What is STEM?

STEM education is the intentional integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and their associated practices to create a student-centered learning environment in which students investigate and engineer solutions to problems, and construct evidence-based explanations of real-world phenomena with a focus on a student’s social, emotional, physical, and academic needs through shared contributions of schools, families, and community partners. - Florida Department of Education

Science – Technology – Engineering – Math

• Science Exploration, analysis and investigation type activities
• Technology Computer activities but also invention and innovation related studies.
• Engineering Planning and designing with minimal adult direction (The Maker Space Movement is a good example of this).
• Math relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.