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Examining Natural Selection By Sketching And Making Models Of The Finches Of The Galapagos Islands, Phoebe J. Z. Pittman, Jolene K. Teske

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This practical lesson describes how students in six eighth grade science classes participated in a lesson combining the National Core Arts Standards with the Next Generation Science Standards. The goal of the lesson was to provide visual representations of finch beak form and function so students could better understand genetic variation and how environmental pressures influence natural selection. Students sketched a finch with a large, medium, or small beak, corresponding to an experiment they had conducted with picking up different sizes of seeds with different sizes of binder clips. Using modeling with a variety of media, students created bird beaks …

Cinematherapy In Gifted Education Identity Development: Integrating The Arts Through Stem-Themed Movies, Timothy C. Kangas, Michelle Cook, Audrey C. Rule

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

Gifted students, because of their advanced development compared to peers, have emotional needs that require differentiated education programs. Asynchronous social and emotional development of gifted students often leads to identity issues. Cinematherapy can be used to help gifted students explore their identities through analysis of the actions of gifted characters in films. This practical article suggests STEM-themed movies with characters facing challenges useful for gifted student identity development. The Autonomous Learners Model is used to classify gifted learners in the movies to assist teachers in matching movies to the needs of gifted learners. Tables of STEM-themed movies with gifted characters …

Ouachita Visual Arts To Host Exhibit Featuring Guest Artist Tony Smith March 6-29, Katie Smith, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts will host an exhibit featuring guest artist Tony Smith on March 6-29. The exhibit will be on display in the second floor Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery in Moses-Provine Hall. It will coincide with another guest exhibit, “Abstract ARt,” which will be in the first floor gallery. Both exhibits will explore some of the same artistic themes represented in abstract art; they are both free and open to the public.

Smith is a painter based in Liverpool, England. His most recent work focuses on a whimsical spatial construction that plays off of the differences …

Ouachita Visual Arts Hosting Six Area Artists In "Abstract Art" Exhibit Through March 29, Katie Smith, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts is hosting six Arkansas artists for an abstract art exhibit, “Abstract ARt,” through March 29. The exhibit will be in the first floor Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery in Moses-Provine Hall and is free and open to the public. The exhibit will coincide with another abstract art exhibit featuring Tony Smith, an artist from Liverpool, England. Both of these exhibits feature abstract art and will play off the same artistic themes.

“Abstract ARt” will feature Dustyn Bork from Batesville, Ark.; Justin Bowles from Little Rock, Ark.; Robyn Horn from Little Rock, Ark.; Sam King …