What is Stem: Definition and 160 Discussions

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a broad term used to group together these academic disciplines. This term is typically used to address an education policy or curriculum choices in schools. It has implications for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration policy. The science in STEM typically refers to two out of the three major branches of science: natural sciences, including biology, physics, and chemistry; and formal sciences, of which mathematics is an example, along with logic and statistics. The third major branch of science, social science such as: psychology, sociology, and political science, are categorized separately from the other two branches of science, and are instead grouped together with humanities and arts to form another counterpart acronym named HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences), rebranded in the UK in 2020 as SHAPE.The acronym was adopted by Rita Colwell and other science administrators in the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2001. However, the acronym STEM predates NSF and was used by a variety of educators including Charles E. Vela, the founder and director of the Center for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science and Engineering Education (CAHSEE). In the early 1990s, CAHSEE started a summer program for talented under-represented students in the Washington, DC area called the STEM Institute. Based on the program's recognized success and his expertise in STEM education, Charles Vela was asked to serve on numerous NSF and Congressional panels in science, mathematics and engineering education; it is through this manner that NSF was first introduced to the acronym STEM. One of the first NSF projects to use the acronym was STEMTEC, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Teacher Education Collaborative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which was founded in 1998.

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  1. Ritzycat

    Question about STEM majors & worried about future

    I am a high school senior and I am going to go to college next year. For the last year or so I thought I would be doing engineering. I am worrying that I am not intelligent enough to do engineering. Of all the engineering disciplines I was most appealed to chemical engineering. I am currently in...
  2. J

    Is it a myth that "Americans are too lazy to pursue STEM careers"?

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  3. B

    Programs Am I naive to be working on a STEM degree at 20?

    I will be turning 21 soon and still have two semesters of prerequisites left until I can enter into a post-secondary program... Is this naive in anyway?
  4. tridianprime

    Increase in STEM schools - reasons and thoughts

    I have been learning a lot about STEM focused schools (sixth form and high school) recently because I have got an offer from a Mathematics specific school myself, in London. I noticed that there are very few in the UK at all. I know that it is a very small country in comparison to the USA but I...
  5. I

    Programs Curious about STEM degrees and their value to a mature student

    When I was a teenager I had a chance at making a life as an athlete, and basically neglected my education because I had bad grades anyways. Eventually I was injured, and had to move on. I tried working a few jobs, but I soon realized I was never going to be happy in those jobs. Anyways, I...
  6. S

    Are Goals to Become a STEM Professor Pipe Dreams?

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  7. caters

    Totipotent Stem Cell From Molecular Components

    I am making a human stem cell from its molecular components(just pretending to do it right now but might be able to do later in life). I have extracted my DNA and formed a liposome. I have the DNA replicating in an incubator at 98.6° F, 5% CO2, and 95% humidity. The temperature is because it...
  8. C

    Using nanotubes as stem cell straws

    I'm interested in nanotubes, and buckyball combos. I imagine playing with the a buckyball toy, and a nanotube toy, similar to how I used to play with legos, and kinects. I think of the interesting things that buckyballs can do inside the system of a nanotube. The best creatively inspiring...
  9. N

    Programs What is the most interdisciplinary STEM Major?

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  10. Mohamad&Issa

    Bone Marrow Stem Cells: Biology School Project

    Hello... For my biology school project, I was searching throw internet about Stem Cells in the bone marrow, that are responsible for the renewal of blood cell. I found that the bone marrow stem cells transform into red blood cells, white blood cells, monocytes... My question is how can this...
  11. B

    Brain Stem - Posterior Anatomy Question

    Brain Stem -- Posterior Anatomy Question On the Brain Stem is the Pons and the back of the Pons connects to The Cerebellum. The part that connects the Pons to the Cerebellum Is this The Third Ventricle? But if you look at a photo on google it shows a line going up the back of the whole...
  12. Astronuc

    How Can Teacher Education Programs Improve STEM Teaching?

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  13. A

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    Hi everyone, So I'm a bit stuck in my physics lab report. I have to make a correction to the temperature read in the laboratory (ex:155.2C) because our room pressure was 742.1mmHg and not 760mmHg I'm guessing. I've tried researching this for a while now but I can't seem to find an easy...
  14. B

    Medical Can Stem Cells Taken from the Body Cure Colorectal Cancer?

    There are reports that stem cells have been successfully used to cure cancer in the lungs, spleen, brain and spine. It was done on a 38 year old man from Las Vegas, but can it cure colorectal cancer? And when was the stem cell cancer therapy first successfully tested?
  15. J

    Stem cells from infants for research

    So we use stem cells from infants for research, but do they never take those stem cells and use it to treat people, is it not possible to make cells from other people live in your body? would your body reject and kill those cells?
  16. N

    Medical Can we make stem cells from fat tissue?

    Please teach me this: I hear that we can make stem cells from fat tissue that is used in medical treatment.Is that correct? Thank you very much for your kind helping.
  17. rhody

    Medical Gene therapy and stem cells unite

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  18. J

    Schools Navigating the College Path: Pursuing STEM or Humanities?

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  19. A

    Central Limit Theorem and STEM

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  20. A

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  21. M

    Time Dilation & Stem Cell Therapy: Twin A vs Twin B

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  22. J

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  23. M

    Is Mint Classified as a Sucker, Runner, Stolon, or Rhizome?

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  24. A

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  25. B

    STEM Cell Work: Connecting People Privately

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  26. A

    Are STEM people usually conservative or liberal?

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  27. G

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  28. C

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  29. M

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  30. 4

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  31. H

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  32. J

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  33. A

    Stem and leaf display statistics

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  34. M

    How Do You Correctly Label Stems and Leaves in a Stem-and-Leaf Plot?

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  35. M

    Stem and Leaf question, stats

    Hi everyone, I just started stats and had a question. Question: The accompanying specific gravity values for various wood types used in construction appeared in the article "Bolted Connection Design values based on Eurpoean yeidl Model" .31 .35 .36 .36 .37 .38 .40 .40 .40 .41 .41 .42 .42 .42...
  36. B

    Stem Cell Technology in Humans: What's Being Used Now?

    What kind of stem cell technology is being used in humans right now and by what places? I mean some stem cell technology is being used currently in humans right?
  37. Astronuc

    Explore Tulane Center for Gene Therapy & Darwin Prockop

    I heard an interview with Darwin Prockop from Tulane's Center for Gene Therapy. It was very interesting, especially the discussion about cells which function to repair damaged cells. The interview may be available next week. Meanwhile - Fascinating stuff! Faculty -...
  38. S

    News Do you agree with the legalization of stem cell research in New South Wales?

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  39. C

    Grade 9 Geo Proj Stem Cell Help

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  40. K

    A really big stem and leaf plot?

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  41. K

    Empowering Middle School Girls in STEM

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  42. iansmith

    New stem cell isolation protocol

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  43. M

    Alternative ideas for stem cells.

    Now I'm sure everyone has heard of George w. Bush's veto of the stem cell bill; because killing stem cells is like killing people, even though Bush is pro-death penalty. MY thought. Is it plausable to have a drug, radiation, or whatever. Which stops the meiosis transformation of the diploid...
  44. S

    An 'ethical' way to get stem cells

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  45. O

    Reversal of Spinal Cord Damage using Stem Cell Therapy

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  46. Lisa!

    The Possibilities of Stem Cell Therapy - A Cure For All?

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  47. Mk

    28th Stem Cell Therapy Patient to be Healed of Heart Failure in Thailand

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  48. Mk

    Stem Cell Research: Pros and Cons

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  49. C

    Find Science Journals Online: Stem Cell Research

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  50. cronxeh

    Exploring the Chemistry of Stem Cells

    As I'm watching the PBS presentation about stem cells ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04.html ) and the debate on whether we should use the stem cells for research or not, I wonder what is the chemical make up of those stem cells. It is obvious that it is a DNA molecule, so it is...
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