Students take a temperature reading in front of a fan.

NNSS Outreach & Engagement | January 2025 – present spotlight

Students take a temperature reading in front of a fan.

Year-round, NNSS employees make a difference in STEM education and community outreach. Learn more about our January 2025 to present highlights.

Event milestones

Inspiring a love for literacy
Fourteen NNSS volunteers joined community classrooms March 3 to 7 as part of Nevada Reading Week, a state tradition for more than 40 years. Each employee selected two books to read to their assigned elementary school classroom at Helen Anderson Toland International Academy, a proud STEM education partner of the NNSS, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

A NNSS volunteer smiles in front of a classroom of first grade students.
A NNSS volunteer reads to a classroom of third grade students.

How health safety and STEM go hand in hand
STEM Saturday attendees learned about the role of occupational medicine in protecting workers and the environment, including preventative screenings and surveillance, medical evaluations and collaboration with safety professionals. Dr. Etli with our NNSS Occupational Medicine team detailed workplace hazards and innovative technologies to enhance safety.

A doctor gestures to a presentation slide.
Students seated in auditorium chairs watch a doctor give a presentation.

Shaking up science
Students explored the powerful forces that shape our planet at the Feb. 8 STEM Saturday presentation. With a focus on geology and seismology, participants engaged in hands-on activities that brought earthquakes and the Earth’s structure to life.

A NNSS employee demonstrates geology concepts to students.
A NNSS employee demonstrates a geology experiment to students.

Stellar STEM on display at Nevada Science Bowl
A total of 113 students, 45 volunteers and hundreds of advanced STEM-based trivia questions comprised the 34th annual Nevada Science Bowl Feb. 1 at the College of Southern Nevada in North Las Vegas. Davidson Academy – Team A took top honors ($5,000 cash prize for their school’s math and science departments) and will represent Nevada at the DOE National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C. April 24 to 28.

Five students and their coach hold a banner that says "National Science Bowl 2025 Regional Champion."
A student presses a buzzer to answer a trivia question.

STEM in the skies
Participants took STEM Saturday by storm with a special meteorology presentation Jan. 11. Our NNSS meteorologist (and professional storm chaser!) detailed leading forecasting at the Site using STEM, recognizing weather patterns in Las Vegas, identifying cloud types and classifications, plus the tools meteorologists use. Students then practiced real-time weather measurements at the Atomic Museum.

A meteorologist shows a video of a storm to students.
Students measure temperature in front of a fan.

In the news

Exemplary outreach: NNSS gives more than 2,000 volunteer hours in 2024
Stellar STEM talent on display at the 2025 Nevada Science Bowl
NNSS volunteers promote love for literacy during Nevada Reading Week