Each year, the DMA partners with Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, in order to teach students about STEAM. STEAM is a movement championed by the Rhode Island School of Design, which seeks to add art and design to the national agenda of STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
This past Friday, May 8, marked the girls’ third and final visit to the Museum this year. During these visits spent mostly in the galleries, docents and staff work together to teach the students about connections between art and STEM, and then the girls complete STEAM-related activities!
The theme of this last visit was nature: the girls explored subjects ranging from marine biology to evolution, meteorology and natural resources!
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- Evolution and adaptation combine to create this activity!
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- Students worked in pairs to combine 2 animals and adapt them to a new ecosystem.
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- Docent Ann W. discusses meteorology and our Vernet painting.
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- Docent Denise F. points out the influence of nature and weather in other paintings!
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- Docent Susan B. teaches the students about marine biology and our Tiffany Glass Windows.
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- The students put together a marine food web in the galleries.
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- Working on a “natural resources scavenger hunt” in our Indonesian Gallery!
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- Teaming up for the scavenger hunt!!
We hope the girls enjoyed their time at the DMA and we’re excited for next year’s Rangel visits!
Liz Bola
McDermott Graduate Intern for Gallery and Community Teaching