OM SUPPORTS EDUCATION INITIATIVES

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math

Both STEAM Education and Odyssey of the Mind Develop These Skills and Characteristics

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• Problem-Solving: Able to define questions and problems, design investigations to gather data, collect and organize data, draw conclusions, and then apply understandings to new and novel situations.

• Innovation: Creatively use science, mathematics, and technology concepts and principles by applying them to the engineering design process.

• Inventing: Recognizes the needs of the world and creatively design, test, redesign, and then implement solutions (engineering process),

• Self-Reliance: Able to use initiative and self-motivation to set agendas, develop and gain self-confidence, and work within time specific time frames.

• Logical Thinking: Able to apply rational and logical thought process of science, mathematics, and engineering design, to innovation and invention.

• Technological Literacy: Understand and explain the nature of technology, develop the skills needed, and apply technology appropriately.