# Combine STEM with coding
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/combine-stem-with-coding/22699
**Category:** Teaching
**Created:** [July 18, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/combine-stem-with-coding/22699 "2020-07-18T01:05:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@codeguppy](https://discourse.processing.org/u/codeguppy)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/combine-stem-with-coding/22699/1 "2020-07-18T01:05:26Z")
Hello teachers,
I have a suggestion for you. Combine STEM with coding for a maximum educational value. For instance the following programs made possible by processing API shows how to plot a function graph. I hope you find the program and concept useful.
https://www.codeguppy.com/code.html?fngraph
P.S. coding is STEM… but combining coding with other STEM field is even more powerful!
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### Author:  [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/combine-stem-with-coding/22699/2 "2020-07-27T23:23:25Z")
Hi @codeguppy – Thanks for sharing this sketch embed!
Two quick suggestions:
1. save it with a descriptive title (currently Untitled in the embed)
2. give it a code comment header block with a sentence or two describing the concept of what it is and what it does, for example something like:
```auto
/**
* Graphing a Wave
* 2020-07-17
* Plot a wave function on the screen, like an oscilloscope! *
* This codeguppy sketch demonstrates graphing sin() function.
* As the start x increases over time it scrolls to the right.
*/
```
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### Author:  [@mcintyre](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mcintyre)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/combine-stem-with-coding/22699/3 "2020-07-31T00:44:55Z")
Thanks @codeguppy! Coding can help students deepen their understanding of other subjects from grade school to grad school. Here are a few STEM examples from outside the Processing community.
- [Scratch](http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/resources/scratch-across-every-subject-recap) (so many!)
- [Bootstrap](https://www.bootstrapworld.org/) (data science, math, science)
- [TechSmart](https://www.techsmart.codes/pathway/#applied-coding) (math, science)
- [LAFF](http://ulaff.net/) (math)
- [Green Tea Press](https://greenteapress.com/wp/) (data science, science)
I had my precalculus students code with p5.js last year. They started by drawing constellations (discrete and continuous graphs) and meteors (linear functions). [NOC](https://natureofcode.com/) was a wonderful resource for later projects with vectors and trigonometry. Lots of ideas for improvements, so hopefully I get the chance to iterate on the course this fall!