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How can science and technology activities be made engaging and relevant in Primary education? What is science? Science is learning about the world around us, by experimenting, observing, solving problems, measuring and recording data, discovering new stuff and testing out everything. What is STEM? STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. What is the importance of STEM? STEM can create a learning environment where children can incorporate science, technology, engineering and mathematics to solve real problems. It exposes children to develop an inventive mindset that can help them with the skills that they will need in adulthood. (Uri, 2011). In science, what is the importance of technology? Technology is an application of scientific knowledge, technology relies upon science (Quora, 2017). ‘’Science and technology can improve the quality of life through new developments and advances in emerging technologies’’ (Donaldson, 2015) In 1991

What is the value of expressive arts activities in primary education? Before we get into the expressive arts, what do we mean when we say, ‘ the value of something? ’ The value means the ‘importance’ , the ‘vision and purpose ’ of expressive arts (Oxford dictionary, 2019). What do we mean by expressive arts? Expressive art for children allows them to expressive themselves, through drawing or painting, music and dance, it allows them to be creative (Barnes- Smith et al., 2015) Children can draw upon their emotions and bring out their current state though drawings or paintings. This is called art therapy, they can use expressions as a form of communication. Schools can put this in place for children who are feeling depressed, going through a hard time at home, anxiety, stress and bereavement (Baat, no date; Barnes-Smith et al., 2015).  Art is freedom, you can create and intense portrait, that could look to an outsider as a painting of mess and without having any words to