The arts can also develop problem-solving skills that give children the confidence to deal with problems and issues related to the marine environment. The module demonstrates how the arts need not be confined to its specialist areas in the school. Classroom and other faculty teachers should have the confidence to incorporate the arts into all aspects of marine education. There is power in the way arts convey messages. Consider how the arts signpost history.
Visual images are particularly strong.
A picture is surely worth a thousand words when considering the 15,000 year old paintings of wild horses on the cave wall in Lascaux, France, or the poster of a fuzzy white seal pup with big black eyes staring out from the red stained polar ice. Then with only a moment of reflection each person can bring to mind songs or music associated some special event. It might be from a first date, war defeat, or sporting victory but that music will always bring this memory to mind. Dance and drama follow suit with their own strong persuasive places in people's hearts and minds. Easy, the topic of the marine environment is exciting in its own right and we have an advantage in face to face interaction.