Getting our innovative juices flowing was celebrated at Vintage's Fall 2013 NASA Night. Integrating art (A) into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) encourages creativity, which leads to ideas for designing better products and services and to solving problems. This integration of art plus design is important to keeping America a successful world leader and provides jobs that will allow students to prosper. Vintage students and their families had an opportunity to participate in many hands on art and design activities during the evening along with other STEM related presentations (see list below).
To kick off the evening's celebration of "STEAM: How Art and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Connect," Vintage kindergarten students performed a dance. They were followed by keynote speaker, Tomasz Stec, Lead Avionics Engineer from Edwards Air force Base spoke. He first dazzled students with the STEM aspect of his job as an engineer. He mentioned he wasn't good at math as a young student but kept working at it. He talked about how not all designs are successful. He even shared some videos of the "Oh No" moments of when products were tested and failed. Mr. Stec also introduced how art leads to creativity, which leads to opening minds to different ideas and ways to approach problems. Mr. Stec also enjoys being an artist. He pointed out how much he uses math when creating art projects. At ended his talk he equally dazzling students with photos his artistic talents of creating pancakes that look like dragons, Santa and his Reindeer, karate kickers, the Eiffel Tower, and other fun designs.
Click here for NASA Night Fall 2013 photos from this event in our Photos Event page and also check out the PIcassohead art creations. For more information on related topics, check out our website's NASA Explorer School page.
NASA NIGHT PARTICIPANTS AND EVENTS:
Shari Asplunds, NASA JPL presented Artistic Space Images
Alvin Ako, Melvin Denny Ako Models presented Bulding Architectural Models
The Los Angeles Astronomical Society presented Astronomy and teh Solar System
The Woodland Hills Rock Chippers Club presented Geology and Art
The Succulent Society presented Botanical Art
Mad Science presented Chromatography
Lego Robotics presented Robotics and Art
Mrs. Stone/Vintage Computer Lab presented Picasso(head) Art Gallery
Mrs. Gagnier and Koepenick presented Design the Best Playground
Mrs. R. Hall presented The Art and Science of Snowflakes
Mrs. Cruz presented Making Mursic with the Science of Sound
Mrs. Buck, Ms. Hoang, and Mrs. Liu presented Artwork from Angles, Air and Ink
Mrs. Raquel presented Creating Geometric Art Like Mondrian
Ms. D. Hall and Mrs. Maar presented Patining with Ultraviolet Light
At the conclusion of the evening, Vintage family and friends were invited back to the auditorium to bring their cellphones to be part of performance art. The goal was to spell out NASA using the lighted display of the cellphone. This was an exercise in taking a creative idea, not tried before, and seeing if it would work.
To kick off the evening's celebration of "STEAM: How Art and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Connect," Vintage kindergarten students performed a dance. They were followed by keynote speaker, Tomasz Stec, Lead Avionics Engineer from Edwards Air force Base spoke. He first dazzled students with the STEM aspect of his job as an engineer. He mentioned he wasn't good at math as a young student but kept working at it. He talked about how not all designs are successful. He even shared some videos of the "Oh No" moments of when products were tested and failed. Mr. Stec also introduced how art leads to creativity, which leads to opening minds to different ideas and ways to approach problems. Mr. Stec also enjoys being an artist. He pointed out how much he uses math when creating art projects. At ended his talk he equally dazzling students with photos his artistic talents of creating pancakes that look like dragons, Santa and his Reindeer, karate kickers, the Eiffel Tower, and other fun designs.
Click here for NASA Night Fall 2013 photos from this event in our Photos Event page and also check out the PIcassohead art creations. For more information on related topics, check out our website's NASA Explorer School page.
NASA NIGHT PARTICIPANTS AND EVENTS:
Shari Asplunds, NASA JPL presented Artistic Space Images
Alvin Ako, Melvin Denny Ako Models presented Bulding Architectural Models
The Los Angeles Astronomical Society presented Astronomy and teh Solar System
The Woodland Hills Rock Chippers Club presented Geology and Art
The Succulent Society presented Botanical Art
Mad Science presented Chromatography
Lego Robotics presented Robotics and Art
Mrs. Stone/Vintage Computer Lab presented Picasso(head) Art Gallery
Mrs. Gagnier and Koepenick presented Design the Best Playground
Mrs. R. Hall presented The Art and Science of Snowflakes
Mrs. Cruz presented Making Mursic with the Science of Sound
Mrs. Buck, Ms. Hoang, and Mrs. Liu presented Artwork from Angles, Air and Ink
Mrs. Raquel presented Creating Geometric Art Like Mondrian
Ms. D. Hall and Mrs. Maar presented Patining with Ultraviolet Light
At the conclusion of the evening, Vintage family and friends were invited back to the auditorium to bring their cellphones to be part of performance art. The goal was to spell out NASA using the lighted display of the cellphone. This was an exercise in taking a creative idea, not tried before, and seeing if it would work.
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