Table of Contents Ch 1 Explaining Enterprise STEM 4 Ch 2 STEM and Scientists at Work 10 Ch 3 Working Together 18 Ch 4 Technology in Today’s World 22 Ch 5 Technology for the Future 26 Ch 6 STEM Careers 34 Ch 7 Be a Part of STEM 40 Glossary 46 Index 48 3
CHAPTER ONE Explaining Enterprise STEM I’d rather clean my room than do math Taking out the garbage is more fun than science You have to take the hardest subjects to be prepared for the future It’s important to take as much math and science as possible These comments came from students Over three-fourths of U S students say science and math are subjects to avoid The U S ranks twenty-first in science and twenty-fifth in math in the world Yet in the next ten years eighty percent of jobs will require people skilled in math and science Worldwide Finland China and Australia ranked in the top five The difference Their students think it’s important to take science and math They say those subjects help them be successful Take a look around Items that make life better come from the work of scientists technicians engineers or mathematicians 4
Enterprise STEM is the body of knowledge and the steps it takes to acquire that knowledge by people who work in science technology engineering or mathematics That includes enterprise or the business needed to achieve a result that goes with research peer reviews truthful reporting and publishing results In everyday language it’s called STEM 5
