STEAM at LAUMEIER for Fourth and Fifth Graders
STEAM at LAUMEIER is a unique, full-day experience that gets students out of the classroom and into a naturally creative environment, sparking their imagination and helping them become more innovative, multi-disciplinary thinkers. Led by Laumeier’s education team, students explore and examine selected contemporary sculptures that grace the Park’s 105 acres of woodlands, trails and green space. At each stop, students are guided through activities that help them learn how to creatively approach science, technology, arts, engineering and math challenges.
Created in partnership with Maryville University’s STEM faculty, the STEAM at LAUMEIER curriculum is designed to support fourth and fifth grade learning objectives. The program meets both Missouri and National learning standards.
For more information about STEAM at LAUMEIER or to inquire about booking a field trip, please email Elsie Tuttle, Learning & Engagement Specialist, at etuttle@laumeier.org.
Fourth Grade
Fourth grade students practice guided inquiry and estimation as they investigate sculptures that feature repeating monochromatic geometric shapes. Each student will have the opportunity to design, build, and measure their own sculpture to take home.
Sugabus by Robert Chambers (left) and The Way by Alexander Liberman (right) are two of Laumeier’s monochromatic sculptures with repeating geometric shapes that inspired the 4th grade STEAM curriculum.
Fifth Grade
Fifth grade learners investigate functional and nonfunctional sculptures as they explore shapes, angles, and measurement along the woodland trails. Putting their imaginations to work, they then build their own unique structures through trial and error. Each learner will receive a structure building kit to take home.
DAN GRAHAM, Triangular Bridge Over Water, 1990. Reflective laminated glass, anodized aluminum, painted steel, concrete, 84 x 192 x 120 inches. Laumeier Sculpture Park Commission, with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
JACKIE FERRARA, Laumeier Project, 1981. Red cedar, zinc-coated carriage bolts, 187 x 228 x 261 inches. Laumeier Sculpture Park Commission, with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Adler and an anonymous donor.
Triangular Bridge over Covered Water by Dan Graham (left) and Laumeier Project by Jackie Ferrara (right) are two of Laumeier’s sculptures featuring a variety of angles and geometric shapes that inspired the 5th grade STEAM curriculum.
STEAM at Laumeier is supported by the Saigh Foundation and the Windgate Foundation.
