Explore STEM at home with these interactive hands-on activities. Learn more about LM’s work and find links to downloadable educational resources and materials. We will continue to develop and add new activities and resources, so make sure to visit again!
- Acids and Bases
- Be a Clever Birder
- DIY - The Mud Layers
- DIY - Yellow For Safety: The Science of Color
- Drones on the Job
- Earth Day Bingo
- Happy Pi Day
- My Nature Notes (for grades K and up)
- Pool Noodle Rocket
- Share Your Career with Your Kids
- The Great Beaver Dam Build-Off: Engineering… Naturally!
- The Mathematics of...BUNNIES?! (for grades 4 and up)
- The Mud Life: Color and Identify Critters
- The Periodic Table of Elements
- The Secret Lives of Wildlife: Engineer-A-Wild-Creature Challenge
- The Water Cycle
- This is Groundwater
- Wild at Home: Operation Wildlife Observation
- Wildland Fire Facts
- STEM with LM presents “Radiation & You”, a video all about radiation- Energy in motion! Learn about the difference between non-ionizing radiation and ionizing radiation. Break down the makeup of an atom to discover how the imbalance of protons and neutrons create this energy known as radiation. Understand the four different types of radiation and how they behave in very different ways.Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management
Go With the Flow Video Series
Go With the Flow: Groundwater 101Video courtesy of the Department of Energy Office of Legacy ManagementGo With the Flow: Monitoring groundwater in Shiprock, New MexicoVideo courtesy of the Department of Energy Office of Legacy ManagementGo With the Flow: Groundwater Well SamplingVideo courtesy of the Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management
STEM with LM: Activities at Home and In the Classroom Photo Gallery
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A student pours water into a model that shows how groundwater flows through underground soil layers.
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Dirt is analyzed by a soil scientist for students.
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Students pour baking soda into a beaker during a hands-on STEM presentation at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in St. Charles, Missouri.
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A student volunteer holds an unfilled balloon during a STEM program at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in St. Charles, Missouri.
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A student measures the amount of energy generated by a small wind turbine at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in St. Charles, Missouri.
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A student learns how ecologists estimate plants in a large area.
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A LM Support contractor, watches a Tohatchi High School student measure water into a beaker as part of a groundwater demonstration during a STEM-sation event at Tohatchi High School, located in Tohatchi, New Mexico.
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LM Support contractors engage with a group of students during a STEM-sation event at Tohatchi High School, located in Tohatchi, New Mexico.
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Monument Valley High School students prepare balloons for racing at the STEM-sation event in Kayenta, New Mexico.
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A subject matter expert discusses soil science careers with an interested student.
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A student pours water into a model that shows how groundwater flows through underground soil layers.
A student pours water into a model that shows how groundwater flows through underground soil layers.