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Re: STEM vs. STEAM

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
As another interesting tidbit... I went to lookup the origin of STEM, and it turns out that there are a dozen different acronyms for it. Originally, it was METS.

Anyways, while doing so, I noticed one of the other acronyms was STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Not Art.

With the release of STEAMworks, do we know which STEAM acronym FIRST is using? Are they referring to Arts or Applied Mathematics?
Given the paintbrush in the logo I think it's safe to assume they mean Art. That's a very interesting piece of history though.
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