Employee-Led Activities
Hands-On Activities
Bring the diverse world of STEM to life for elementary, middle, and high school students using a wide variety of immersive learning explorations. These easy-to-use activities allow STEM professionals to convert real-world expertise into meaningful educational experiences.


General
Employee Guide
Explore the Employee Guide for more detailed information on how to prepare for your classroom visit. This guide provides tips and suggestions for employees to engage, explain, discuss, and effectively facilitate career sharing sessions.

Cyber
Cobot/Human Collaboration
Learn how robots can be used as a tool for creating innovative solutions in everyday human life. Students will explore the possibilities of cobots, then design a unique collaborative task involving humans and cobots working together.

Consumer Packaged Goods
Packaging Matters
Discover the difference between consumer packaged goods (CPGs) like food and personal care products, and “durable goods” like appliances and electronics. Students will innovate an existing CPG, complete with new packaging designed to attract more customers.
![Co[la]bo[ra]t[ion]](/sites/default/files/resource-images/Co%5Bla%5D-Thumb.png)
Cyber
Co[la]bo[ra]t[ion]
Get students thinking creatively about improving their communities using the game-changing potential of collaborative robots. Working in teams, students will create a job posting that highlights the role that cobots could play in their lives.

Consumer Packaged Goods
CPG Innovations
Take a closer look at the consumer packaged goods (CPGs) pervading students’ lives. After exploring the various types of materials used in CPGs, students will design a product of their own that is packaged in a way that is both sustainable and profitable.

STEM
STEM Activity
Your experience with STEM can inspire the next workforce. Share what your interests were at their age, and how that translated into the career you have today. Students are going to be very interested and curious with having a special guest like you to learn from while they get hands-on with a great STEM lesson!

Manufacturing
Manufacturing Processes
Break down the basics of manufacturing for students and explore the amazing technologies used to turn simple materials into everyday products. A creative activity allows students to simulate two manufacturing processes: assembly line and 3D printing.

Aerospace
Voyage to the Moon
“Citizen Astronauts” may become a reality sooner than students realize! Use a virtual 3D model and other resources to explore the possibility of regular people traveling to the Moon, while showing students how many exciting careers are involved in human space exploration.

Technology
Testing the Code
Demonstrate to students how computers “think” using sets of precise detailed instructions. Students can have some fun learning about the power of coding by performing quality assurance testing for the creation of an imaginary computer game.

Manufacturing
Manufacturing Design
Help students appreciate the many facets of modern manufacturing by exploring the crucial design phase. Students will create an original prototype for an innovative product to gain an understanding of how professionals use STEM to manufacture products optimally.

Oil and Natural Gas
Energy Engineers
Chemical energy powers most of our daily lives, but students may need a refresher on the underlying concept of energy itself. Enlighten students about practical uses of energy by having them simulate an interview for a petroleum engineer internship.

Aerospace
A Future on Mars
Give students an out-of-this-world glimpse of the many ways STEM influences space exploration! An engaging outdoor activity enables students to explore fundamental facts about the Red Planet by imagining the differences between life on Earth and Mars.

Technology
Learning like Machines
Artificial Intelligence is profoundly important to the development of all areas of STEM. Guide students through a valuable exploration with the concept of machine learning, which enables students to prepare, test, and optimize their own data sort.

Energy
Floating Colors
Food coloring contains water, dyes made from petroleum, and propylene glycol which helps the food coloring maintain its color. Students will explore the properties of oil, water, and petroleum-derived food coloring through an art project.

Energy
Petroleum Hunt
After searching for petrochemical products in their classroom and school, students will educate others about the range of petroleum-based products used in and around their learning environment.

Energy
Piecing Together Petroleum
Investigate some of the different ways that petroleum is used every day. Students will participate in jigsaw stations as they learn and share some of the different ways that petroleum is used in our daily lives.

Energy
Understanding Fossil Fuels
We've heard the term fossil fuel. But do we know what that term really means? Students will create a comic strip to educate their peers about the history of fossil fuels and the origin of their name.

Energy
Geoscientist
Students will take on the role of exploration geologists as they simulate what it’s like to search for petroleum and locate underground oil reserves. They will go inside the complex processes involved in extracting oil and natural gas from the ground with a hands-on exercise.

Energy
Under the Earth
Students will dig into the connection between oil, water, and the rocks beneath Earth’s surface as they create a model of the natural petroleum reserves deep underground. They will uncover the different rock layers under the surface and learn how they contribute to creating petroleum.
Explore STEM Connect, an interdisciplinary K-8 resource that enhances core curriculum, connects students to real-world challenges and brings STEM to life. Inspired by the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
© 2020 Discovery Education. All rights reserved. Discovery Education, Inc.