NEW PALTZ – Duzine and Lenape Elementary Schools have become a wellspring of STREAM-ing education. This comprehensive, holistic, and unique educational approach integrates Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics, and allows students to apply their learning in real-life situations and reach conceptual understandings.
Rebecca Burdett, a Universal Pre-K teacher at Duzine, said STREAM is about implementing a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to learning through discovery and inquiry. Education teams at both Duzine and Lenape have recently implemented dedicated STREAM labs, which were funded by a grant from the Benjamin Center at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Duzine’s new lab weaves local themes throughout the students’ STREAM activities, including an outdoor garden, a “touch table” with local ecological artifacts, a trout hatching…
