STEM learning begins early for Laurel students.  Girls are actively involved in science classes measuring temperatures and wind speeds, estimating, tabulating, graphing and modeling.  During L.A.B. days, students study of trees and discover that form follows function in these natural structures.   The Primary School science includes many units of the Engineering is Elementary curriculum developed by the Museum of Science, Boston and the National Center for Technological Literacy.  Through stories about real-world engineering challenges, the girls learn the engineering design process through which they can succeed in solving problems.  Whether Kindergarten girls are designing hand pollinators, First Graders are designing a wind turbines, Second Graders are engineering better shipping boxes from recycled materials, Third Graders are creating simple machine toys, or Fourth Graders are testing the capacity of suspension bridges for crossing rivers in Nepal, STEM learning is cooperative, active, relevant, transferable and memorable for girls.

Classrooms are home to engineering centers where time-honored block building may occur or girls test out their own design ideas by building with a variety of building components such as Legos, K-nex, magnetic marbles, or natural materials.  The Primary’s Lake Library houses a collection of materials on STEM topics that both students and faculty use extensively.