Resources
STEM Education and Outreach
MnDOT has many transportation-related activities and offerings for you to explore. Students and families can download activities and teachers can connect with MnDOT ambassadors for virtual classroom presentations or in-person classroom activities. MnDOT is dedicated to providing high quality activities and initiatives to help promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in schools across Minnesota.
Check out some of the resources below and our brochure to start learning more about STEM and MnDOT today!
STEM K-12 activities
MnDOT classroom visit activities
Toothpick and marshmallow bridge (grades K-4)
MnDOT Bridge-in-a-Bag (recommended for grades 3-10)
- Brochure - invite us to your classroom today!
- Timelapse video (YouTube)
Online activities
- Snowplow Coloring Page (rural) (grades pre-2)
- Snowplow Coloring Page (urban) (grades pre-2)
- STEM Early Learner Activity Book (grades pre-2)
- Don't Yuck the Water (grades K-4)
- Connect Your Community (grades K-5)
- Bridge UP! Curriculum (grades K-12)
- A to Z Transportation Career Cards (grades K-12)
- Bolton & Menk Children's Library - Digital books (grades 1-7)
- Go The Distance (grades 2-5)
- STEM Student Learner Activity Book (grades 3+)
- Connect Your Community Project (grades 6-8)
- Streetmix Design (grades 9-12)
- Traffic Counting (grades 9-12)
- MnDOT Aeronautics educational resources for teachers and students
Explore STEM videos
- Explore the world of a civil engineer - video
- Dream BIG: Engineering our World - iMax film and resource on engineering
- Measure, Map, and Model Our World - Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors video about land surveying careers
- St. Croix Crossing STEM professionals video
Other online STEM educational tools
- Careers in Civil Engineering - types of careers
- Get Kids into Survey - many free resources for teachers and kids interested in learning more about land surveying
- Streetmix – free resource for transportation planning
- University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies - K-12 educational activities including the Gridlock Buster traffic control game