Hands-On STEM Learning

Children engaging in hands-on STEM activities, collaborating on design projects and experiments, fostering creativity and teamwork in educational settings.

Reportage at the Objectif Vaincre Autisme (Target Conquer Autism) Centre in Gland, Switzerland. Children suffering from pervasive developmental disorders are followed individually thanks to intensive behavioural interventions in ABA. ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA applies scientific laws to create or modify behaviour which is socially significant for the person and society as a whole. AMA involves a program of techniques for modifying behaviour and developing skills. The skills are taught through procedures of chaining, guiding, prompting, fading, shaping.

Reportage at the Objectif Vaincre Autisme (Target Conquer Autism) Centre in Gland, Switzerland. Children suffering from pervasive developmental disorders are followed individually thanks to intensive behavioural interventions in ABA. ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA applies scientific laws to create or modify behaviour which is socially significant for the person and society as a whole. AMA involves a program of techniques for modifying behaviour and developing skills. The skills are taught through procedures of chaining, guiding, prompting, fading, shaping.

Junior Girl Scouts from two locals conceils, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland and Girl Scouts of NationsCapital, participated in She's an Engineer! Girl Scout program on November 3, 2016. They met with female NASA engineers and tested rover models in simulated I&T stations to explore the Engineering Design process.

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A Kadena Youth Center student explains his design idea to his team at the Innovation Lab on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2022. The teams were tasked with making fall-proof containers using materials such as plastic cups, paper plates, straws, rubber bands and tape. The mission of the STEM event was to immerse the students in fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

Students attending the STARBASE BattleBot camp assemble Lego pieces and other hardware on July 12, to build their robots during the three-day camp held July 12-14, 2022 at Camp Umatilla, Oregon. The Department of Defense's STARBASE program provides underserved students in the U.S. an opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a stimulating community based outreach program. (National Guard photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)

Students, Ajay Ramesh and Prithvi Aiyaswamy in 7th grade, Chaboya Middle School, San Jose, have entered the Intel Inernational Science Fair (May 2010) They are here at the Ames Research center to test the drag of race cars in the Fluid Mechanics Lab (FML)

Family Playing Air Hockey

Reportage at 27 Delvalle, Nice, France. 27 Delvalle is an 800m2 space funded by the conurbation, the town of Nice, the department and region. It is the first stone in the creation of Nices European Health City project due to be built in the next five years to the east of Nice. The aim is to make new technologies and innovation available to improve health. By bringing together health sector actors (health professionals, researchers, solution and funding providers, associations etc.), 27 Delvalle must enable the emergence of projects that allow better living thanks to digital technology. The Habitat platform: show and simulation apartment highlighting technical, technological and innovating solutions for kitting out a home to allow fragile, ageing and handicapped people to remain autonomous as long as possible. It is a real apartment that organizes uses for daily life aiming to simplify and adapt them to the needs of the person. All the daily activities are simulated here, moving round t

Students attending the STARBASE BattleBot take part in the Battle Royale on July 14, during the three-day camp held July 12-14, 2022 at Camp Umatilla, Oregon. The Department of Defense's STARBASE program provides underserved students in the U.S. an opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a stimulating community based outreach program. (National Guard photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)

A cute little girl with safety goggles carefully observes a test tube

Mom and boy during take your kid to work day, encouraging children in career in robotics. Field trip to real robotics laboratory. Real scientist talking with schoolboy. Mom and boy during take your kid to work day, encouraging children in career in robotics. Field trip to real robotics laboratory. Real scientist talking to schoolboy. model released

Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image of Bob Hines, AMES Scientist, with Students

New Approach to Self Achievement (N.A.S.A.) Project Students work together at the Aerospace Education Center Return to the Moon Discovery Path Moon Gravity Module

Silicon Valley FIRST Regional Robotics competition Space Cookies - Team 1868 - NASA Ames Research Center & Girl Scouts, Moffett Field, California (CA)

A musician from 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Band allows students from a local elementary school to play the drum after their performance during a school visit at Eerde, Netherlands, Sept. 15, 2022. As a part of the 78th year commemoration of Operation Market Garden, the school visit allows the 101st band to share and honor the history of our predecessors through music and assure the local community of our continuous commitment to our European allies and partners.

Luke Air Force Base children explore the newly built Cox Innovation Lab during its grand opening, Feb. 23, 2024, at Luke AFB, Arizona. Luke AFB partnered with Cox and the Boys & Girls Club of the Valley to construct the lab, opening a new opportunity for Luke AFB children to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math careers. Air Force

Students attending the STARBASE BattleBot camp assemble Lego pieces and other hardware to build their robots during the three-day camp held July 12-14, 2022 at Camp Umatilla, Oregon. The Department of Defense's STARBASE program provides underserved students in the U.S. an opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a stimulating community based outreach program. (National Guard photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)

Everett Cole prepares his bow to fire an arrow at a target during the youth and teen center archery camp at Hanscom Base, Mass., Aug. 17. During the five-day course, children learned archery techniques from the We are Camps national certified archery instructor.

Aviation High School student, Katie McConville, introduces herself at a lunch and learn session with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Des Moines, WA. Aviation High School is a college preparatory aviation- and aerospace-themed school and a premier school of choice for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in the Pacific Northwest.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside a laboratory in the Engineering Development Laboratory, or EDL, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, research physicist Phil Metzger describes lunar excavators and soil processing technologies to a group of Society of Physics students.About 800 graduate and undergraduate physics students toured Kennedy facilities. A group of about 40 students toured laboratories in the Operations and Checkout Building and the EDL during their visit. The physics students were in Orlando for the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress.

Instructor assisting teenager at gyroscope in science center

Professional Education Center (PEC) staff demonstrate a 3D printer during the DoD STARBASE STEM Fest at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Sept. 30, 2022. The STARBASE program allows 5th grade students the opportunity to receive 25 hours of class time on a military installation and explore the opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning.

Professional Education Center (PEC) staff demonstrate a 3D printer during the DoD STARBASE STEM Fest at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Sept. 30, 2022. The STARBASE program allows 5th grade students the opportunity to receive 25 hours of class time on a military installation and explore the opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning.

Man with Down Syndrome at photography class

Luxembourg, ISL, International School of Luxembourg, Art in All of us activities in school. (Editorial Use Only)

220504-N-WF272-1021 LANCASTER, Pa. (May 4, 2022) Electrician's Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Hunter Timmons, right, assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group Philadelphia, learns about a land robot built by J.P. McCaskey High School students as part of the Sea, Air and Land Challenge held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May 4, 2022. The Sea Air and Land Challenge is an Office of Naval Research sponsored program, in which teams of high school students learn about the engineering process through the design and build of robotic systems. The systems are then used to compete in challenges relevant to the Department of Defense, which mimic missions encountered by the military, national security agencies and first responders. NTAG Philadelphia encompasses regions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia, providing recruiting services from more than 30 talent acquisition sites with the overall goal of attracting the highest quality candidates to ensure the ongoing success of Am

NASA STEM Activities at the White House Easter Egg Roll. Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

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Earth Information Center Student Engagement. Local students participate in an Earth Information Center (EIC) student engagement event, Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The EIC is a new immersive experience that combines live data sets with cutting-edge data visualization and storytelling to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing.

Children fill backpacks during Back-to-School Brigade on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, July 16, 2022. Operation Homefront partners with the 126th, 375th, and 932d Airman and Family Readiness Center to coordinate the distribution of back to school items for military families.

Students watch a video about NASA astronaut Joe Acaba during a STEM in 30 event, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

The talent development project JUNIORDOKTOR offers young people and children access to exciting STEM events at around 30 universities, research institutions and technology-oriented companies every year. Here is the half-time event in the 14th run of JUNIORDOKTOR at CeTI, Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop, at TU Dresden. Programming an adaptive robot arm

STARBASE cadets learn about the importance of STEM in future careers May 3, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. STARBASE is a Department of Defense youth program designed to expose the nations youth to the technological environments and positive civilian and military role models found on Active, Guard, and Reserve military bases and installations.

Members of the First LEGO League and students from area public schools demonstrate LEGO robots to visitors during the Hampton Roads Naval Museums 12th Annual Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding event in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The event attracted a crowd of over 3,500 visitors who had the opportunity to create ship models with LEGO bricks, enjoy robotics demonstrations, enter LEGO shipmodel contests, enjoy crafts and free play areas and become immersed in STEM and naval history during the daylong event. The event is an annual event hosted by the museum, who partnered with The Navy League of the United States-Hampton Roads Chapter, the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater Section, the First Lego League, Hampton Roads LEGO User Group, and the Naval History and Heritage Command, among others. Over 75 active duty Sailors assigned to various commands in the Hampton Roads, Virginia also volunteered during the event for a unique community relations experience.

Astronaut David Brown looks over the robot named "L'il Max" with members of the team The Bot Kickers! from Northwestern High School, Rock Hill, S.C. Students from all over the country are at the KSC Visitor Complex for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition being held March 9-11 in the Rocket Garden. Teams of high school students are testing the limits of their imagination using robots they have designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing, 16 are Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville

Young wheelchair rider in the smac

Reportage at 27 Delvalle, Nice, France. 27 Delvalle is an 800m2 space funded by the conurbation, the town of Nice, the department and region. It is the first stone in the creation of Nices European Health City project due to be built in the next five years to the east of Nice. The aim is to make new technologies and innovation available to improve health. By bringing together health sector actors (health professionals, researchers, solution and funding providers, associations etc.), 27 Delvalle must enable the emergence of projects that allow better living thanks to digital technology. The Habitat platform: show and simulation apartment highlighting technical, technological and innovating solutions for kitting out a home to allow fragile, ageing and handicapped people to remain autonomous as long as possible. It is a real apartment that organizes uses for daily life aiming to simplify and adapt them to the needs of the person. All the daily activities are simulated here, moving round t

Girl posing with plastic blocks in library

JSC2007-E-03712 (19 Jan. 2007) --- Educator astronaut Barbara R. Morgan speaks with students during Space Center Houston's "Meet an Astronaut Day" on Jan. 19. Morgan has been named as a crew member for the STS-118 mission, scheduled to launch in the summer of 2007.

SAN PEDRO (May 27, 2022) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Duncan Hathaway speaks to kids at the San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA during Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW), May 27, 2022. LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.

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A child uses a flight simulator at the Taste of Altus” event, July 11, 2022. Along with food vendors, there were also games and simulators for attendees to use.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a 40- by 70-foot activity tent chock full of LEGO bricks hosts children and adults. There, they are building their vision of the future with LEGO bricks, marking the beginning of a three-year Space Act Agreement between NASA and The LEGO Group. The partnership is meant to spark the interest of children in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To commemorate the partnership, two small LEGO space shuttles will launch aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station and the company will release four NASA-inspired products in its LEGO CITY line next year. LEGO sets also will fly to the space station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission, and will be put together on orbit to demonstrate the challenges faced while building things in microgravity.

South Carolina, Columbia, Edventure Children's Museum, 40 foot tall interactive sculpture of massive child, Eddie

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As Sam Durrance shares stories of his experiences as an astronaut with the students at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla., he links to the Expedition 8 crew on the International Space Station. Students were able to ask questions of the ISS crew. Durrance joined Center Director Jim Kennedy as he shares Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students in NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

Cedric Reygaerts, fire inspector assigned to the Directorate of Emergency Services, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux, demonstrates the stop, drop and roll procedure for a fire safety to children from a Belgian elementary school, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Oct. 13, 2022. Schoolchildren visited the 424th Air Base Squadron Fire Station for fire prevention week.

Children Drawing at the Sioux City Art Center, Iowa

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021.

NASAs Crew-4 Q&A With Students at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins participates in STEM demonstrations with local students at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Grant Saum, the 354th Fighter Wing director of staff, explains the use of gloves to an Eielson Child Development Center student on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 1, 2022. The purpose of the immersion was to show appreciation to the youngest members of Team Eielson as part of the Month of the Military Child.

Children exercise on bikes connected to televisions.

Mike Lane demonstrates a 3D scanner inside the NASA Kennedy Space Center Prototype Lab for students in the My Brothers Keeper program. The Florida spaceport is one of six NASA centers that participated in My Brothers Keeper National Lab Week. The event is a nationwide effort to bring youth from underrepresented communities into federal labs and centers for hands-on activities, tours and inspirational speakers. Sixty students from the nearby cities of Orlando and Sanford visited Kennedy, where they toured the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Space Station Processing Facility and the centers innovative Swamp Works Labs. The students also had a chance to meet and ask questions of a panel of subject matter experts from across Kennedy.

After-school care centre of the Albert Schweitzer learning support centre

A 6th grade student reviews Ready Kids: Activity Book at Alabama's 8th Annual Be Ready Camp. FEMA's Center for Domestic Preparedness distributed books during a demonstration of first responder training and preparedness.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Ethan Kirk (left) launches his handmade foam glider during a competition with his fellow Niceville Scouts BSA Troop 553 inside the 413th Flight Test Squadron hangar at Duke Field, Fla, January 4, 2024. The competition tested the precision of flight and landing of the models and was part of their requirement to earn their Aviation Merit Badge.

A child plays a game during the Tanabata Star Festival in Iwakuni, Japan, July 10, 2022. The Tanabata Star Festival, originating from China, dates back thousands of years; people today celebrate the festival by hanging their handwritten wishes on bamboo trees and welcoming the summer season. These events, hosted by the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japanese American Society, are designed to introduce SOFA members to Japanese traditional dressing, games, and customs, further strengthening the bond between the U.S. and Japanese locals.

220613-N-LY580-1011 CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (June 13, 2022) Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets attending the 2022 NJROTC Area 8 Leadership Academy develop teamwork through the Virtual Battle Space simulator.

Reportage on the Kid Campus workshops run by the Pasteur Institute in Lille. Each week in January and February, the Institute welcomes year 5 & 6 pupils from the area and shows them the work of the Institute's researchers. There are ten themes in this fun course which involves practical work. The little chemists get to work : the properties and make up of medicine, in this case, aspirin.

Reportage on the Kid Campus workshops run by the Pasteur Institute in Lille. Each week in January and February, the Institute welcomes year 5 & 6 pupils from the area and shows them the work of the Institute's researchers. There are ten themes in this fun course which involves practical work. The little chemists get to work : the properties and make up of medicine, in this case, aspirin.

Master Sgt. Lindy Everton, 19th Mission Support Group enlisted executive officer, left, and her son, Parker Everton, 3, right, take aim with a toy gun during a Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, April 2, 2022. KUDOS is a program that consists of many activities and displays to give children a deeper understanding of the processes their parents go through when deploying.

Ron Clark Academy students visited Goddard from Atlanta, Georgia on Dec 19, 201. They visited JWST, Integration and Test facilities and Hyperwall.

A visitor looks through virtual reality viewers at one of NASA's exhibits at the Earth Day event on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

California, Pasadena. Tournament of Roses, Pre-parade float decorating. Volunteers placing small seeds on floats for Rose Parade.

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female apprentice with female teacher

NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke talks with students about his six-month stay aboard the International Space Station during a visit to StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's Stennis Space Center.

The Fort Bliss Army Substance Abuse Program built an intoxicated driving course during the garrison Safety Stand Down and Org Day at Fort Bliss, Texas, June 3, 2022. ASAP and several garrison teams built outdoor presentations for the garrison workforce for the morning-long summer safety training session.

A member from the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Aerospace Career Education Academy dons a life jacket during a brief on safety equipment outfitted in different aircraft during a base tour at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 28, 2022. OBAP was founded in 1976, and has since encouraged diversity in the avionics industry by supporting aspiring aviation professionals through a series of scholarships, mentoring, training and education programs.

Children observe a robot used by the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team during the DoD STARBASE STEM Fest at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Sept. 30, 2022. The STARBASE program allows 5th grade students the opportunity to receive 25 hours of class time on a military installation and explore the opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning.

Local area school children are seen during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. - Sparky the Fire Safety Dog poses with elementary students in the library at Bethel Manor Elementary School, Virginia, Oct. 11, 2022. Sparky visited along with the Langley Fire Department as part of Fire Prevention Week to foster healthy relationship between the students from JBLE-Langley off-base housing and firefighters.

After-school care centre of the Albert Schweitzer learning support centre

The Man Transportable Robot System (MTRS), a robot used by ExplosiveOrdnance Disposal technicians to remotely diffuse ordnance, holds a paperairplane for a girl during the 11th Annual Fly-In Family Movie and STEMNight at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center, Havelock, North Carolina,Aug. 12, 2022. ECAHF affords local youth the opportunity to learn more aboutscience, technology, engineering, and math through demonstrations andinteractive activities.

young aviator playing with toy airplane

Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Students from across the nation gathered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) symposium In the Center for Space Education at Kennedy, a student participates in a hands-on activity as education specialists assist. During the NES event, students presented their investigation project to their peers, scientists, engineers and education specialists. About 60 fourth- through 12-grade students nationwide are at the center May 4-7 participating in tours of processing and launch facilities and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, as well as several educational activities and a career panel question-and-answer session. About 30 teachers will receive professional development opportunities during the symposium. The participants were competitively selected after they completed an original investigation focused on existing NASA missions or research interests.

After-school care centre of the Albert Schweitzer learning support centre

Students at Aliamanu Middle School pose for a photo during a DPAA visit to Aliamanu Middle School, Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 16, 2024. The agency participated in its second Student Summit Career Day to engage with the local community and educate students on identification and recovery operations. Forensic anthropologists, underwater and terrestrial archaeologists and isotope preparation scientists led students through simulated hands-on techniques and briefs to share more about the agencys mission. Army

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Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education and former space shuttle astronaut, speaks to students about his experience as an astronaut on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, DC. Ferebee-Hope Elementary School, in collaboration with Reading is Fundamental (RIF), hosted this event in honor of Black History Month, and to highlight the importance of reading.

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Students from Tripoli and Benghazi attended a weeklong USAID sponsored event at Libyas High National Election commission to learn more about the political process. They set up mock polling stations and assessed them for accessibility, participated in mock elections, and developed outreach campaigns which they will now use in their local schools to encourage youth to participate in the political process. Photo Credit: IFES

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A sign welcomes children of all ages to a 40- by 70-foot activity tent chock full of LEGO bricks on the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inside the tent, they will have the opportunity to build their vision of the future with LEGO bricks, marking the beginning of a three-year Space Act Agreement between NASA and The LEGO Group. The partnership is meant to spark the interest of children in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To commemorate the partnership, two small LEGO space shuttles will launch aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station and the company will release four NASA-inspired products in its LEGO CITY line next year. LEGO sets also will fly to the space station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission, and will be put together on orbit to demonstrate the challenges faced while building things in microgravity.

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