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How a handful of Maine schools are blending lab work and studio time — and what it does for student engagement.
A few schools around the state have stopped treating science and art as separate hours and started teaching them together. The early results are worth a look.
Why combine them
Observation, iteration, and revision sit at the center of both disciplines. When students sketch a cell or model a bridge, they practice the same habits a scientist and an artist share.
What it looks like
- Lab notebooks that include drawing, not just data tables
- Design critiques run like peer review
- Final projects graded on both accuracy and craft
The students stopped asking whether this was the science grade or the art grade. That was the moment it worked.
If your school is trying something similar, the Interdisciplinary Instruction team would like to hear about it.