This page presents a semantic alignment between the SAM Steam School Curriculum and the SOPEEC Special Steam‑Powered Traction Engine syllabus. Both documents were broken into comparable topic lists and matched at the concept level to account for differences in terminology and depth. The result is a clear picture of where the two curricula overlap, where SAM provides additional practical detail, and where SOPEEC includes exam‑oriented or regulatory elements not explicitly covered by SAM. The four linked documents summarize this alignment from multiple angles, and the full Curriculum and Syllabus are available elsewhere on this site.
Documents
| venn summary.pdf | A high‑level, point‑form summary of the shared content, SAM‑only material, and SOPEEC‑only material, including an executive overview of how the two curricula relate. |
| sam to sopeec.pdf | A topic‑by‑topic mapping showing how each major element of the SAM Steam School curriculum aligns with the SOPEEC exam syllabus using semantic (concept‑level) matching. |
| sopeec to sam.pdf | A reverse mapping that shows where each SOPEEC exam requirement is covered within the SAM curriculum and highlights areas where SAM is less explicit. |
| coverage matrix.pdf | A concise table showing each SOPEEC topic and whether SAM fully, partially, or implicitly covers it, giving a quick visual of overall curriculum alignment. |