STEAM Ahead
Chicago Height/ Park Forest, Illinois
Science Technology Engineering Art Math

Public Presentations


Illinois Association of Title 1 Directors (IATD) Conference     September 19, 2022   


CAPE and SD 163 STEAM teachers presented their four-year partnership at educational conferences. The NIH Grant for the STEAM Ahead partnership included building the capacity of STEAM teachers as effective PD leaders, supporting the viability of the project beyond the life of the grant.

Each presentation included an overview of the professional learning and collaborative teaching model that formed the basis for developing an innovative STEAM curriculum for students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Conference participants experienced how science and arts practices work together to create engaging and meaningful investigations that combine science, technology, engineering, art and mathematical content.










Illinois Association of Title 1 Directors (IATD) Conference  


"STEAM Teacher Andrea Mele, CAPE Consultant Patty Whitehouse, and STEAM Teacher Lori Mitchell describe the CAPE/District 163 partnership." "District 163 CAPE Liaison Cheryl Muench shares her enthusiasm for the STEAM Ahead Artist and Scientist activity." "Lori Mitchell describes her students’ reactions to STEAM Ahead Mission to Mars project."
Images of STEAM Ahead students and their work were integral to the presentations.

"Second grade students built Symmetry Cities as part of their STEAM Ahead collaboration." "First Grade students used what they knew about the needs of plants, animals and people to create what they need to survive in space. They put on an Engineering Fashion Show to share their inventions. This inventor is showing off her jet pack." "Second grade students built Symmetry Cities as part of their STEAM Ahead collaboration."

STEAM Ahead Public Presentations


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