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Art Inspires Math Inspires Art: The Ripple Effect of Arts Integration

Art Inspires Math Inspires Art: The Ripple Effect of Arts Integration

Jul 25, 2019 | North County High School

What does learning look like in June? It’s hot, kids are getting restless, and classes don’t typically get any easier academically. Quite the opposite, in fact, for Algebra 1 students and teachers at North County High School in Anne Arundel County Public Schools...
Spreading the Word

Spreading the Word

Feb 28, 2019 | Arts Empowered Minds Schools, North County High School, UMBC

Teaching a subject through a new art form feels less daunting after not only seeing a successful idea modeled in a classroom setting, but actually participating in the learning as a student. At Community Arts: Connecting Neighborhoods and Classrooms, the 13th Annual...
Storytelling Visualized: Assigning Functions to a Narrative

Storytelling Visualized: Assigning Functions to a Narrative

Apr 2, 2018 | North County High School

YA artist TAHIRA and Amy Goodman from North County High School You can feel a good story in your core- the sadness, the suspense, the bitterness, and the beauty. We are good at registering and reacting to all of the characters, events, and plot twists a story throws...
The Flavor of Math: Understanding Algebraic Terms with Femi the Drifish

The Flavor of Math: Understanding Algebraic Terms with Femi the Drifish

Mar 4, 2018 | Arts Empowered Minds Schools, North County High School

Slam Poet and YA roster artist Femi the Drifish spent a week with Algebra students at North County High School. What do you call a collection of two or more equations using the same set of unknowns? Can you identify the variables and constants in a mathematic...
Algebra in the Drum Shop: Plotting the Rate of Change with Kevin Martin

Algebra in the Drum Shop: Plotting the Rate of Change with Kevin Martin

Dec 14, 2017 | Arts Empowered Minds Schools, North County High School

Algebra teacher Sarah Dobry “Will I ever use this in real life?” A teacher could rattle off the professional fields that a mathematician could enter after pursuing a degree when students challenge, “Why do we have to learn this?” Or, they could show them what they can...
Creating Learning Opportunities Through the Arts

Creating Learning Opportunities Through the Arts

Dec 12, 2017 | Arts Empowered Minds Schools, North County High School

The Arts Empowered Minds Initiative (AEMI) is aimed at ensuring equitable access to the arts for Northern Anne Arundel County Public Schools through in-school arts integration, out-of-school arts programming, and professional development for teachers. Now in its...