What is STEAM Education?
Most of us have heard of the acronym STEM that is related to the initials in English of these four key areas: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING and MATHS.
The concept of STEAM is the linking of these
traditional STEM subjects with the arts, and creative thinking.
STEAM-based education teaches children to more than just science and mathematics concepts. The focus on hands-on learning with real-world applications helps develop a variety of skill sets, including creativity and 21st-century skills.
These skills of the future include media and technology literacy, productivity, social skills, communication, flexibility and initiative. Other skills attained through STEAM education include problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, curiosity, decision making, leadership, entrepreneurship, acceptance of failure and more. Regardless of the future career path considered by children, these skill sets go a long way to preparing them to be innovative.
Workshop Options
This fun STEM activity encourages students to build and understand the basic principles of electric circuits.
Students will explore conductivity through the creation of paper circuits and motorised robots!
Scratch is a block-based programming platform that allows children to create their own games, stories and animations. The visual nature of the programme makes it a great fun tool for learning how to code.
The Makey Makey is an invention kit that tricks your computer into thinking that almost anything is a keyboard. This allows you to hook up all kinds of fun things as an input. For example, play Mario with a Play-Doh keyboard or piano with fruit!
The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that introduces you to how software and hardware work together. It has an LED light display, buttons, sensors and many input/output features that, when programmed, lets it interact with you and your world
