About 4 to 5 years ago, there was a passionate debate between the necessity of changing the study of STEM to STEAM. STEM as of right now, stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It’s often used to refer to the general studies of science, generalizing all 4 fields and grouping it together. Yet the debate was to include an A, and change STEM to STEAM. The A stands for the Arts. The reason why this was proposed was because by studying science alone, we draw very little inspiration from the outside world besides what we’re concentrated on studying. By encompassing the arts and appreciating it, we are able to draw new ideas and become more innovative as we pursuit our fields. There’s a very interesting team of NASA engineers based in Pasadena, California who study origami in order to understand how to confine space better. The North Face also utilizes their team of scientists in order to study very hydrophobic leaves to better understand how to make water-proof clothing better. By utilizing the arts and the nature around them, we’re able to further pursuit these new ideas and engineer better items for consumer use, that may have been a lot more difficult to conclude to had we confined ourselves in our own fields alone. I personally like the idea of changing STEM to STEAM, and allowing the arts to play a role in our need of inspiration to create and innovate new ideas for the future.
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