Hands-On Activities

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

“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.

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.

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.  

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.