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About Steam Education

About Steam Education

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit is committed to the advancement of STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math – education.  Originally referred to as STEM, "art" has been integrated as a critical design element that helps take advanced conceptual ideas and transforms them into real, usable tools. Our focus on advancing STEAM education encompasses programs for both students and educators. 

NEWS: Bucks County Residents Donate $100,000 to Expand Fab Lab

January 18, 2024: Click here to read the press release regarding agenerous donation for which the Bucks County Intermediate Unit’s Fab Lab has been named the recipient. 

Why is STEAM Education so Important?

Students learning computer design
STEAM education helps students find and be prepared for tomorrows workforce – employment and life in a 21st century, technology-driven, global economy.  By exposing students to more science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, we give them the opportunity to find what interests them.  Within education, we can then look to cultivate and encourage growth and advancement in those areas and guide their future academic choices to best align with their chosen career goals.  
  • In Pennsylvania
    • There will be 590,000 new and replacements job through 2026 with STEAM jobs
      growing at over 9%
    • Over the next 10 years, over 71% of all jobs will require computer science skills
  • STEAM, health, and business majors generally earn the highest salaries 
  • Research shows that STEAM instruction offers benefits in a student’s post-secondary career, even if that student does not pursue a STEAM career