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What is STEM ?
- STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. And, at its simplest, that’s what STEM programs provide: an intensive focus on the hard sciences.
- STEM programs achieve that, largely, through problem-based learning, with each of the elements providing tools for discovery, creative problem solving, and communication:
- Science: questioning, observing, predicting
- Technology: applying analytic tools, putting ideas into practice, being inventive
- Engineering: building, understanding material properties, designing effective solutions
- Math: identifying patterns, making connections, communicating results