What Is STEM?
STEM Education has been gained importance in schools across Canada, the United States, and other international countries.
STEM-Focused Goals of the Pink Titans
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Learning and practicing skills of STEM is important for all students - not only for students choosing to become scientists. Learning and practicing skills of STEM throughout schooling will best prepare students for success in any workplace and the challenges of life as a Canadian citizen.
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Pink Titans Provide Opportunities for Creativity, Exploring, and Risk-Taking
Engineered products are the results of creativity, exploring, and risk-taking. To ensure that students understand this, teachers and mentors provide opportunities to express creativity and encourage risk-taking in safe, non-threatening classroom environments.
On the FIRST Robotics team, fostering the attitude of taking risks fearlessly and safely in problem-solving is valued as highly as actually achieving the task. Students, through exploration and learning by trial-and-error, are better prepared and gain confidence to face new challenges on the team, in classes at school, and beyond.
On the FIRST Robotics team, fostering the attitude of taking risks fearlessly and safely in problem-solving is valued as highly as actually achieving the task. Students, through exploration and learning by trial-and-error, are better prepared and gain confidence to face new challenges on the team, in classes at school, and beyond.
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Importance of the Arts in STEAM-Based Education
The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. These disciplines require the application of precise knowledge and accurate skills. However, Albert Einstein famously said that "imagination is important than knowledge. Imagine is everything; it's the preview of life's coming attractions". In the thought process for applying STEM in solving challenges and adding to the world's collective knowledge, Einstein implied that hypothesizing for the next experiment involves creativity and critical thinking outside the box from connections to other disciplines. Through creativity and making connections, we can come up with a new discovery and invention that benefits our lives.
The application of the arts in STEAM was practiced by Leonardo Da Vinci from his character traits: He was always curious and explored many topics outside his primary interest. He also always recorded information to check later and make connections with. Furthermore, he visualized his information with diagrams and drawings. Da Vinci is known today for his many works in art and engineering based on measurements and precise details. Two of his most celebrated works include the Vitruvian Man, based on Marcus Vitruvius' statements on the mathematical ratios in the human body. Da Vinci's La Gioconda painting of "The Last Supper" was constructed with the individuals depicted with precision geometry and spacing.
Through the arts, STEM is applied to benefit us in our world.
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Through the arts, STEM is applied to benefit us in our world.
Sources:
- https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-famous-quote-misunderstood/
- https://followmentalgarden.substack.com/p/leonardo-da-vinci