ABSTRACT
The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series was conceptualized and developed by a team of STEM educators from across the United States in response to a growing need to infuse real-world learning contexts, delivered through authentic problem-solving pedagogy, into K–12 classrooms. The concept of cause and effect is a powerful and pervasive notion in the STEM fields. One of the most important factors in determining whether humans will have a positive future is innovation. Innovation is the driving force behind progress, which helps create possibilities that did not exist before. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as disciplines have the capacity to continuously improve the ways humans live, interact, and find meaning in the world, thus working to optimize the human experience. The STEM Road Map contexts are meaningful to students and provide motivation to engage with the content.
