Space STEM
As part of the Your Place In Space initiative, the Department of Energy (DOE) invites you to explore their space-inspired K-12 STEM resources. We hope you find helpful materials that equip and empower your students to discover, explore, and create their place in space!
DOE STEM offers students at every level equitable access to the Department of Energy's full array of STEM opportunities and resources. The site provides educators and students insight into all the Department has to offer as well as STEM-related research and development.
Inspire students to explore the possibilities of nuclear technology on Earth before planning their own colony on the moon. Along the way, students will meet a variety of stellar special guests who share their out-of-this-world experiences.
Destination Deep Space
This STEM Project Starter will engage students to answer these essential questions, “Why is energy needed in space colonies? How could we power a Martian colony?”
Navigating Nuclear
Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our World™ was created and developed in partnership with the American Nuclear Society and Discovery Education. This dynamic, standards-aligned program provides the highest standard in nuclear science education and invites students to explore the many applications of nuclear science and its impact on energy, healthcare, food, and the environment through an interactive suite of free, online resources. Designed to increase understanding of nuclear energy and nuclear technology applications, Navigating Nuclear provides you with the tools to dig deeper into the role of nuclear science in fields like power generation, medicine, space exploration, food preservation, molecular science, and more.
Engage in STEM
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Free, online, and standards-based nuclear energy curriculum info that can be used with their students' in-person or through virtual distance learning. -
STEM activity engages students in U.S. Tribes through a smartphone microscope.
Nuclear Energy Basics
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HALEU is enriched between 5% and 20% in U-235 and is required for most U.S. advanced reactors to achieve smaller designs. -
A typical nuclear reactor can provide enough power to cook around 2.5 million turkeys on Thanksgiving Day. -
An overview of the main advantages of nuclear energy and the challenges currently facing the industry today. -
Learn how boiling and pressurized light-water reactors work. -
Get up to speed with these five fast facts about spent nuclear fuel. -
Six things everyone should know about nuclear-powered rocket engines. -
These 3 advanced reactor designs are cleaner, safer and more efficient than previous generations. They could also debut as early as 2030. -
Infographic: Learn the difference between fission and fusion - two physical processes that produce massive amounts of energy from atoms. -
A typical nuclear reactor produces 1 gigawatt of power per plant on average. Just how much power is that exactly?
