Since ‘Ingenious Talents’ with integrated thinking abilities are now widely expected by people, STEAM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) education is emphasized in modern society in order to develop emotion and creativity beyond s...
Since ‘Ingenious Talents’ with integrated thinking abilities are now widely expected by people, STEAM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) education is emphasized in modern society in order to develop emotion and creativity beyond skills and knowledge. STEAM education refers to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics, of which the goals are to foster Ingenious Talents. To ensure that Science and Art, from the STEAM elements, are not merely combined superficially, nor that Art plays an instrumental role in Science education, this paper presented a teaching plan based on middle school science textbooks and Kinetic Artworks: science inquiry activities which makes full use of visual senses and Kinetic Art, which has a lot to do with Science in particular, on the basis of the importance of STEAM and the value of Art education. Through research, we developed a class of which the result of science experiment itself becomes an artwork which can be observed and appreciated simultaneously, and applied it to middle school students. As a result of the mixture of scientific inquiry activities and Kinetic Art, positive evaluation was made from the students that their creativity, interest in Science·Art and teamwork have improved through making Kinetic Art works. It can be said that students have fulfilled the implementation of creative ideas through activities motivating convergent thinking of scientific phenomena and aesthetic expression. Also, the twist to the teaching method has been an effective means to draw students’ attention. Through group activities, students have improved in accepting opinions and convincing other students. In the long term, expecting students’ convergent thinking to be improved and students to grow into Ingenious Talents, we hope that the teaching plans in this study are developed in various forms and STEAM education to be actively studied.