“It’s About Discovery” is a partnership between The Ohio State University at Lima and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that engages high school students and their teachers in critical thinking skills focusing on STEM content areas. The Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (PAS) new science curriculum is the foundation for the project that includes students and teachers from Northwest Ohio and North Carolina. It’s About Discovery participating teachers include science teachers in Paulding, Van Wert, Antwerp, Bath, and Perry high schools in northwest Ohio, and Douglas Byrd High School in North Carolina.