The Wright-Patterson Educational Outreach Office was established in 1998 to share the base history, experience, and capabilities with the K-12 educational community through internal programs, partnerships, and individual involvement. It is one of many educational outreach offices within the Department of Defense. The mission of this office is to attract, inspire, and cultivate student awareness and passion for STEM; particularly in fields relevant to DoD critical technologies to foster the next generation of the best and brightest scientific and technical professionals equipped to meet advanced defense challenges to win the future!
All programs are provided free of charge and include:
- FIRST® LEGO® League Explore
- FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge
- FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC)
- Leadership, Experience, Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth (LEGACY)
- Wizards of Wright (WOW!)
- Scanning Electron Microscope EDucatorS (SEMEDS)
- STARBASE
- Job Shadowing
- Science Fairs
- Virtual Career Speakers
- and many more!
