Children are building crafts

Featured projects

Visitors use colorful building blocks at an interactive museum exhibit to design a Mars habitat.

Build a Mars habitat

Hands-on exhibit exploring what it will take to survive and thrive on the red planet.

A baby girl is smiling at the camera

Changing brains

Talking about personal, community and societal connections of brain research and related technologies.

A desert and road path from the middle

Climates of inequality

Public history and global issues

Exhibition and programming sharing stories of environmental justice through local histories and dialogue.

A family is teaching their children

Co-creating with communities

Co-creating STEAM learning experiences with communities.

Children are exploring science

Earth and space

Exhibitions and activities bringing NASA science and discoveries to communities nationwide.

Three children wearing safety goggles conduct a hands-on chemistry experiment at a table using measuring cups and lab tools.

Let’s do chemistry

Making chemistry fun and relevant through hands-on learning.

Two people are discussing

Make games, save the planet

Teen leaders designing an immersive digital narrative about local climate futures.

A family group comprised of children with their mother and father raise their hands in celebration during an interactive space-themed activity at a table.

Moon adventure game

Collaborative game to solve a series of challenges related to living and doing research on the Moon.

A family with adults and children participates in a hands-on science activity at a table, led by a person dressed as Frankenstein during an interactive demonstration.

Responsible innovation

Practicing creativity and responsible innovation through the Frankenstein story.

A group of people are sitting around a table and studying

STEM and social capital

Partnership broadening STEM career participation of refugee communities through family learning and innovative uses of technology.

Children are doing art crafts

STEM learning ecosystems

Community-wide partnerships for belonging in authentic STEM learning.

three people having a discussion

Sustainability and museums

Resources empowering museums to advance sustainability in their local communities.

Two children smile while holding up objects they created during a hands-on science activity at a table.

Voyage through the Solar System

Activities and an app exploring the solar system.

Additional projects

Information and materials related to many of our other previous projects are available from the National Informal STEM Education Network