What is STEM SOS

About STEM Education

STEM education deliberately integrates science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related practices to allow students to seek and develop solutions to their problems and to create evidence-based explanations of real-world phenomenas. Creating a student-centric learning environment. Student social, emotional, physical and academic needs through collaborative contributions from schools, families and community partners.

STEM education is important because it provides people with the skills to make them more hired and ready to meet the needs of the current workforce. It covers the full range of experience and skills. Each STEM component makes a valuable contribution to a fulfilling education. Science gives learners a deeper understanding of the world around us. It helps them get better with research and critical thinking.

STEM education can help shape our future by creating different advancements and to help create new concept and solutions to help equip future leaders, neighbors and workers with the skills to understand and solve some complex challenges and meet the demands of a dynamic and evolving workforce for the future.

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.

STEMSOS Model:

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.