17 STEM academies • K-12

Get students excited about STEM, and keep them there.

Result Driven LLC builds hands-on academies that run in any room, on any budget. Every lesson has a no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech version, and every activity ties back to NGSS, Common Core Math, or ELA.

17
Academies
K-12
Grade bands covered
4
K–12 delivery formats
3
Technology tiers per K–12 lesson
1
Workshop
2
College/Adult programs

The Academy Suite

Seventeen academies. One shared backbone.

Every program is built to scale from kindergarten through 12th grade — same structure, same standards, same capstone energy.

01

Flight, Drones & Space

Drone Education
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Tradewind Drone Academy

Catch the Wind. Build the Future.

Design, build, code, and fly drones with real-world problem solving rooted in wind, weather, and local landscapes.

Grades K-12

Flight Simulation
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Prevailing Winds Academy

Charting Flight Paths for Every Learner.

Flight concepts, simulation technology, and aviation career readiness, serving schools, camps, and learners everywhere.

Grades K-12

Aviation STEM
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Starlight Aviation Academy

Aiming High. Reaching Futures.

Students rotate through every major career path in the aviation industry, building real STEM skills at each station.

Grades K-12

Space & Engineering
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Lunar City Academy

Build a City on the Moon.

An Artemis-aligned mission where students design, build, and defend their own model lunar city at a public showcase.

Grades K-12

02

Engineering, Electronics & Robotics

Circuitry & Electronics
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VoltzVenture Academy

Discover. Connect. Build. Design. Innovate.

A five-stage, hands-on pathway from simple circuits to embedded systems, IoT concepts, and original electronic device design.

Grades K-12

Robotics & Engineering
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Guiding GearBot Academy

Build. Code. Design. Innovate.

Four pillars — build, code, design, innovate — across three grade bands, from unplugged sequencing to text-based coding.

Grades K-12

Humanitarian Robotics
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ResQBot Academy

Engineering Solutions. Saving Tomorrow.

Students design technology that helps people, animals, and the environment before, during, and after emergencies.

Grades K-12

03

Applied Science & Creative STEAM

Investigative STEM
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Sleuth Lab Academy

Observe. Analyze. Solve.

Junior investigators use real chemistry, biology, and engineering to solve mock cases from first clue to closing argument.

Grades K-12

Farm-to-Table STEM
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Sprout & Skillet Academy

Grow. Cook. Thrive.

Shows students the science hiding in their kitchen, from seed to table, through growing, cooking, and nutrition labs.

Grades K-12

Music & Audio Tech
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MelodiVerse Academy

Explore. Create. Perform.

Nine themed worlds of rhythm, sound, and audio technology where students create original work and perform it with pride.

Grades K-12

04

People, Planet & Wellbeing

Ocean Science
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Deeper Dive Academy

Explore. Protect. Preserve.

Turns a classroom into a conservation research team across climate, biodiversity, pollution, coral restoration, and exploration.

Grades K-12

Mental Health Awareness
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Mind Harbor Academy

A Safe Place to Land.

Gives students, families, and staff a shared language for feelings, coping with stress, and knowing how to ask for help.

Grades K-12

Science of Movement
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QuestInMotion Academy

Explore. Move. Discover.

Students act as biomechanics engineers, physiologists, and analysts while studying their own bodies in motion.

Grades K-12

Clean Energy & Climate
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Elemental Currents Academy

Energy. Earth. Atmosphere. Future.

Students track how the planet moves energy through sun, wind, and water, then engineer ways to capture it while reading real climate patterns.

Grades K-12

05

Future-Ready Skills

AI & Cybersecurity
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AIQVerity Academy

Think. Question. Verify.

Students learn to use artificial intelligence safely, ethically, and effectively while building critical-thinking, privacy, and cybersecurity skills.

Grades K-12

Financial Literacy
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FinLifeLedger Academy

Learn Today. Manage Wisely. Build Tomorrow.

A lab-style program teaching saving, budgeting, credit, entrepreneurship, digital money, risk, and investing as one connected system.

Grades K-12

Critical Thinking & Reasoning
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Reasoning in Motion Academy

Think. Discuss. Solve.

Students encounter real problems, think independently, discuss ideas in facilitated groups, build and test solutions, then defend their conclusions — with technology introduced only after reasoning first.

Grades K-12

College & Adult Learning

Programs for college students and adult learners.

The same hands-on, evidence-first approach, built for college classrooms and adult programs.

College AI Readiness
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SustAInEd Ready

Think. Verify. Apply.

A college-level AI readiness course that teaches students to use AI responsibly, check what it produces, and apply it to real academic and career work.

  • Five modules plus a final capstone
  • Full syllabus and assessment rubric included
  • Delivered in partnership with colleges, pilot cohorts welcome

College & Adult • 10-week course

Agriculture & Sustainability
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Grounded AgroTech Systems (GATS)

Applied Agriculture, Technology & Sustainable Systems

An applied program connecting plants, soil, water, energy, climate, and food systems with sensors, data, automation, AI, and engineering design.

  • Observe, understand, design, test, verify, and reflect
  • Labs, field investigation, evidence portfolio, and oral defense
  • No-tech, low-tech, and high-tech options, judged on what really works

College & Adult • 15-week program

For Educators

Workshops built for teachers and school leaders.

A workshop series that gives staff a shared language, clear guardrails, and practical classroom moves — built for real use, not a one-off training day.

AI Literacy for Educators
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SustAInEd

Learn. Apply. Lead.

A teacher workshop program that helps K-12 educators and administrators understand, evaluate, and safely use AI in education — combining AI literacy, ethics, and hands-on classroom application into one structured path.

Audience
K-12 Teachers, Coaches & Administrators
Delivery
Every tier available self-paced online or in-person

Tier 1

Learn

Foundations — a shared baseline of AI literacy and safety.

  • What AI actually is, in plain language
  • Student data privacy and age-appropriate use
  • Ethics, bias, accuracy limits, and academic integrity

Tier 2

Apply

Role-specific tracks for classroom practice and policy.

  • Teachers: lesson planning, differentiation, AI-safe assignments
  • Administrators: tool evaluation and workable AI use policy
  • Communicating guidelines to staff, students, and parents

Tier 3

Lead

Train-the-trainer content for a full staff or district rollout.

  • Structuring a staff-wide training sequence
  • Addressing resistance and skepticism constructively
  • Keeping content current and measuring staff confidence

In Development

AIQurio — Safe AI Adventures for Curious Kids

AI should help kids think — not think for them.

AIQurio is a colorful, reasoning-first AI literacy adventure for curious minds. Children will explore mission-based challenges, games, and hands-on activities while learning to explain their thinking, check facts, question assumptions, and revise ideas when better information appears.

7
Learning adventures
90
Reasoning challenges
7–15
Ages

Think. Create. Question. Verify.

Curious Minds Science Series — Real Questions. Hands-On Discovery. A Brighter Tomorrow.

Curious Minds Science Series

Curious Minds Science Series packets are being developed for learners from Pre-K through Grade 12, bringing science to life through engaging, hands-on activities that inspire curiosity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and independent reasoning.

Designed for families, educators, and learning groups, each grade-level packet will feature age-appropriate science concepts, creative challenges, and accessible activities using affordable materials with minimal technology required. The series will follow the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for K–12, with Pre-K activities building foundational skills for Kindergarten readiness.

Real Questions. Hands-On Discovery. A Brighter Tomorrow.

Pre-K–12
Grade-level packets
NGSS
K–12 alignment
Low-tech
Affordable materials

How Our K–12 Academies Run

The same K–12 learning objectives, whatever your classroom has in it.

Every academy can be adapted by grade band and technology access while keeping the hands-on learning, collaboration, and capstone experience at its core.

Tier 1

No-Tech

K–12 learning with classroom basics such as paper, simple materials, and teamwork.

  • Full learning objectives, zero devices
  • Hands-on models and unplugged logic
  • Works in any room, any budget

Tier 2

Low-Tech

K–12 learning with shared devices, a projector, or limited classroom technology.

  • Simple simulations and digital worksheets
  • One-device-per-team activities
  • Printable capstone boards

Tier 3

High-Tech

K–12 learning with access to a lab, robotics kits, sensors, or simulation equipment.

  • Sensors, coding, and drone or sim flight
  • Responsible AI tools where relevant
  • Digital showcase and portfolio output

Four K–12 delivery formats

2-Hour Student Session

A focused K–12 session with one challenge, one build, and one win.

1-Day Student Intensive

A full K–12 mission day from challenge brief to student showcase.

1-Week K–12 Camp

Five days of age-appropriate units leading to one student capstone.

K–12 Semester Course

Weekly 60–90 minute sessions adapted to the participating grade band.

Standards & Rigor

Fun on the surface. Rigorous underneath.

Every lesson maps to recognized standards, so administrators can defend the program on paper while students experience it as a mission.

NGSS

Science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and the engineering design strand.

Common Core Math

Measurement, data, ratios, and modeling applied inside each academy's mission work.

Common Core ELA

Research, technical writing, argument, and presenting and defending a design.

Engineering & Technology

Systems thinking, prototyping, circuits, robotics, and the engineering design process across hands-on builds.

Music & Arts

Creative composition, technology in the arts, and media-making standards that give MelodiVerse its creative backbone.

Assessment & Showcase

Rubrics, badging, and a capstone that students present to peers, families, or a panel.

Bring an academy to your students.

Tell us your grade bands, your schedule, and what technology you have on hand. We will send the program guide for the academies that fit.

  • Schools & districts
  • Summer camps
  • Churches & community programs
  • Museums & libraries
  • Homeschool co-ops
  • After-school providers