Participating students are tasked with completing an investigation aligned to one of the museum’s core science disciplines: marine science, health, astronomy, and paleontology. Each year, a common theme is chosen as a lens through which students explore real-world questions developed by experts in these fields. Students choose a focus discipline (track) and work towards answering one of these questions by creating a model of their design solution.
Why should you join the STEM Challenge?
- Earn STEM Designation through M-DCPS
- Teacher Professional Development
- Free outreach to your classroom
- Free field trip to Frost Science with busses and Learning Lab
- Free Meet the Museum Scientist (virtual program)
- Teacher stipends
- Student scholarships
