An Immersive STEM Portal, anchored by the award-winning annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

Inspire curiosity and problem solving through standards-aligned activities that empower students to become the solution seekers of tomorrow.

Explore engineering techniques to build sturdy structures using only marshmallows and uncooked spaghetti.

Join Camille Schrier, a scientist who was crowned Miss America 2020, as she shows you how to make a chemical reaction so big it’s fit for elephants!

Baking soda and acid reactions in baking make things puff and rise. But how could you use this same chemical reaction to blow up a balloon?

Join 3M scientist Tesha R.-Alston Dampier as she shows you how a spinning motion changes the way things move.

With just a few simple materials, you’ll learn how to make a bright and colorful bubble snake using your breath, soap, water and a plastic water bottle.

Join 3M scientist Jeff Payne as he uses nothing more than milk, dish soap, and a few other kitchen supplies to get the amazing effects of fireworks without using any fire at all.

Today we’re going to do an experiment that will help us better understand how surface tension can be altered with soap and water.

Follow along as special guest Dakota Dozier, an offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings, makes a model to show how air flows in and out of the lungs with ease.

3M’s SVP of Corporate Affairs, Denise Rutherford explains the Bernoulli principle and how without it, planes (and birds) couldn’t fly.

Follow along with 3M’s Sam Reiss, as he shows you that magnetism is more than just a simple push and pull – it’s an example of the power of the earth itself.

Join Camille Schrier, a scientist who was crowned Miss America 2020, as she explains diffusion and how substances move though water.

Join Gitanjali Rao, former Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge winner, as she teaches about the frequency of sound and how we perceive pitch.

What can a rubber band and a cotton ball teach you about potential and kinetic energy?