what is stem education? science, technology, engineering, and math
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What is STEM Education?
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
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SCIENCE
• The study of the natural world, including the laws of nature associated with physics, chemistry, and biology.
• The treatment or application of facts, principles, concepts or conventions associated with these disciplines.
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Technology
• Comprises the entire system of people and organizations, knowledge, processes, and devices that go toward creating and operating technological artifacts, as well as the artifacts themselves.
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Engineering
• A body of knowledge about the design and creation of products and a process for solving problems.
• Engineering utilizes concepts in science and mathematics and technological tools.
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Mathematics
• The study of patterns and relationships among quantities, numbers and shapes.
• Mathematics includes theoretical mathematics and applied mathematics.
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STEM: The Whole is more than the sum of the parts!
• STEM education can be an interdisciplinary or trans-disciplinary approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real-world problem-based and performance-based lessons.
• STEM education transforms the teacher-centered classroom by encouraging curriculum driven by problem-solving, discovery, and exploration.
• STEM education requires students to actively engage in a situation in order to find its solution.
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STEM in the Elementary Grades
• Provides the introductory and foundational STEM courses that lead to success in challenging and applied courses in secondary grades.
• Introduces awareness of STEM fields and occupations
• Stimulates student interest in “wanting to” rather than “having to” take further STEM related courses.
• Provides standards-based, structured project based learning that interconnects STEM subjects.
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California STEM Education Crisis?
• Recent Public Policy Institute of CA reports that current rates of education are not on track to meet California’s overall need for college-educated workers in STEM.