STEM Symposium

Today I attended the Minnesota STEM Symposium at the Science Museum of Minnesota. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. It was interesting to see and hear what teachers and students are doing using some of the technology now available. Many of the "forecasts" for our country and state are predicting shortages in workers trained in high tech careers.

The highlight was Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis, President and Director of the Museum of Science, Boston. He spoke about the ways he is partnering with schools to develop curriculum for learning about how all the "man-made" products in our world are created. I want to find out more about the curriculum and if we might be able to use some of it in St. Paul.