STEAM Studio
The STEAM (STEM + ART) studio, classroom and kitchen houses OneTree ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, an interdisciplinary program focusing on boreal forest education, plant phenology, climate change, birch sap tapping, and using art to interpret and illustrate science.
OneTree ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ collaborates with K-12 teachers, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, university students, staff and faculty, Fairbanks artists, and many community partners.
Facilities
The STEAM studio is part production kitchen, part classroom and makerspace, and part
STEAM exhibition space. It is designed to be a collaborative area and hosts all sorts
of projects. The studio is homebase for community sap-to-syrup boil-down production, teacher professional development courses
on inquiry-based and place-based learning, long-term ecological monitoring of birch
tree phenology, curriculum development, and using science as inspiration for art and
storytelling.