Explanation should include
- the meaning of STEM
- the fact that people use things from nature to both create and use technology to accomplish goals and satisfy needs
- the eight contexts/areas of technology
- automation, computation, artificial intelligence and robotic technologies
- manufacturing technologies
- transportation and logistics technologies
- energy and power technologies
- information and communication technologies
- construction of the built environment
- medical and health-related technologies
- agriculture and biotechnologies.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How do science, technology, engineering, and mathematics differ?
- What do science, technology, engineering, and mathematics have in common?
- What are the ways in which technology evolves?