STEM

Relevance:

Relevance:

- Leverages engagement with art to enhance self-efficacy

- Encourages students to grapple with uncertainty and ambiguity, which is inevitable in research and practice in STEM

- Supports creative problem solving, transforming students into dynamic, critical thinkers

- Enhances visual literacy and observation skills, providing students with skills need to grasp all available information and form well-rounded conclusions

- Demonstrates importance of concision and clarity in written and spoken language through exercises in describing what students see, preparing students to effectively communicate ideas and research findings

Subthemes:

- Culture of Invention & Experimentation

- Optics

- Mathematical & Scientific Concepts

- Distortion & Materials

- Movement/Sound

- Naturalism

- Historical Figures in STEM

- Ambiguity/Uncertainty