIRED:
BRINGING STEAM TO LIFE IN
K-12 SCHOOLS
This book from author Susan
Riley provides case studies,
an implementation plan and
lessons for K-12 focused
entirely on the integrated
STEAM process.
scientific journals. After hanging up his space boots he was appointed head of
NASA Education and served as the co-chair on the White House’s Federal
Coordination in Science, Technology, Engi neering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.)
Education Task Force developing the nation’s 5-year STEM education plan. Leland
was the United States representative and chair of the International Space
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