1. . Internationalizing STEM (science , technology, engineering and math) education

5. By 2012, 90% of the world’s scientists and engineers will live and work in Asia (NSF Indicators 2008)

6. US schools spend an average of 90 minutes/week on science in K-8, while European, Asian and Australian schools spend an average of 300 minutes/week on science.

7. PISA 2003: US 15 Year-Olds Rank Near The End Of The Pack Among 29 OECD Countries Source : NCES, 2005, International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics, Literacy and Problem Solving: 2003 PISA Results. NCES 2005-003

8. 2003: U.S. Ranked 24 th out of 29 OECD Countries in Mathematics Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results , data available at http://www.oecd.org/

9. Problems are not limited to our high-poverty and high-minority schools . . .

10. U.S. Ranks Low in the Percent of Students in the Highest Achievement Level (Level 6) in Math Source : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results , data available at http://www.oecd.org/

11. PISA 2003: Problem-Solving, US Ranks 24 th Out of 29 OECD Countries Source : NCES, 2005, International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics, Literacy and Problem Solving: 2003 PISA Results. NCES 2005-003

12. More than half of our 15 year olds score at problem-solving level 1 or below on the PISA Source: OECD Problem Solving for Tomorrow’s World. 2004

13. Using global problems makes science and math relevant Environmental issues-GLOBE International sporting events-Olympics Human Genome project-bioinformatics Energy exploration Disease transmission Inventions and patents Sports and recreation Medicine International competitions-science/math

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