Engaging Many Minds: Nurturing Collaboration in a STEAM Context

This field note describes a recent interdisciplinary project facilitated by Jeremy Gercke, an art teacher at the Bishop\u27s School in La Jolla, California. The project creates ceramic tile markers for flora around the Bishop\u27s School campus. The markers feature QR codes linking to websites populated with student content, including: drawings, information, and oral histories. In this project, Mr. Gercke synthesizes his interests as an artist; maximizes his social connections to mentors, peers and students; and bridges disciplines to create opportunities for interdisciplinary (STEAM) inquiry