Artistic and Cultural Enrichment
- Creating challenges such as abstract thought, developing the imagination, analytic thought, creativity, etc.
- Utilizing art to trigger thinking about societal issues, ecology, environmental issues, violence, the Holocaust, cultural roots, personal commitment, personal hygiene, etc.
- Utilizing art to trigger thinking about science, the water cycle in nature, illusions of movement, persistence of vision, fluid mechanics (e.g. communicating vessels), basic properties of materials (hardness, elasticity, flexibility, etc.).
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