Bring submarine engineering into your classroom

This webinar helps students learn about exciting STEM careers in naval architecture and marine engineering by exploring how ships and submarines are designed, built, and powered through real-world innovation.

This interactive online program integrates STEM into a set of “missions,” where students solve real-world issues while learning about relevant careers and technologies, including a challenge to design a Navy submarine for modern needs.

In collaboration with RoboNation’s SeaPerch program, students build submersible ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) using provided materials, learning technical vocabulary and skills while gaining hands-on robotics experience and learning basic engineering, design, and science concepts.

This 40-minute video features an interview with a former submariner, offering students an inside look at submarine technology and real-world experiences working beneath the surface.

With support from a DoD National Defense Education Program grant, GEMS-Net, URI, and UConn partnered to create STEM resources that help students explore a wide range of engineering college and career pathways. These teacher–researcher–developed materials strengthen classroom engagement and expand students’ understanding of what’s possible for their futures.

The Maritime Education Hub (MEH) is an open-source K–12 platform that immerses students in hands-on, technology-enabled maritime learning—covering shipbuilding, repair, ports, and more—while aligning with state standards and real-world careers.

A classroom resource that engages students in exploring submarine production, related career pathways, and the real-world systems that support the submarine industrial base.

A downloadable worksheet is a student activity that guides learners through researching submarine systems, careers, and the broader submarine industrial base to build awareness and connections to real-world pathways.

This resource provides a clear, side-by-side overview of education and training options—such as apprenticeships, certifications, and college pathways—helping students and families make informed decisions aligned with submarine industrial base careers.

Their 10 lesson plans give classroom-ready activities for students that are reading about maritime careers, naval history, and how to build important things. They include some activities, like contrasting readings, that could become daily routines. These standards-aligned materials ensure that your students explore STEM careers and successes while building reading and writing skills.