Fanwood Life Magazine Edition 4 | Page 16

In compliance with the New York State Art Standards, students are expected to have opportunities to create,  perform, respond and connect to the arts. Also in the New York State Standards, is the expectation that students will be exposed to a variety of arts content including: theater, visual arts, dance and music. In order to promote alignment with the arts, enhance students’ art experiences, and further develop the S.T.E.A.M. vision, Fanwood partnered with teaching artists to provide an arts-rich experience for our students. Bash The Trash as we have been learning about whale calls and acoustics in science, as well as engineering and the principals of matter, this activity helped my students connect those topics in a cross- curricular and S.T.E.A.M. oriented way Musical Munchkins 15