If science is to be taught to accomplish the goals offered in most current STEM reform efforts, we must realize that students need to be more centrally involved instead of just being “receivers” of information and doing labs and passing recall tests. They need to be “doers” in the “doing” of real science. This is certainly something quite different from what is done in most classrooms where the teacher is in charge -- making most of the decisions, including making assignments and describing what is done in most laboratories. The results that are observed, recorded, and interpreted now are pointing to the importance of a “student-centered curriculum” (Cullen, Harris, & Hill, 2012) which too often is prescribed by state science coordinators, politicians, (sometimes by government leaders), and textbook companies that prepare materials for teacher use. Laboratories where all directions are provided should not be considered appropriate until students first identify questions and help in involving other people (even some with opposing views) in the actual collection of evidence. Too often we, like students, assume that “doing” science is only listening, interpreting, recalling, and/or repeating what students are told. Students should be encouraged again to explore and to offer ideas for explaining the things that they see and think about during their explorations. They should be encouraged to get information from parents, other teachers, and problems identified by local businesses and other community leaders. STEM requires activities that are central to real reform efforts around the world, which describe how science in schools is portrayed. STEM should not be linked to ideas and explanations offered by teachers, textbooks, and government leaders. It should be something students create with their own minds. STEM suggests less emphasis upon the classification of science into disciplines like biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science. These disciplines become important for scientists who work largely in one of the areas considering their personal research. It is a classification scheme -- not something that dictates what is expected for teachers to “do” in classrooms and which students are expected to follow.