HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-04; Arts Commission; ; Update on STEAM Pilot Program Batiquitos ArtVenturesApril 4, 2024 Item #2 Page 1 of 1
Meeting Date: April 4, 2024
To: Arts Commission
From: Wendy Sabin Lasker, Community Arts Coordinator
Lisa Naugler, Arts Instructor
Staff Contact: Wendy Sabin Lasker, Community Arts Coordinator
wendy.sabinlasker@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5982
Subject: Update on STEAM Pilot Program Batiquitos ArtVentures
District: All Recommended Action
Receive a report from staff on the STEAM Pilot Program, Batiquitos ArtVentures.
Executive Summary
This presentation provides an update on the Batiquitos ArtVentures Pilot Program. The
program is designed as a STEAM field trip offered to elementary schools located within the City
of Carlsbad’s four districts.
Explanation & Analysis
This program for first-grade students is held onsite at the Batiquitos Lagoon integrating
environmental sciences and the arts. The STEAM Pilot Program is in its second year. The
presentation will include data compiled to inform future program deliverables.
Fiscal Analysis
STEAM Program funding is included in Cultural Arts General Funding Budget. No additional
funding is being requested at this time. STEAM Pilot Program is included in the Carlsbad Arts &
Culture Master Plan (2018) under Lifelong Learning Initiative (LL 1.1).
Next Steps
Staff will analyze program deliverables, statistics, and feedback from the pilot programs to
make recommendations for future STEAM programming.
Environmental Evaluation
This item does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a project within
the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public Resources Code
Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the
environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Exhibits
None.
ARTS COMMISSION
Staff Report
Batiquitos ArtVentures:
A STEAM Pilot Program
Wendy Sabin-Lasker, Community Arts Coordinator
Lisa Naugler, Arts Instructor, ArtVentures Facilitator
Cultural Arts Department
April 4, 2024
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TODAY’S PRESENTATION
•Batiquitos ArtVentures Program Overview
•Pilot Program Statistics
•Next Steps
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LIFELONG LEARNING INITIATIVE (LL 1.1):
CARLSBAD ARTS & CULTURE MASTER PLAN
(2018)
•Leverage local partnerships to support STEM to STEAM
learning initiatives
•Initial pilot program for City of Carlsbad’s Title 1 schools
•Eventual goal of replication in schools across the city
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BATIQUITOS ARTVENTURES
PILOT PROGRAM
A free STEAM field trip offered to elementary
schools within the City of Carlsbad integrating
environmental sciences and the arts onsite at the
Batiquitos Lagoon.
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COMMUNITY PARTNER
Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
•Deborah Mossa, Board of Directors
•Don Rideout, Volunteer Docent
•Belinda Harris, Volunteer Docent
EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT
•Christina Simokat, Environmental Studies
and Biological Sciences, California State
University San Marcos
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PROGRAM FORMAT
Classroom Pre-Visit Activity
•Batiquitos Bingo - “What lives at the Lagoon?”
Field Trip Day
•Lagoon Nature Walk
•Nature Center Science Activity
•Art Lesson - “Dragonfly On-The-Move”
Classroom Post-Visit Art Lesson
•Art Project - “Can’t Find Me!”
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FIRST GRADE
SCIENCE CURRICULUM - STEM
Adaptations: How mimicry and camouflage apply
to survival
Nature’s Food Chain: Predator vs. Prey
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Dragonfly On The Move
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FROM STEM TO STEAM
The “A” for Art
Perceive and Analyze
Visual imagery, fun facts influence understanding
Create
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas in a
directed drawing
Develop
Explore uses of materials and tools to create
works of art
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CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
October 2021
PARTNER PLANNING
MEETINGS
October 2021-September 2022
PROGRAM CONCLUDES
December 15, 2022
LAUNCH PROGRAM
October 2022
STAFF & PARTNER DEBRIEF
December 21, 2022
THE FIRST YEAR
PROGRAM
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BATIQUITOS ARTVENTURES
Pilot Year 1 Year 2
Schools Participating 3 6
Classes 8 18
Students 185 389
Buses Provided 8 13
Elementary Schools Served 19% 38%
Approx. Budget Costs* $12,246* $18,887
* plus Consultant $7,385
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Pilot Year 1 Year 2 Projected Year 3
Schools Participating 3 6 10
Classes 8 18 32
Students 185 389 736
Buses Provided 8 13 20
Elementary Schools Served 19% 38% 63%
Approx. Budget Costs* $12,246* $18,887 $27,309
* plus consultant $7,385
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WE LEARNED
•Batiquitos ArtVentures is best as a fall program
•Hosting two classes per field trip day works!
•Value of incorporating hands-on role play activity
•The need to reduce barriers to attendance:
Bus transportation cost, adjustments for
inclement weather
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NEXT STEPS
Ongoing review and collection of data
•Budget projections
•Bus funding support
Program Development
•Determine capacity, sustainability, and
expansion to other grade levels
•Inclement weather programming
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“The students love being outside and
exploring. It’s so great to have a docent to
answer their questions. We would absolutely
come here again next year.”
“I would look forward to this field trip every
year with my first-grade class if it is
available. It was so organized, fits perfectly
with our curriculum and standards of what
we are studying.”
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TESTIMONIALS
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TESTIMONIALS
“The directed drawing is wonderful for this
age group to help them be successful and
feel good about the art they created.”
“If we could get transportation, I would
come to this field trip every year.”
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