Artfully STEM
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Jerseyville, Illinois, United States
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Welcome to my store! I'm Susanne, a passionate educator with over 25 years of experience in 1st through 8th-grade classrooms. My focus has been on middle school STEM and art. I started creating my resources because I saw a need for more hands-on lessons focused on using art to teach complex science concepts. Every resource you find here was made to focus on one of the NGSS Standards. I have ensured that each is engaging, effective, and easy for you to implement. My goal is to create high-quality, rigorous, and time-saving materials so you can focus on what matters most: your students.
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you find something that makes your teaching life a little easier.
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MS-LS2-5 Biodiversity Design Solutions Project | Ecosystem Services STEAM Lab
Spark Creativity & Critical Thinking: Art for Biodiversity - Designing Solutions! 🎨🌍✨ Grade Level: Middle School (6th - 8th Grade) Time Allotment: 3-4 Class Periods Empower your middle school students to become environmental changemakers with this engaging, NGSS-aligned "Art for Biodiversity – Designing Solutions" lesson! This comprehensive resource seamlessly blends science, art, and critical thinking, challenging students to evaluate real-world environmental problems and creatively design ar
6th - 8th
Biology, Engineering, Environment
NGSS
MS-LS2-5
Art in Motion: A Full STEAM Bundle for NGSS MS-PS2 Forces and Interactions
Are you struggling to make abstract physics concepts like forces, fields, and motion stick with your middle schoolers? Transform your science class into a vibrant studio of learning with this comprehensive, art-infused bundle for NGSS MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions. This isn't just another set of worksheets; it's a complete, creative curriculum that uses the power of art to teach all five standards, ensuring deep, memorable understanding for every type of learner. Watch as
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physics
NGSS
MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-2
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MS-ESS1-2 The Cosmic Mobile: Modeling Gravity & Planetary Motion
Transform your Middle School Science classroom into an art studio and an astrophysics lab! Are you looking for a hands-on way to teach MS-ESS1-2 without relying on standard styrofoam ball models? "The Cosmic Mobile" is an interdisciplinary STEAM project where students build kinetic sculptures (mobiles) inspired by artist Alexander Calder to model the role of gravity in the solar system and galaxies. In this 3-4 day lesson, students don't just memorize that gravity holds the solar system together
6th - 8th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Visual Arts
NGSS
MS-ESS1-2
Calorimetry Sculptures - Art & Science Lesson Plan
Unlock Authentic, Student-Led Science with Calorimetry Sculptures This hands-on project empowers students to become scientists, engineers, and artists as they investigate thermal energy. Designed to meet the NGSS Standard MS-PS3-4, this isn't a typical lab. The core of the lesson is student-led planning. They must design two separate, controlled experiments to determine: How the type of matter (e.g., sand vs. water) affects temperature change.How the mass of a substance affects its temperature c
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS3-4
Creature Comforts - Art & Science Lesson Plan
Ignite student engagement with "Creature Comforts," a hands-on STEAM engineering challenge focused on thermal energy and aligned with NGSS standard MS-PS3-3. In this multi-day lesson, students move beyond traditional insulation labs by designing and building artistic "creatures" to keep an ice cube frozen. This project challenges them to apply their understanding of conduction, convection, and radiation in their material choices. The lesson emphasizes the complete engineering design cycle, culmi
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS3-3
Invisible Sculptures - Art & Science Lesson Plan
This STEAM lesson, "Invisible Sculptures," allows students to visualize magnetic and electric fields to meet NGSS Standard MS-PS2-5. Through a hands-on investigation, students create "sculptures" with iron filings and static electricity, providing visual evidence of unseen forces. Following the investigation, students will critically evaluate their experimental design. They will analyze their methods, identify uncontrolled variables and potential sources of error, and suggest improvements. This
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS2-5
Cosmic Canvases - The Art of Gravity: Art & Science Lesson Plan
Transform your abstract gravity lesson into a hands-on STEAM experience. With Cosmic Canvases, students create data-rich art to understand the pull of gravity. Using a fabric "gravity well," students model spacetime by rolling marbles (comets) around central masses (stars), tracing their paths to create a beautiful visual. This project is designed to meet NGSS Standard MS-PS2-4, requiring students to construct an argument based on evidence. They will plan and conduct an investigation to support
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physics
NGSS
MS-PS2-4
Artful Accelercart - Art & Science Lesson Plan
This hands-on STEAM project, the Artful Accelercart, allows middle school students to explore Newton's Second Law by designing and building a rolling cart with a pendulum paintbrush. As the cart accelerates, it creates a paint streak that visually represents the concept, making abstract physics tangible. This project-based learning experience integrates the Engineering Design Process, visual arts, and core physics principles. Students will conduct a controlled experiment to investigate the relat
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physics
NGSS
MS-PS2-2
Hot Hands & Cool Critters - Art & Science Lesson Plan
This project-based learning unit challenges students to act as chemical engineers and artists. They will design, build, and test a functional sculpture that produces a chemical reaction, either releasing or absorbing thermal energy. This hands-on unit fully aligns with the NGSS standard MS-PS1-6. Students utilize the engineering design cycle by constructing a device, collecting temperature data, analyzing their results, and proposing modifications to improve their design based on scientific prin
6th - 8th
Chemistry, Engineering, Other (Arts)
NGSS
MS-PS1-6
Also included in: MS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
The Energy of Arrangement - Art & Science Lesson Plan
Is "potential energy" one of the toughest, most abstract concepts for your middle school students to grasp? Transform the abstract concept of potential energy into a memorable work of art. In this hands-on STEAM project, students address NGSS standard MS-PS3-2 by designing and building balanced mobiles that serve as physical models for stored energy. Students create two arrangements of their mobile—one with low energy and one with high energy. The innovative twist is that they must invent an art
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS3-2
Collision Contraptions - Art & Science Lesson Plan
Ready for a project that makes physics fun? This hands-on lesson challenges 6th-8th graders to design, build, and test a vehicle that protects a fragile passenger during a crash. By integrating physics, engineering, and art, students will apply Newton's Third Law memorably and engagingly. Perfect for project-based learning, this STEAM activity gets students excited about science and the engineering design process. What You Get: 4-Day Lesson Plan: A step-by-step guide for a seamless project flow.
6th - 8th
Engineering, Other (Arts), Physics
NGSS
MS-PS2-1
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Welcome to my store! I'm Susanne, a passionate educator with over 25 years of experience in 1st through 8th-grade classrooms. My focus has been on middle school STEM and art. I started creating my resources because I saw a need for more hands-on lessons focused on using art to teach complex science concepts. Every resource you find here was made to focus on one of the NGSS Standards. I have ensured that each is engaging, effective, and easy for you to implement. My goal is to create high-quality, rigorous, and time-saving materials so you can focus on what matters most: your students.
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you find something that makes your teaching life a little easier.
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Master's Degree in Differentiated Instruction
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