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2 unusual facts about STEM fields


David Williamson Shaffer

Epistemic games are computer games in which players engage in simulations of training in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professions such as engineering and urban planning to develop epistemic frames of STEM thinking.

Rosalind Franklin Award

The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award was established in 2003 and is awarded annually by the Royal Society to a person for an outstanding work in any field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM fields).


NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge

NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge encourages students in grades 7–12 to explore and to build skills for successful careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM fields) through two phases of project-based learning and team competition.

National Inventors Hall of Fame

It is now the NIHF STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Learning Center, a middle school for the Akron Public Schools.

PAST Foundation

Continuously on the quest to partner with schools to pilot PAST programs, in 2006 the foundation formed a partnership with the Ohio State University, the Battelle Memorial Institute, the Central Ohio Educational Council, and the innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and Metro Early College and Demonstration High School, located on the OSU campus.

Raisbeck Aviation High School

Designed as a teaching tool and to support a rigorous education in "STEM" subjects (science, technology, engineering and math), the building offers direct views to the adjacent Museum of Flight's airplane static outdoor exhibit which includes a Concorde and pioneering Boeing jet aircraft.


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