USM’s (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) STEM Outreach program serves as the bridge between the USM STEM programs and the lifelong learning community within the State of Maine. Providing high quality programs during the school year and the summer that will transition youth and adults into skilled and interested persons with regard to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Building Thinkers One Student at a Time


Two campers working on laptops at a LEGO robotics camp.

STEM Camps

Summer and school year STEM Camps, for ages 9-17

LEGO SPIKE Prime Robot, sitting with the left wheel propped up on a LEGO platform.

Workshops & Events

Come find us in the wild – or have us come to you!

Two participants attaching a competition LEGO robot to a cart of weights at an RTMA event.

Robot Track Meet Association

Race to the Future! LEGO/VEX IQ robotics competition for grades 3rd through 8th.

Solar system rendering with orbital trajectories

Southworth Planetarium

Immersive learning opportunities on the Portland campus.