Education Outreach

The Rural Communities STEM Initiative (RCSI) is an Oak Ridge, Tenn., business/education partnership working with nine rural school districts to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills of regional K-12 students, based on new statewide math and science curricula. Click here to learn more.

In 2011, Documentary filmmaker Keith McDaniel - along with Michael Twardy, Robert Cathey, D. Ray Smith and Jim Campbell - led a team of more than 50 middle school, high school and college students to produce twelve short documentary films about Oak Ridge. From the area’s history to life-changing technology, these films tell some of the stories which have made Oak Ridge one of the world’s most unique cities. This series of first of their kind short video documentaries involving students and those who lived the history is a product of the Department of Energy made possible through a contract with local filmmakers. Through this project, these students have become excited about the world of documentary filmmaking. They may well become our future documentary filmmakers and while doing so, the rest of us benefit from learning our history in an enjoyable and engaging fashion. Click here to watch the documentaries.