STEM Education Activities

Photos depicting interactive STEM-related educational activities, including hovercraft demonstrations and classroom exercises focused on science.

Children's Museum, Seattle, Washington State, USA (MR, PR)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker views an exhibit in the RehabWorks facility in the Operations and Checkout building during the centers 2012 Innovation Expo.The center-wide event gave researchers a chance to show some of their work to others at the center and gave employees the opportunity to see facilities they hadnt seen before.

Alec Thao, 309th Software Engineering Group, and Briley Bergen, 309th SWEG intern, give Lindsey Evans a ride on a demonstration hovercraft inside STEM City June 26, 2022, at Hill Air Force Base. Airshow guests visited the shows STEM City designed to educate and create interest science and engineering programs and career opportunities.

Students and staff from the Roberto "Bobby" Barrera (RBB) Elementary School walk the "Purple Parade" held at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 29, 2022. The "Purple Parade" was held in celebration of RBB Elementary School receiving the Purple Star Award, recognizing the support and commitment the school provides to meeting the unique needs of military-connected students and their families.

Mixed ethnic children interactive exhibits Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Stockton, California for Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event at Cleveland Elementary School

230406-N-ML137-1023 KEKAHA, Hawaii (April 6, 2023) Children and their families make crafts during a spring celebration event at the Child Development Center at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands. PMRF is the worlds largest instrumented multi-domain range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

Military children qualify at a mock range with toy weapons during Operation Hero at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, July 21, 2022. Children were given the opportunity to go through a kid-friendly notional deployment line to experience what their family members go through during real life deployment preparation.

Children's Museum, Seattle, Washington State, USA (MR, PR)

Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon (r.) looks on as Chris Guerre (l.) shows students the throttle lever on a tractor he brought to Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, VA, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Co-owner Sara Guerre said, It’s important for the students to know where their food comes from” In their case, the lettuce in today’s meal came from their farm, nine miles away.

Family assembles bridge interactive exhibit Kids City The Childrens Museum of Tampa Florida

A Kadena Elementary School Safety Patrol student raises the American flag under the guidance of Junior ROTC cadets at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 29, 2022. Junior ROTC cadets are the next generation of officers and their outreach helped encourage younger students to carry on the tradition.

Students attending the STARBASE BattleBot move their robots through an obstacle course on July 13, 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)

Cub Scouts hand out FEMA Disaster Information.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Approximately 80 children of Kentucky military service members were recognized by the Kentucky General Assembly for Kentucky Military Kids Day at the State Capitol and Capitol Annex in Frankfort, Kentucky on Feb. 27, 2024. Children of servicemembers from almost all branches were first introduced to the House Committee for Veterans, Military, and Public Protection (VMAPP). They also participated in demonstrations from the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, scavenger hunts in the Capitol, and ended with serving as a page to their senator or representative from their home counties in a legislative session. (Kentucky National Guard

Operation Junior Expeditionary Team (OpJET), June 17, 2022, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. OpJET provides children the opportunity to see a mock deployment and gives them an idea what their parent experiences when they report for duty away from home, as well as the process when they return.

Elementary Student Arriving at School

This girl is uncertain if she wants to be holding the skull of a pelican but is happy to learn about it anyway. Subjects: Aquatic birds; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Birds; Children; Coastal environments; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Environments (Natural); Exhibitions;Interpretation; Leisure activities; Mari. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: J.N. 'DING' DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

NEX Pearl Harbor hosted a NEX Cares Event on November 5. The free care package event allowed children ages 12 and younger to fill, decorate and personalize care packages that were sent to their deployed loved one. The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is comprised of 13,000 personnel worldwide facilitating seven business lines: NEX retail stores, Navy Lodge Program, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, Ships Store Program, Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, Uniform Program Management Office and Telecommunications Program Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Observers cheer on student teams during the 2012 FIRST LEGO League Mississippi Championship Tournament in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Dec. 1. The annual competition attracted 46 teams from across Mississippi.

The Children's Museum, Seattle, WA, USA (MR & PR)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The NASA/Kennedy Space Center-sponsored student team (in pink wigs) is congratulated by the mentors and support staff of the 2003 Southeastern Regional FIRST Robotic Competition. The competition is being held at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, March 20-23. The team won awards for Regional Finalist 2, GM Industrial Design and the Imagery Award. Forty student teams from around the country are participating in the event that pits team-built gladiator robots against each other in an athletic-style competition. The teams are sponsored by NASA/Kennedy Space Center, The Boeing Company/Brevard Community College, and Lockheed Martin Space Operations/Mission Systems for the nonprofit organization For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, known as FIRST. The vision of FIRST is to inspire in the youth of our nation an appreciation of science and technology and an understanding that mastering these disciplines can enrich the lives

Visitors for the Fort McCoy Pine View Campground and Pine View Recreation Area 50th birthday celebration enjoy crafting and gaming activities Aug. 20, 2022, in the chalet at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the event where they enjoyed crafts, games, archery, and more. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

Operation Junior Expeditionary Team (OpJET), June 17, 2022, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. OpJET provides children the opportunity to see a mock deployment and gives them an idea what their parent experiences when they report for duty away from home, as well as the process when they return.

ReadyCampus University of Missouri Kansas City.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Students with Stuart Mesa Elementary School pose for a photo on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 11, 2022. The Month of the Military Child is celebrated annually in April to honor the sacrifices made by approximately 1.7 million children, emphasizing the experiences of the dependent children of service members serving at home and overseas.

8Boy Scouts at Junge Stadium, Joplin, MO. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Stockton, California for Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event at Cleveland Elementary School

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Principal greets children with backpacks on first day back to school

A pair of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students walk past a pair of team KuuKulgur's robots on the campus quad, during a final tuneup before the start of competition at the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Team KuuKulgur is one of eighteen teams competing for a $1.5 million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotics technologies. Innovations stemming from the challenge may improve NASA's capability to explore a variety of destinations in space, as well as enhance the nation's robotic technology for use in industries and applications on Earth.

Pleasantdale, Ga., Oct. 18, 2012 A FEMA Corps member shows kids at Pleasantdale Elementary how to drop, cover and hold in the event of an earthquake.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Family interactive exhibit Kids City The Childrens Museum of Tampa Florida

Members of the public visit Aug. 2, 2022, during the Monroe County National Night Out event in Tomah, Wis. The event was one of two National Night Out events that Fort McCoy personnel from the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services were supporting. Fort McCoy also supported a similar event in Sparta, Wis. Introduced in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch, National Night Out is a nonprofit crime-prevention organization that works in cooperation with thousands of crime-watch groups and law-enforcement agencies throughout the country.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Children enjoy a hands-on display of fire equipment behind KSC NASA Headquarters. Employees were invited to share their work experience with their children for Take Our Children to Work Day.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cala Johnson, left, and Senior Airman Afua Owiredu Gyamera, kids deployment team guides, escort military children and their parents to the next station during the Kids Deployment Line event at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, April 30, 2022. After visiting each station, the children received a sticker to complete their deployment checklist puzzle.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Fifth- through eighth-grade students and their parents enter the Astronaut Hall of Fame near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for the last NASA family education night event. Inside, they participated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities, such as "gee-whiz" presentations, astronaut appearances, a hovercraft, vortex cannon and alternative fuel vehicles.The event is part of NASA's Summer of Innovation initiative to provide interactive learning experiences to middle school students nationwide during the summer months. The program is a cornerstone of the Educate to Innovate campaign announced by President Barack Obama in November 2009.

Anniston, Ala., June 26, 2013 Thirteen students from the Junior Law Enforcement Academy surveyed a street scene at the CDP recently. The CDP hosted the teenagers from the 2013 Junior Law Enforcement Academy. The teens trained in one of the CDP training venues that resembles real-life living and work facilities, including a simulated subway system where Human Patient Simulators served as victims and a warehouse that has been converted into a street scene complete with a paved road, shops and a subway entrance.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Fort Drum children practiced their left turns, right turns, braking and stops on an obstacle course July 15 outside Magrath Sports Complex during the annual Bike Rodeo. The Fort Drum Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation staff hosted the event to reinforce bicycle safety and help children practice their skills. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)

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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Children enjoy displays of fire equipment during Take Our Children to Work Day. Employees were invited to share their work experience with their children on this annual event.

Old Hickory Lock and Dam Equipment Mechanic Supervisor Justin Gray walked Union Elementary STEAM students to the lock, where they watched the gates open and asked questions about daily lock operations at Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Hendersonville, Tennessee on May 4, 2022.

Safety measures before setting sail on the M/V Tiglax include instruction on donning a survival suit. This image was taken during the Seabird Marine Mammal Oceanographic Coordinated Investigation (SMMOCI) project. Subjects: Work of Service; Personnel; Ships; Boats; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Tiglax.

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Harper Petry and her brother Carter Petry study the integrity of the jumbo Jenga game before pulling out the blocks at the Summer Fun at the USO with DES event June 23. Hundreds of children and their parents turned out for the fun and games at the USO.

Timber Creek High Shcool Teach-In

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Children (11-13) and teenagers (15-17) standing in basketball court

Photo essay in a French Medico-Educational Institute. This institute takes care of 26 autistic teenagers. Circus workshop.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Grade school age children walk to school in winter in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Little Harbour School.

Staff and students from the Roberto "Bobby" Barrera (RBB) Elementary School prepare to walk the "Purple Parade" held at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 29, 2022. The "Purple Parade" was held in celebration of RBB Elementary School receiving the Purple Star Award, recognizing the support and commitment the school provides to meeting the unique needs of military-connected students and their families. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Kailee Reynolds)

221213-N-VI040-1058 AYASE, Japan (Dec. 13, 2022) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Matthew Fumbanks, from Lawton, Okla., delivers presents to children at the Mominoki-en school for the disabled in Ayase, Japan dressed as Santa Claus Dec. 13, 2022. Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugis Chapel, Chapel of the Good Shepherd, has been visiting Mominoki-en with Santa every year to deliver gifts donated by the NAF Atsugi community in the spirit of Christmas for over 35 years.

Visitors' guide on the former prison island, Robben Island, South Africa, Africa

The Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and Camp Lemonnier Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team hosted a kickoff event for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 4, 2023. SAAPM is observed annually in April and provides the opportunity to raise awareness and help prevent sexual violence.

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Alabama.

Newcomers attending Coffee Connections, hosted by the Fort Drum Relocation Readiness Program, receive gift bags with pamphlets and resource material to help familiarize themselves with the installation. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)

Boxes full of donations sit secured at the Operation Christmas Drop 2022 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. These boxes are packaged full of donated tools, life jackets, food, toys and more. These boxes are then delivered to over 55 remote islands in the Pacific, to include the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The student team dressed in pink is a coordinated effort cosponsored by NASA KSC and representing Rockledge, Cocoa Beach and Viera High Schools in Central Florida. The FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of competitions designed by FIRST founder Dean Kamen and Dr. Woodie Flowers, chairman and vice chairman of the Executive Advisory Board respectively, and a committee of engineers and other professionals. FIRST redefines winning for these students. Teams are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and maturity, and ability to overcome obstacles. Scoring the most points is a secondary goal. Winning means building partnerships that last.

New Floor at Dual Language school. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to Pathways and summer interns at the KARS Park I facility near the center. High school, undergraduate and graduate students participated in a team building exercise and received advice on leadership skills and working together from Kennedy's senior management.About 160 students are working and gaining experience in many of the directorates and programs during their time at Kennedy.

Sparky, 97th Civil Engineer Squadron fire safety mascot, gives a high-five to L. Mendel Rivers Elementary students at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 12, 2022. Sparky, the dog, is a mascot created in 1951 to help spread fire safety awareness to children.

KEKAHA, Hawaii (Feb. 1, 2024) Sailors from SEPTAR on Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, demonstrates how different tools are used for SEPTAR during the STREAM night at St. Theresa's Catholic School in Kekaha, Hawaii. STREAM night offers components like Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art and Math to young learners in an opportunity to explore all these areas in a new and exciting way. Navy

Students and faculty from the Onslow County Schools Career and Technical Education Summer Accelerator Program visited NMCCL several times throughout the month of June. NMCCLs STEM Coordinator Lieutenant Adam Rondina arranged for the students to tour different areas of the Medical Center to help align program initiatives with their visit. The CTE program focuses on introduction of trades to rising eighth-grade students in fields for construction, health sciences, food, hospitality and agriculture. Students received hands-on demonstrations and discussions with staff from our laboratory, trauma and physical therapy departments.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

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Events, attended by Secretary Gale Norton, marking the opening of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial interagency traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Event programs, cookies and coasters are displayed during the Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony inside the Bay Breeze Event Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 8, 2022. Four Keesler Airmen earned their chief master sergeant stripe during the 2022 promotion release. Chief master sergeants make up one percent of the Air Force enlisted force.

Fire protection specialists assigned to the 509th Civil Engineering Squadron conduct a training demonstration for a group of kindergarteners from Whiteman Elementary School during a base field trip on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, May 4, 2022. The students toured various facilities on base receiving demonstrations from security forces and the fire department.

Memphis, Tenn. (June 16, 2022) Personnel Specialist 1st Class Keith Cherry, a native of Houston, Texas, assigned to the Navys eSports team shows a camper how to play a virtual reality game at The Museum of Science & History in Memphis during Navy Week Memphis. Memphis Navy Week is one of 14 Navy Weeks in 2022, which brings a variety of assets, equipment, and personnel to a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects. Each year, the program reaches more than 140 million people -- about half the U.S. population.

Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, Caroline County, Virginia

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Stockton, California for Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event at Cleveland Elementary School

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White House School Halloween Party. Caroline Kennedy and other children in the White House School attend a Halloween party. Also pictured: student, Avery Hatcher; White House teachers, Elizabeth Boyd and Alice Grimes. Classroom (Solarium), White House, Washington, D.C.

Events, attended by Secretary Gale Norton, marking the opening of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial interagency traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Schoolchildren participating in Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event, attended by Secretary Gale Norton, at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California

Auburn, Ala., Sep. 11, 2013 A crowd of nearly 1,000 Alabamians attended Ready Alabama Day held at Auburn University.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Josh Young, a firefighter with the Cherry Point Fire Department, dresses up as Sparky the Fire Dog and hugs students after a fire safety class at Graham A. Barden Elementary School, Havelock, North Carolina, Oct. 28, 2022. Members of the Cherry Point Fire Department taught the young students about fire safety and displayed the various tools and equipment firefighters use while fighting fires.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During the 2005 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held at the University of Central Florida March 10-12, Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) meets members of the NASA-sponsored Space Coast FIRST Robotics Team, known as the Pink Team. The Pink Team took first place in the competition as part of a three-team alliance and advances to the Championship in Atlanta in April. The Pink Team comprises students from Rockledge High School and Cocoa Beach Junior_Senior High School. NASA and the University of Central Florida are co-hosts of the regional event. The competition stages short games played by remote-controlled robots, which are designed and built in six weeks by a team of high school students and a handful of engineers-mentors. The students control the robots on the playing field.

ANNISTON, Ala. , August 5, 2011 A first responder arriving at a simulated accident scene involving a school bus and hazardous materials, during training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), quickly reads a 'symptoms' card to properly triage potential survivors... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Parents and children of all ages participate in a LEGO "Build the Future" event at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.The festivities coincide with the launch of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), carrying a compact car-sized rover, Curiosity, to the red planet. Part of the Space Act Agreement between NASA and LEGO A/S, the activities are designed to inspire students of every age to consider an education and careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. Launch of MSL aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Nov. 26 from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Company/Brevard Community College-sponsored student team (in yellow shirts) is congratulated by the judges and support staff of the 2003 Southeastern Regional FIRST Robotic Competition. The competition is being held at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, March 20-23. The team won the DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award and the Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Award. Forty student teams from around the country are participating in the event that pits team-built gladiator robots against each other in an athletic-style competition. The teams are sponsored by NASA/Kennedy Space Center, The Boeing Company/Brevard Community College, and Lockheed Martin Space Operations/Mission Systems for the nonprofit organization For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, known as FIRST. The vision of FIRST is to inspire in the youth of our nation an appreciation of science and technology and an understanding that mastering these discip

Sparky, the Fort Stewart / Hunter Army Airfield Fire Emergency Services mascot, greets a student at Kessler Elementary School during a back-to-school celebration at Fort Stewart, Georgia, August 4, 2022. The 3rd Infantry Division hosted the event to welcome students back on their first day of school following summer break.

Puerto Rico's Community Emergency response Team (CERT) program works to educate kids on the importance of preparedness and response. These kids are practicing their skills during an exercise. Photo Credit: Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency (PREMA). Puerto Rico's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program works to educate kids on the importance of preparedness and response. These kids are practicing their skills during an exercise.Photo Credit: Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency (PREMA). Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Students and staff from the Roberto "Bobby" Barrera Elementary School walk the "Purple Parade" held at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 29, 2022. The "Purple Parade" was held in celebration of RBB Elementary School receiving the Purple Star Award, recognizing the support and commitment the school provides to meeting the unique needs of military-connected students and their families.

Netzi the Dragon, the mascot for Netzaberg Elementary School (NES), greeted incoming families and children on the first day of school at NES in Netzaberg, Germany, Aug. 22, 2022. Netzaberg Middle School, located next to the elementary school in the Village Center, also celebrated its first day of school.

The 168th Wing members get in the Halloween Spirit and dress up for a childrens Halloween party. Offices throughout the wing invited children to stop by and trick-or-treat for Halloween.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall explains the history and the future of flight to members of the Misfits Youth Baseball team. The youth were honored guest at a meeting hosted by Kendall who gave them a tour of his office and posed for photos.

Richard Horah, media specialist with C.C. Pinckney Elementary School and students and families solve math problems using grocery items found at the Fort Jackson Commissary. held Jan. 18, 2024.

DEDEDO, Guam (Feb. 7, 2024) - Sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group participate in a career day and storybook reading at Juan M. Guerrero Elementary School, and assist with cleanup efforts and activities with senior citizens at Community Centers in the village of Dededo, Feb. 7. The group is in Guam for a scheduled port visit during a deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. Navy

Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Brazilian dignitaries for the Brazilian 200th Independence Day Celebration event hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country and food from the same.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Brazilian dignitaries for the Brazilian 200th Independence Day Celebration event hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country and food from the same.

Children and tutor on driver training area

Volunteers paint classrooms and hallways at Osborn High School as part of a Martin Luther King Day of Service project, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Brazilian dignitaries for the Brazilian 200th Independence Day Celebration event hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country and food from the same.

John Courgis, 87th Civil Engineering Squadron Assistant Chief of Fire Prevention, reads a Proclamation on Fire Prevention Week at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 11, 2022. The Proclamation recognizes the tragedies our Nation has endured from deadly fires and declares Oct. 9 through Oct. 15 as Fire Prevention Week.

"Harry" a Goldendoodle is seen wearing a NASA backpack during the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event that was held in tandem with the NASA-WPI Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge on Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Worcester, Mass. The challenge tasked robotic teams to build autonomous robots that can identify, collect and return samples. NASA needs autonomous robotic capability for future planetary exploration.

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