What is STEM SOS?

What is STEM education?

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It is a curriculum based on teaching students how these four subjects are impacting the world outside of the classroom.

Why is STEM education important?

STEM education is important because it prepares students for the world when they get out of school, it uses Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to give them the skills needed to succeed later in life. It keeps them updated on the technological age that they are currently living in and will live in in the near future. The students get STEM, and they turn it into their future.

How can STEM education shape the future?

When students are equipped with STEM, they are also equipped with the responsibility of being the ones who shape the world's future. Their are STEM experts being made every day, they're going to be able to solve problems that seem unsolvable, and sometimes they'll even solve these problems before they are truly even a problem.

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Project Based Learning (PBL) is a constructivist instructional approach where students are engaged in meaningful inquiry of personal interest to them and where collaboration and personalized learning are emphasized. Research confirms that PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn and develop deeper learning competencies required for success in college, career and civic life. -Buck Institute of Education.

STEMSOS is a rigorous, interdisciplinary, standards-focused, and engaging STEM teaching approach that is teacher-facilitated, student-centered and directed through sets of project- and inquiry-based (P&IBL) projects. STEMSOS PBL approach is to maintain the focus on standards-based teaching while enriching and extending the learning of students through PBL projects. The goal is to promote not only collaborative skills and student ownership of learning but also to promote student success in state and national standards.

STEMSOS PBL Showcase is designed to promote and share exemplary student work in PBL projects that can serve as valuable learning and teaching tools for students, parents, teachers, and other educators.