S.T.E.M.📱
STEM Vocabulary 📱
Structures/Engineering🏗️
Technology💻
Math📐
Explain It 🦜
100
What does the S in STEM stand for?
What is Science.
100
What does collaborate mean?👩💻🧑🏽🔬
People working together towards a common goal; working jointly on an activity.
100
What is the strongest shape?
What is a triangle. 🔺
100
Is this statement true or false? Digital tools are considered technology.
What is true. Digital tools can be software, programs, or applications utilized through a computer, laptop, or cell phone.
100
What % is 1/3 equal to?
What is 30%
100
What does percent (%) mean?
What is one part in every hundred.
200
What does the T in STEM stand for?
What is Technology.
200
What do you call a structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle?
What is a bridge. 🌉
200
Name one type of engineering a person could pursue as a career.
There are many types of engineers: chemical, mechanical, civil, electrical, structural, aerospace, network, textile, industrial, etc. (It's acceptable if you named a type of engineering not listed above).
200
Is this statement true or false? Google Classroom is a digital tool used to promote learning.
What is true. Google Classroom is a digital platform used to promote learning.
200
How many sides does an Isosceles triangle have?
What is 3 sides.
It is a triangle, so it has 3 sides.
200
Briefly name one project you worked on in STEM class and tell us if it was related to science, technology, engineering, or math.
As long as you answered the question you will receive points! Which did you pick?
Structures: roller-coasters, newspaper tables
Design thinking: logos, film posters, wallpaper backgrounds
300
What does the E in STEM stand for?
What is Engineering.
300
What do you call the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis?
What is symmetry.
300
According to Newton's Law of Action and Reaction, for every action, there is an equal and _______ reaction.
What is opposite.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
300
Is this statement true or false? Gaming can be beneficial to learning.
What is true. Gaming can enhance cognitive skills like problem-solving and strategic thinking .
300
What is a right angle?
What is an angle of exactly 90 degrees.
300
Which is NOT a step in the engineering design process?
- Step 1: Define. In this step, students formulate what they think about the problem.
- Step 2: Ask. The next step in the engineering design process is to ask questions about the problem. ...
- Step 3: Imagine. ...
- Step 4: Plan. ...
- Step 5: Prototype. ...
- Step 6: Test. ...
- Step 7: Improve.
- Step 8: Quit if there is no apparent answer and move on to the next problem.
What is Step 8. Quitting is NOT a step in problem solving.
400
What does the M in STEM stand for?
What is Math.
400
What do we call a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used by a company or organization to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
What is a logo.
400
What IS engineering?
What is the application of knowledge (like science, and mathematics) combined with creativity to solve problems.
400
Is this statement TRUE or FALSE...
Technology is the use of knowledge to invent new devices or tools.
True, technology is the use of knowledge to invent devices or tools.
400
What is a ratio?
What is the relationship between two numbers/amounts.
400
How can failure be helpful?
Failure can lead to some of the best discoveries. It also offers opportunities to learn how to refine a process or make improvements impossible
500
What does S.T.E.M. stand for?
What is science, technology, engineering, and math.
500
What is the word for the study of using scientific principles used to design and build machines, structures, and other things, like bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings?
What is engineering.
500
What is a prototype?
What is the first model of something you design and build.
500
Name a technology with which you recently interacted.
Examples could include: cell phone, computer, game console, (AI) artificial intelligence, GPS, washing machine, car, etc. ...
500
Have you ever heard anyone say the chance of something happening is "50-50"? What does that actually mean?
What is equal distribution of chance; meaning of FIFTY-FIFTY is shared, assumed, or borne equally.
This phrase has to do with probability. Probability tells you how likely it is that an event will occur.
500
Explain the meaning of the quote by Albert Einstein, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”
By bypassing deep understanding of the problem, we may inadvertently/accidentally overlook possible solutions.
600
Often STEM is referred to as S.T.E.A.M. what does the A in STEAM stand for?
What is ART! 🎨
600
What do you call a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function of something?
What is a design.
600
True or False... Identifying a problem is the first step in the engineering design process.
True, identifying a problem is the first step in the engineering design process.
600
Name an invention, which is now an old technology.
Some examples include: sewing machines, refrigerator, bicycles, light bulbs, ball point pens, telephones, fans, etc. ...
600
Two teachers supervise 40 students on the playground during recess. If five teachers are present, how many students can be at recess?
What is 100 students.
Based on two teachers supervising 40 students, that is a ratio of 20 students per teacher. So, if there are five teachers present, that is 5x20=100.
600
Is this statement true or false? Everyone has the ability to learn.
This is true! Everyone has the ability to learn, and the very first step to learning is paying attention. Attention is based in the brain, and you can “train your brain” to pay better attention. One of the best ways to keep your attention is to be an active learner.
Let's test ourselves. See if you can count how many times the players wearing WHITE pass the basketball.