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“In the 21st century, scientific and technolog

ical innovations have becom

e increasing

ly imp

ortant as we face the b

enefits and challeng

es of both

glob

alization and a know

ledg

e-based

economy. To succeed

in this new

information-b

ased and

highly technolog

ical society, students need

to d

evelop their cap

abilities in STE

M to levels m

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what w

as consid

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table in the p

ast.” —N

ational S

cience Fo

undatio

n

Over the p

ast decad

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n the imp

ortance o

f science, technolo

gy,

engineering

, and m

athematics (ST

EM

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ily in all sectors

of o

ur society. H

owever, w

hile STE

M has b

ecom

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f our vo

cabulary

when d

iscussing ed

ucation and

careers, we d

o no

t always have a co

mm

on

understand

ing o

f what that term

means o

r what it lo

oks like w

hen a student

is pro

ficient in STE

M. W

hile STE

M d

efinitions currently vary acro

ss the nation,

the Michig

an Mathem

atics and S

cience Centers N

etwo

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hich the GV

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mm

on und

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of ST

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for ed

ucators, leg

islators, co

mm

unity m

emb

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STE

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nym fo

r fields o

f study and

careers in the discip

lines of

science, technolo

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mathem

atics, and m

ay include the

integratio

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all of the d

isciplines.

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AT D

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EM

literacy is the ability to

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app

ly concep

ts from

science, techno

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r mathem

atics to und

erstand co

mp

lex p

rob

lems and

to innovate to

solve them

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-literate if they are ab

le to ap

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of how

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rld w

orks

within and

across the fo

ur interrelated ST

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prove

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nditio

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ncepts fro

m science,

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ineering, and

/or m

athematics are ap

plied

to

solve co

mp

lex pro

blem

s.

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efinitions as a g

uide, S

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rovides o

pp

ortunities fo

r students in ST

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by

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ing stud

ents the op

po

rtunity to exp

lore ST

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field

s of stud

y throug

h wo

rking o

n com

plex p

rob

lems

and d

evelop

ing innovative so

lutions;

• expo

sing stud

ents to p

racticing scientists and

career cho

ices throug

h Science O

lymp

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ever-changing

lineup o

f events in all STE

M

discip

lines; and

• reward

ing p

rob

lem so

lving, critical thinking

, and

teamw

ork in a setting

that develo

ps an

understand

ing o

f how the w

orld

wo

rks.

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e celebrate the ST

EM

Olym

pians

who

are using their know

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