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STEM A career in STEM is for you if you like challenges that require you to use Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics to solve problems. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

STEM is... STEM is an acronym used for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education. We focus on these areas together, not only because the skills and knowledge in each discipline are essential for student success, but also because these fields are deeply intertwined in the real world and in how students learn best. STEM is an interdisciplinary and applied approach that is coupled with hands-on, problem- based learning. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

What is a Career Pathway? Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved According to Hull (2004), a pathway is defined as “a coherent, articulated sequence of rigorous academic and career/technical courses, commencing in the ninth grade and leading to an associate degree, baccalaureate degree and beyond, an industry recognized certificate, and/or licensure.”

STEM Pathways are broken up into eight (8) pathways Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved 1. Advanced Manufacturing* 2. Aerospace 3. Biotechnology 4. Energy 5. Geospatial Technology 6. Information Technology** 7. Nanotechnology 8. Robotics *This is also part of the manufacturing career cluster. **This is also it’s own separate career cluster. These are examples of how many clusters can overlap and support each other.

The Advanced Manufacturing Pathway In this pathway you will use a variety of activities that depend on the use and coordination of information, automation, computation, software, sensing, and networking, and/or making use of cutting edge materials and emerging capabilities enabled by the physical and biological sciences; for example nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology. This involves both new ways to manufacture existing products, and especially the manufacture of new products emerging from new advanced technologies. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Advanced Manufacturing Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to O*NET Online Manufacturing Production Technician Manufacturing Engineer Industrial Engineering Technicians Industrial Engineers Mechanical Engineering Technologist Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Aerospace Pathway In this pathway you will be concerned with the design and manufacturing of aircraft, rockets, missiles, spacecraft, etc… that are needed to operate in aerospace. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Aerospace Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to O*NET Online Aerospace Engineers Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians Command and Control Center Specialists Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Biotechnology Pathway In this pathway you will use living organisms or other biological systems to manufacture drugs or other products needed for environmental management. For example waste recycling where you use microorganisms to degrade the waste or oil spill. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Biotechnology Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to O*NET Online Nuclear Medicine Physicians Bioinformatics Specialist Bioinformatics Technician Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Biological Technicians Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Energy Pathway In this pathway you will use the many different forms of energy to power other industries. There are many forms of energy: light, heat, mechanical, gravitational, electrical, sound, chemical, nuclear, and so on. Often these different forms of energy can transfer back and forth from one another. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Energy Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to O*NET Online Energy Engineers Solar Energy Systems Engineers Wind Energy Engineers Electrical Engineers Fuel Cell Engineers Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Geospatial Technology Pathway In this pathway you will use a range of modern tools to contribute to the geographic mapping and analysis of the Earth and human societies. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Geospatial Technology Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to O*NET Online Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Mapping Technicians Geoscientists Geophysical Data Technicians Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Information Technology Pathway In this pathway you will develop, implement, and maintain computer hardware and/or software systems to organize and communicate information electronically. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Information Technology Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to O*NET Online IT Project Managers Instructional Designers and Technologists Information Security Analysts Information Security Analysts Computer System Analysts Software Developer, Systems Software Software Developer, Systems Software Network and Computer Systems Administrators Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Nanotechnology Pathway In this pathway you will create and/or use technology that is on a scale of less that 100 nanometers with a goal to control individual atoms and molecules, especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Nanotechnology Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to ONET Online Informatics Nurse Specialist Bioinformatics Technician Cytogenetic Technologist Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

The Robotics Pathway In this pathway you can be anything from a robotics engineer to a behind-the- scenes designer, who is responsible for creating robots and robotic systems that are able to perform duties that humans are either unable or prefer not to complete. You can create robots that help make jobs safer, easier, and more efficient, particularly in the manufacturing industry. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Some of the Careers in the Robotics Pathway that have the “brightest” outlook according to ONET Online Robotics Engineer Robotics Technician Commercial and Industrial Designers Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

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