The STEM Hidden in Hip-Hop
From NSTA Voices · 24:26
Show by The National Science Teaching Association
Send us Fan MailA rapper has 16 bars, a beat that won’t wait, and a rhyme that has to fit inside it. That’s math. And according to Mike O’Neill, it’s only one of the ways STEM was hiding in hip-hop all along.In this final live episode from the NSTA Indianapolis Conference, NSTA Voices host Andrew Kuhn talks with Mike O’Neill, who teaches technology and math at the Stephen Gaynor School in New York and presented “Hip-Hop Through a STEM Lens” at the conference. Mike taught a history of hip-hop elective for years, and he says that when he looked closely, the four elements of hip-hop lined up with STEM concepts:MCing: rhythm, patterns, rhyme, and the math of timingDJing: technology and sound, including how a new idea changed what a DJ doesB-boying: force, balance, and center of gravityGraffiti: symmetry, geometry, and designAlong the way, you’ll hear:How Mike rebuilt his school’s technology curriculum so students use technology to make and solve things and not just practice typingWhy he says he doesn’t do a “teacher voice,” and why students can tell when you’re not being yourselfWhy he thinks the best classrooms help students find their own communityPress play, then keep the conversation going in your own classroom. You belong here.
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