STEM - STEAM A - Z Flashcards By Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman

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Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Design, Math

STEM links Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education and future professionals in order to transform society for the better through innovative problem solving.

STEM IS …

STEM education creates a concept to encourage the application of combining ideas and data-driven information.

STEM Education

STEM education gives people skills to fill the many open jobs and career opportunities that go unfulfilled in these disciplines.

STEM Education

STEM education helps learners apply research and critical thinking to problem solving.

4 C’s

Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking are considered the four C's and are all skills that are needed in order to succeed in today's world.

STEM Is …

STEM motivates and inspires young people to come up with new ideas.

Out-of-the-Box Thinking

STEM promotes creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.

Accountant

Is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy.

Acoustic Clothing

Is a piezoelectric fiber that enables fabrics to detect sound and has been developed by a research team in the US.

Acoustic Extinguisher

Works by using sound waves—a type of pressure wave—to push oxygen away from the source of a flame and spread it over a larger surface area.

Acronym

Is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.

Active Directory

Is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks.

Actuary

Is a business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty.

Adaptive AI

Aims to continuously retrain models or apply other mechanisms to adapt and learn within runtime and development environments — making them more adaptive and resilient to change.

Aeronautical

Is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight–capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere.

Aerospace

Refers to the atmosphere and outer space.

Algebra

Is where we use unknown quantities (represented by letters) along with numbers and manipulate them to arrive at a result for the missing quantity.

Algorithm

Is a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation.

Analysis (Math)

Is the branch of mathematics that deals with the study of the rate of change in different quantities.

Anesthesiologists

Specialize in anesthesia care, pain management, and critical care medicine, and have the necessary knowledge to understand and treat the entire human body.

Anesthesiologists

Are physicians specializing in perioperative care, developing anesthetic plans, and the administration of anesthetics.

Animal-Free Dairy

Is dairy proteins synthetically made in a laboratory far from any fields of grazing herd.

API (Application Programming Interface)

Is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other.

Apiology

Is the study of honeybees, their vital role of pollinating many fruits/vegetables/flowers and the tracking of the recent sharp decline in their population.

App or Application

Is software designed for a single purpose and performs a single function or designed to perform a variety of functions.

Apple

Is an American multinational technology company that is the world's biggest company by market capitalization, the fourth-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales and second-largest mobile phone manufacturer.

Applied Mathematics

Includes Calculus, Statistics and Probability, Set Theory and Trigonometry.

Architect

Is a person qualified to design buildings and plan and supervise their construction.

Architectural Designer

May refer to a building designer who is not a registered architect but who is generally responsible for the design of a construction project.

Archive (File)

Is a computer file that is composed of one or more files along with metadata.

Arithmetic

Is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics. It deals with numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Artificial Intelligence

Is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans.

Artificial Neurons

Is a mathematical function conceived as a model of biological neurons, a neural network.

Artificial Eye

Is a type of craniofacial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye.

Astronauts

Are persons trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as commanders or crew members aboard a spacecraft.

Astronomy

Is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena also known as space science.

Astronomy

Is the study of objects outside of the Earth's atmosphere including moons, stars, other planets and galaxies.

Astrophysics

Is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena.

Assistive Technology or Adaptive Technology (AT)

Are devices that assist people with disabilities or to help with rehabilitation allowing them to function and work without great difficulty.

Auditor

Is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.

Authentication

Is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it says it is.

Automation

Describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes.

Avionics Engineering

Is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.

Back Up

To make a copy of a computer file or data to protect against accidental loss or corruption.

Banner

Is a heading or advertisement appearing on a web page in the form of a bar, column, or box.

Baseline

Is a fixed point of reference that is used for comparison purposes.

BASIC (Programming Language)

Is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for easy use.

Batch Processing

Is a method of running software programs called jobs in batches automatically.

Binary Number

Is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method of mathematical expression which uses only two symbols.

Bio-authentication

Is a security process that relies on the unique biological characteristics of individuals to verify they are who they say they are.

Bioengineering

Is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products.

Biology

Is a natural science and has predefined rules and Chemistry is a physical science and is about experimentation, trial and error

Biology

Is the study of all life forms- aquatic, land and air- to the microscopic level.

Biomedical Engineering

Is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes.

Biometric Authentication

Is body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics.

Bios (firmware)

Is firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup).

Bit

Is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communications.

Bitcoin

Is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network.

Blockchain

Is a cryptocurrency financial services company.

Bluetooth

Is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).

Botany

Is the study of plants.

Brain Reading Robots

Is an advanced robotic technology which is designed to read brains by analyzing changes of electric signals.

Brainstorm

Is an idea that someone thinks of suddenly.

Brand Designer

Is a creative professional who develops a company's public image and messaging.

Browser

Is a software program used to locate and display information on the Internet or an intranet.

Business Analyst

Is a person who processes, interprets and documents business processes, products, services and software through analysis of data.

Butterfly Effect

Is when a small change in one state can result in large differences in a later state, such as the beating of a butterfly's wing in Brazil that can lead to a hurricane or tornado in Asia.

Byte

Is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.

C, C++ Programming Language

Is a high-level general-purpose computer programming language.

CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Librarian

Is someone who creates and maintains libraries of models used in computer-aided design.

Calculus

Deals with the study of continuous change.

Cardiology

Is the study of preventing, diagnosing and treating heart conditions.

Chaos Theory

States that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnection, constant feedback loops, repetition, similarity, and self-organization.

Chemical Engineering

Is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production.

Chemistry

Is the study of substances such as elements and compounds; while biology is the study of living things.

Cipher

Is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure.

Civil Engineering

Is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment.

Cloud Platform

Is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.

Code

Is the set of instructions, or a system of rules, written in a particular programming language (i.e., the source code).

Collaboration

Is the action of working with someone to produce or create something.

Commercial Architect

Is a licensed professional who designs and implements buildings and structures for commercial and non-residential use, such as retail outlets, offices, factories, shopping centers, hospitals, hotels, and sports or recreation facilities.

Compass (math)

More accurately known as a pair of compasses, is a technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing circles or arcs.

Computational Sciences and Probability

Are new areas that have evolved based on mathematics.

Computer Engineering

Is a branch of electrical engineering that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software.

Computer Science

Is the study of computation, automation, and information.

Consensus

Is a general agreement.

Convergent Thinking

Occurs when the solution to a problem can be deduced by applying established rules and logical reasoning. Divergent Thinking is a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

Is the component of a computer system that controls the interpretation and execution of instructions.

Circumference

Is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse.

Cryogenics

Is the branch of physics that deals with the production and effects of very low temperatures.

Cryptographers

Develop complex security systems using ciphers and algorithms to encrypt sensitive data and protect it from hackers, misuse, and cybercrime.

Crypto-Currency

Is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.

Cyber Security

Is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of, or damage to hardware, software, or data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

Cyber Threat

Is a potential negative action or event facilitated by a vulnerability that results in an unwanted impact to a computer system or application.

Cybersecurity

Is the practice of deploying people, policies, processes and technologies to protect organizations, their critical systems and sensitive information from digital attacks.

Cyberspace

Is a concept describing a widespread interconnected digital technology.

Data Analysis

Is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making.

Data Entry

Is responsible for transferring data from paper formats into computer files or database systems.

Data Warehouse

Is an enterprise system used for the analysis and reporting of structured and semi-structured data from multiple sources.

Database Administrators

Use specialized software to store and organize data.

Decision Intelligence

Is an engineering discipline that augments data science with theory from social science, decision theory, and managerial science.

Decryption

Is the conversion of encrypted data into its original form Civil Engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment.

Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology is the science of dating events, environmental change and archaeological artifacts.

Dendrology

Is the study of woody plants such as shrubs and trees. It investigates their relationship with wildlife and the economic importance of different species of plants.

Dermatologist

Is a medical doctor who specializes in conditions that affect the skin, hair, and nails.

Design Thinking

Refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems.

Digital Communication

Is the transfer and reception of data in the form of a digital bitstream or a digitized analog signal transmitted over a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel.

Digital Design

Is a type of visual communication that presents information or a product or service through a digital interface.

Digital Forensics

Is a branch of forensic science encompassing the recovery, investigation, examination and analysis of material found in digital devices, often in relation to mobile devices and computer crime.

Digital Signature

Is a mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital messages or documents.

Digital Twins

Is a digital representation of an intended or actual real-world physical product, system, or process that serves as the effectively indistinguishable digital counterpart of it for practical purposes, such as simulation, integration, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.

Divergent Thinking

Is encouraged along side with understand the fundamentals of the STEM disciplines.

Domain Name

Is a string that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.

Drone

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

Economist

Is a professional practitioner in the social science discipline of economics.

Editorial Design

Is about the internal and external aesthetics of texts or contents.

Electrical Engineering

Is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

Electronic Signature

Is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data.

Email

Is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices.

Embedded Computer

Is a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.

Emergency Medicine

Is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.

Encryption

Is a way of scrambling data so that only authorized parties can understand the information.

Endocrinology

Is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones.

Energy Storing Bricks

Are charged to store electricity, sort of like a battery, until needed for powering devices.

Engineering

Allows us to enhance problem solving skills to tools and construction to solve problems and elevate and extend our capabilities.

Entomology

Is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.

Entrepreneur

Is an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards.

Environmental Engineering

Is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and also improve the health of living organisms and improve the quality of the environment.

Ethology

Is the study of animal behavior. (Ethos is the Greek word for character.)

Even Number

Is a number that is divisible by 2 and generates a remainder of 0.

Exobiology

Is the search for the existence of life beyond Earth. This area of study took off in the 1960's supported by astrophysicists such as Carl Sagan.

Exoskeleton

Is an external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body in contrast to an internal skeleton in, for example, a human.

Fibonacci (sequence)

Commonly denoted Fn , is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones.

Financial Analyst

Is a professional, undertaking financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core feature of the job.

Financial Planner

Is a qualified financial advisor.

Fintech

A combination of "financial technology," refers to firms using new technology to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services.

Firewall

Is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

Free Internet for Everyone, aka Right to Internet access

Is the view that all people must be able to access the Internet in order to exercise.

Fungible

Is the ability of a good or asset to be interchanged with other individual goods or assets of the same type.

Game Design

Is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes.

Gastroenterology

Is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders.

Genealogy

Is the study of family origins and history.

Genetics

Is the scientific study of genes and heredity and of how certain traits are passed from parents to offspring through DNA sequence.

Geology

Is a branch of earth science that deals with solid earth and the processes of changes and transformation of the earth over time.

Geometry

Deals with points, lines, angles, surfaces and solids.

Geometry

Is the most practical branch of mathematics that deals with shapes and size of figures and their properties.

Germaphobe

Is a person with an extreme fear of germs and an obsession with cleanliness.

Gerontology

Is the study of old age, the process and the impact of aging.

Graphic Designer

Is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design.

Green Funerals or Burial

Emphasizes simplicity and environmental sustainability wherein a body is placed in a biodegradable coffin or shroud and placed in the ground without concrete.

Gynecology

Is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs.

Hacking

Is the act of identifying and then exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network, usually to gain unauthorized access to personal or organizational data.

Hard Drive

Is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

Hard Drive

Hard drive is the hardware component that stores all of your digital content.

Hardware

Includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the case, central processing unit, random access memory, monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and motherboard.

Health Informatics

Is the field of science and engineering that aims at developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data.

Hematology

Is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.

Hidden Figures

Is a movie about three brilliant African-American women mathematicians (Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson) who did calculations of orbital mechanics for NASA rockets in the 1930s.

Holographs

Is a technique that enables a wavefront to be recorded and later re-constructed.

HP Inc. (Hewlett-Packard Incorporated)

Is an American multinational information technology company that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing solutions.

Hydrogen Powered Planes

Is an aeroplane that uses hydrogen fuel as a power source.

Hyperautomation

Is a business-driven, disciplined approach that organizations use to rapidly identify, vet and automate as many business and IT processes as possible.

Hyperlink

Is a digital reference to data that the user can follow or be guided to by clicking or tapping.

Hypothesis

Is a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

IBM (International Business Machines Corporation)

Is an American multinational technology corporation founded in 1911 which produces and sells computer hardware, middleware and software.

Identifier (ID)

Is a name that identifies either a unique object or a unique class of objects.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Is a thriving collection of careers that significantly improves career prospects and the ability to find employment.

Imperial System

Is a measurement where things are measured in feet, inches, pounds and ounces.

Space Race

In 1957 it was between the US and Russia, and it spurred the rapid growth of science and technology.

Industrial Designer

Develops the concepts for manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, electronics, and toys.

Industrial Engineering

Is an engineering profession that devises efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.

Information (Content) Designer

Is tasked with communicating information in the best way possible.

Innovation

Is a mixture of taking the facts and applying your imagination.

Innovation

Is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services.

Inquiry Based Learning

Is a learning process that engages students by making real-world connections through exploration and high-level questioning.

Internet

Is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

Internet of Things

Describes physical objects (or groups of objects) with sensors, and other technologies that connect and exchange data over the Internet or other communications networks.

JAVA

Is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

Kidpreneur

Is a kid that believes so much in their ideas and dreams that they start a business in order to make a positive difference in the world.

Kilobyte

Is a unit of computer information equal to 1024 bytes.

Law of Gravity (Newton's Law)

Is stated as every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses.

Learning (Technology)

Learning about technology prepares us to work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment full of high-tech innovations.

Linux

Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel.

Living Robots (Xenobots)

Are a type of programmable organism made from frog cells and can replicate by spontaneously sweeping up loose stem cells.

Living things are organized in 7 categories.

Living things are organized in 7 categories: Domain, Kingdoms, Phylum/Divisions, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Machine Learning

Is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', in other words, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks.

Makerspace

Is a place where you can make things.

Marketing Design

Applies graphic design principles to the ultimate goals of a marketing effort.

Mathematics

Enables people to analyze information, eliminate errors, make data-driven decisions and take calculated risks.

Mathematics

Is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes.

Mechanical Engineering

Is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.

Medicine

Is the science of diagnosing, treating and preventing illness, disease and injury.

Memory

Is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action.

Merging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic

Merging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics helps us to solve the quality of life challenges the world faces today.

Meteorologist

Is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather.

Meteorology

Is the science that deals with atmosphere, weather, climate and related phenomena.

Metric System

Is a system of measurement that uses the meter, liter, and gram as base units of length (distance), capacity (volume), and weight (mass) respectively.

Metric (System)

Is a system that uses the meters, liters, grams as a basis for measurement; Imperial System of Measurement is the British Weights and Measures system that uses inches, feet, yards, miles, ounces, pounds, pints and gallons.

Metrology

Is the scientific study of measurement.

Microscope

Is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye.

Microsoft

Is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washington, United States.

Midwife

Is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery.

Mortuary Science

Is the study of dead bodies. Morticians, embalmers and funeral directors study science, biology, chemistry, anatomy, and embalming art.

Motion Graphics Designer

Creates artwork for the web, television, or film.

NCR (National Cash Register)

Is an American software, consulting and technology company providing several professional services and electronic products.

Neonatology

Is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn.

Nephology

Is the study of clouds. Nephos stands for watery masses in the Greek translation.

Network Engineers

Design and implement network configurations, troubleshoot performance issues, carry out network monitoring and configure security systems such as firewalls.

Neurologist

Is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.

Neurology

Is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.

Neuroscience

Is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.

Newton’s Law (Newton's laws of motion)

Are three basic laws of classical mechanics that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it.

Nuclear Engineering

Is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of breaking down atomic nuclei (fission), the combining atomic nuclei (fusion), or principles of nuclear physics.

Numismatics

is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.

Nurses

Are people trained to care for the sick and infirmed.

Observation

Is the action or process of observing something or someone carefully in order to gain information.

Obstetrics

Is the branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and the care of women giving birth.

Oceanography

Is the exploration of the ocean.

Odd Numbers

Are whole numbers that cannot be divided exactly into pairs.

Oncology

Is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer.

Open Source

Is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.

Ophthalmology

Is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.

Order Theory

Is the branch of mathematics that investigates the intuitive notion of order using binary relations.

Orthopedics

Is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system.

Otorhinolaryngology

Is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical and medical management of conditions of the ears, nose and throat.

Packet Sniffer

Was a computer network packet and protocol analyzer.

Paleontology

Is the science of the forms of life that existed in prehistoric or geologic periods.

Parsing

Is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar.

Pediatrician

Is a doctor who focuses on the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Pediatrics

Is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Periodic Table

Also known as the periodic table of the chemical elements, is a rows-and-columns arrangement of the chemical elements.

Pharmacy

Is a store where drugs used for medical purposes are dispensed and sold.

Physics

Is the branch of science concerned with the nature of matter and the study of its energy in space and time.

Pi

Is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159.

Platform as a Service (Paas)

Is a category of cloud computing services that allows customers to run and manage a modular bundle comprising a computing platform and one or more applications.

Point of Sales (POS)

Is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed.

Pomology

The study of fruits, comes from the Latin word for produce (Pomum).

Portable Electronic Device (PED)

Is a portable electronic device having the capability to store, record, and/or transmit text, images/video, or audio data.

Presentation Designer Craft

An array of ideas, stories, words, and images into a set of slides that are arranged to tell a story and persuade an audience.

President Obama

President Obama called for educators to prioritize 21st century skills which was a catalyst for the current push of STEM skills and learning.

Prime Number

Is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers.

Product Designer

Makes a practical and functional product as artistic and attractive to a consumer as possible.

Programmer

Is a person who creates the logical framework for an application; Coders write the code that implements the logical framework for computer programs; Developers engage in software development process including research, design, programming, testing; Engineers are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials.

Project Based Learning

Is a student-centered framework that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which it is believed that students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems.

Prototype

Is typically a preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.

Protractor

Is a measuring instrument, typically made of transparent plastic or glass, for measuring angles.

Psychiatrist

Is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.

Pythagorean Theorem

Is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle.

QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control)

Is the combination of quality assurance, the process or set of processes used to measure and assure the quality of a product, and quality control, the process of ensuring products and services meet consumer expectations.

QR Code

Is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode).

Radiologists

Are doctors that diagnose and treat injuries and diseases using medical imaging (radiology) procedures (exams/tests) such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET), and ultrasound.

Developers (Software)

Engage in software development processes including research, design, programming, testing; Engineers are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials.

Random Number Generator

Is a process by which a sequence of numbers or symbols that cannot be reasonably predicted better than by random chance is generated.

Ratio (Math)

Is how many times one number contains another.

Real-time

Describes various operations in computing or other processes that must guarantee response times within a specified time period.

Residential Architects

Specialize in the designing and building of individual living spaces.

Rheumatologist

Is a branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and management of disorders whose common feature is inflammation in the bones, muscles, joints, and internal organs.

Robotics

Involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots.

Rocket Scientists

Are aerospace engineers who specialize in the design and manufacture of spacecraft.

Root Cause Analysis

Is the process of discovering the root causes of problems in order to identify appropriate solutions.

Router

Is a networking device, a specialized computer that forwards data packets between computer networks.

Sand Batteries

Is a high temperature thermal energy storage that uses sand or sand-like materials as its storage medium.

Satellites

Is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space.

Science

Science gives learners an in-depth understanding of the organic matter and the orgins of that matter.

SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle)

Is a structured process that enables the production of high-quality, low-cost software, in the shortest possible production time.

Self-Healing Living Concrete

Imitates the automatic healing of body wounds by secreting some kind of adhesive liquids when cracked and resealing it.

Six Sigma

Is a process that makes use of statistics and data analysis to analyze and reduce errors or defects.

Smart Lighting

Is when your lights are controllable remotely using a wireless connection and a smartphone app.

Smartphone

Is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit.

Social Media

Is the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.

Software Engineer

Is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software.

Software Tester

Is responsible for determining any flaws or defects that could negatively impact a software's performance or hurt user experience.

Source Code

Is any collection of code, written using a human-readable programming language, and is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers.

Space Force

Is a military branch of a nation's armed forces that conducts military operations in outer space and space warfare.

Space Station

Is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat.

SPAM (Computer)

Is any kind of unwanted, unsolicited digital communication that gets sent out in bulk.

Speleology

Is about exploring caves. It aims at understanding the formation, environment and fauna of caves.

SQL (Structured Query Language)

Is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS).

Starship Avionics

Is a subject matter expert in everything electrical across the flight vehicle.

Statistician

Is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics.

STEM (Exploration and Experience)

STEM = Exploration and Experience

STEM (Acronym)

The STEM acronym was introduced in 2001 by the U.S. National Science Foundation previously it was known as SMET.

STEM (Common Language)

STEM is a common language that every country uses and relies on.

STEM (Practicing and Innovation)

STEM is about practicing and innovation.

STEM (Learning)

STEM learning is mostly hands-on, inquiry-based assignments: Learning by Doing!

Stethoscope

A medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces.

Superapps

Are a mobile or web application that can provide multiple services including payment and financial transaction processing, effectively becoming an all-encompassing self-contained commerce and communication online platform, such as Paypal, WePay, AliPay.

Surgeon

A medical practitioner qualified to practice surgery.

Surgery

Is the branch of medical practice that treats injuries, diseases, and deformities by the physical removal, repair, or readjustment of organs and tissues, often involving cutting into the body.

Surgical Nurses

Are also known as perioperative nurses, and work in the OR and with surgery patients before, during, and after their surgery.

Sustainable Architecture

Is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large.

Sweat Powered Smartwatches

Are robotically charged by sweat and are tasked with keeping track of daily health records and chasing calories and sweat burnout.

System as a Service (Saas)

Is a way of delivering applications over the Internet—as a service.

System Thinking

Is a way of making sense of the complexity of the world by looking at it in terms of wholes and relationships rather than by splitting it down into its parts.

Systems Engineering

Is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles.

Tax Accountant

Is a person whose job is to keep, inspect, and analyse tax assets and liabilities in the accounting records of a business or individual.

Tele-Health

Is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies.

Telecommunications

Is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems.

Telecommuting

Is an employment arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work, such as an office building, instead, work can be accomplished in the home.

Main Branches of Mathematics

The Main Branches of Mathematics are algebra, number theory, geometry and arithmetic.

Principles of Thermodynamics

The principles of thermodynamics explains that energy can be exchanged bewteen phsyical systems as heat and work.

Theory of Relativity

Are two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity, and general relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to the forces of nature.

Six Kingdoms of Life

There are Six Kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Archaea Bacteria, Eubacteria and Fungi

STEM (Influence)

Together STEM helps influence the development of our society on a global scale.

Trigonometry

Is the study of relationships between angles and sides of triangles.

Trigonometry

Means triangle and measurements when translated in Greek (trigon - metron).

Two-Factor Authentication

Is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism

Underwater Gloves

Are often worn when diving, as thermal protection, as protection against the environment and work hazards, or both.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

Colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.

User Experience Design

Is the process of defining the experience a user would go through when interacting with a digital product or website.

Video Conferencing

Is a type of virtual, online meeting where two or more people talk through a video and audio call in real-time.

Video Game Programmer

Is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebases for video games or related software, such as game development tools.

Virtual Machine

Is the virtualization/emulation of a computer system that works like it is a separate computer inside the main computer.

Web Designers

Plan, create and code internet sites and web pages, many of which combine text with sounds, pictures, graphics and video clips.

Web Development

Is the work involved in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network).

Webmaster

Is a person responsible for maintaining one or more websites.

Wifi (Wireless Fidelity)

Is a family of wireless network protocols, a family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

Wiretapping

Is the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based conversations by a third party, often by covert means.

World Wide Web (WWW)

Is an information system enabling documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet.

Xenotransplantation

Is the procedure of transplanting and infusing human cells, tissues or organs from an animal source.

XML - Extensive Markup Language

Defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.

Zoology

Is the science of animals and animal life.

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