Discovery Education's Virtual Field Trips let educators take youth to amazing places and give them remarkable experiences, without ever going anywhere. Join live field trips or watch them on demand later. Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities. We recommend you check out the "Farming to the Future" virtual field trip to a farm in Madrid, NY to explore sustainable nutrition and modern STEM innovations in dairy farming (complete with adorable baby calfs!)

NASA is seeking innovative ideas for excavating the Moon’s icy regolith, or dirt, and delivering it to a hypothetical processing plant at the lunar South Pole. Phase 1 proposals are due June 18. A prize pool of up to $500,000 will be awarded to the challenge winners.

Advanced manufacturing—which includes both new manufacturing methods and production of new products enabled by innovation—is an engine of America’s economic power and a pillar of its national security. Yet there is a shortage of Americans with the STEM knowledge and technical skills needed for advanced manufacturing jobs. Join the U.S. Department of Education as they explore what some agencies are doing to develop the workforce skills needed in advanced manufacturing.