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List of 75+ STEM Careers, Jobs & Occupations

STEM Sport

What Are STEM Careers? A STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career is any job that uses skills in these related fields daily. These careers can be anything from a doctor to an engineer to a website developer – STEM careers range across a variety of different fields and disciplines.

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Farming on permafrost

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rock, soil, ice) that remains at or below 0 °C for at least two consecutive years Thaw subsidence — the sinking of land due to the melting of ground ice Topsoil — the upper layer of soil where most biological activity happens As the world warms, the way we farm will have to change. Permafrost is defined as ground material (e.g.,

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Leading Through Innovation: Celebrating Black STEM Leaders

STEM Education Guide

Now that we know why February is Black History Month let’s check out this list of impressive examples of what Black genius can accomplish in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The creativity of a forward-thinking scientist solved that problem. The STEM field has no shortage of these.

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Teaching Out-of-the-(Zoom) Box: Outdoor, Informal, and Appropriate Technology Education for Recruitment, Retention, and Motivation of STEM Teachers

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When thinking about science education during the pandemic, a critical theme emerged: space matters. Teaching and learning about science education through video-conferencing software does not provide the appropriate environmental conditions to adequately prepare teacher candidates for real-world, in-person teaching (Rapanta et al.,

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Uncovering the secrets of the Amazon

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BIOINFORMATICS – a subdiscipline of biology and computer science concerned with the acquisition, storage, analysis and dissemination of biological data. ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (eDNA) – DNA from environmental samples, such as soil and water. TAXONOMIST – a scientist who specialises in the classification of organisms.

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Design A School Garden STEM Project

Vivify Stem

For the short-term, you can involve your students in a design competition to boost their engagement in a project while honing their applied mathematics and science skills as well as their engineering design prowess (more on this later!). Lead them through the science of planning a garden as well!

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A crisis of clarity: can defining biodiversity help us protect the natural world?

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As a result, biodiversity in ecosystems around the world is declining at an alarming rate, threatening the balance of life on earth. TALK LIKE A PHILOSOPHER OF SCIENCE. BIODIVERSITY – the variety of life found within an ecosystem or, more generally, on Earth. But what is biodiversity, and how can we measure it?

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