7th grade STEM INC. focuses on creating the next generation of innovators and changemakers. Students will be participating in a self-directed program to help them develop an entrepreneurship mindset that they can use for a lifetime. This mindset involves identifying needs, brainstorming creative solutions, taking calculated risks, learning from failure, being resourceful and confident, working well with others, and persevering despite setbacks. Students will be able to use state of the art technology like a laser engraver machine and 3D printer to bring their ideas to life!

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. 7th Grade STEM teach and support the ongoing development of creativity by encouraging students to apply 21st Century Skills such as collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, and innovation. Young adolescents have the strongest affinity for divergent thinking.

[Science] is more than a school subject, or the periodic table, or the properties of waves. It is an approach to the world, a critical way to understand and explore and engage with the world, and then have the capacity to change that world..."

-President Barack Obama, March 23, 2015

The 8 Science and Engineering Practices

Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Developing and Using Models

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Engaging in Argument from Evidence

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information