Rhode Island STEAM Center

Welcome

We are the state's primary educational hub, resource, and research collaborative, established to create interest in and advancement of STEAM in Rhode Island.

STEM and STEAM

STEAM education adds arts + design (A) to the traditional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Why add the A?

• Identifying design thinking and creativity acknowledge the important role of art + design in innovative solutions to problems and the development of new ideas.
• Including arts + design within STEM provides additional ways of perceiving, interacting, and understanding the world.
• Combining the freethinking and flexible processes of creativity with the structural frameworks of critical thinking adds valuable skills for exploration and discovery.