STEM and Problem Solving - Brightspire Virtual High School Elective Course

This semester-long high school course outlines how to apply the concepts and principles of scientific inquiry, encouraging the use of problem-solving and critical- thinking skills to produce viable solutions to problems. Students learn the scientific method, how to use analytical tools and techniques, how to construct tests and evaluate data, and how to review and understand statistical information. This problem-solving course stresses analytic skills to properly format problem statements, use of the scientific method to investigate problems, the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches to construct tests, and an introduction to reviewing and interpreting statistical information.