IBSE Final

STEM

The ideas about the natural world, warranted by empirical

evidence, that have been accumulated over time and the

processes by which these ideas have been generated.

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The systems, processes and artefacts produced by

human beings to serve their needs or desires.

The systematic and iterative process, informed by scientific

knowledge, of designing objects and systems to achieve

solutions to human problems

The systematic study of patterns and relationships among

quantities, numbers and space expressed symbolically in the

form of numerals and forms and warranted through logical

argument.

Harlen et al., 2015