NM Science Resources

Science Museums

American International Rattlesnake Museum – website
Albuquerque
What you’ll find: facts; tour and presentation information.

Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum – website
Albuquerque
What you’ll find: events calendar; tour and exhibit information; Balloon Explorium activities.

Bradbury Science Museum – website
Los Alamos
What you’ll find: virtual exhibits; guide to exhibits; Manhattan Project archives; educator materials

B-Square Ranch – website
Farmington
What you’ll find: information about the three Bolack Museums (Fish & Wildlife, Electromechanical, Experimental Farm).

¡Explora! – website
Albuquerque
What you’ll find: visitor and exhibit information; Science Fiesta; programs that include education and family outreach; a YouTube channel

Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science – website
Las Cruces
What you’ll find: museum information; events calendar

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology – website
Albuquerque (UNM campus)
What you’ll find: information on museum & collections; education outreach

Mesalands Community College Dinosaur Museum – website
Tucumcari
What you’ll find: museum information, summer field classes

Museum of Southwest Biology – website
Albuquerque (UNM campus)
What you’ll find: visitor information; ongoing research; community outreach

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History – website
Albuquerque
What you’ll find: museum information, including exhibits; educator resources; newsletter; Nuclear Science Week (third week in October); Atomic Heritage Foundation

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (VLA) – website
West of Socorro
What you’ll find: visitor information; lots of science

National Solar Observatory, Sunspot – website
Sacramento Peak, Sunspot
What you’ll find: visitor information; research; for science information, visit the NSO website, including education outreach

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum – website
Las Cruces
What you’ll find: general information and exhibits; educator resources

New Mexico Tech Mineral Museum – website
Socorro
What you’ll find: museum information; rockhounding guide

New Mexico Mining Museum – website
Grants
What you’ll find: museum information

NM Museum of Natural History & Science – website
Albuquerque
What you’ll find: museum & planetarium visitor information; exhibits; background information on NM geoscience; Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (fifth grade program); educator resources that include the Bosque Education Guide and Projecto Futuro

NM Museum of Space History – website
Alamogordo
What you’ll find: museum and planetarium visitor information; event calendar that includes public lectures; home of the Trinity Site guided tour; New Mexico Space Trail; Space Hall of Fame

NMSU Arthropod Museum – website
Las Cruces
What you’ll find: museum details; collecting insects; outreach programs

Pajarito Environmental Education Center – website
Los Alamos
What you’ll find: museum information; virtual field trips; nature guides and checklists; Los Alamos trails app.

Roswell Museum – website
Roswell
What you’ll find: museum & planetarium visitor information; research library with Robert Goddard repository

Santa Fe Children’s Museum – website
Santa Fe
What you’ll find: museum information

Silver City Museum – website
Silver City
What you’ll find: museum information

Western Heritage Museum – website
Hobbs
What you’ll find: museum information, education resources

Links verified January 2022

STEM Organizations

AFRL La Luz Academy – website
Albuquerque
Mission to Mars (5th grade); DOD Starbase (5th grade); Tech Flight (middle school); Robot Systems Flight (middle school); STEM Challenge (high school); STEMYS (educators); Super STEM Saturday (public); STEM Signing Day (HS seniors)

Albuquerque Astronomical Society – website
Albuquerque
In-school programs; star parties; observatory (Belen); telescope loaner program

Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Project (BEMP) – website
Albuquerque
K-12 education programs and camps; downloadable lessons; datasets

Brain-Hackers Association – website
Albuquerque
School programs for computer programming, biotechnology and robotics; downloadable lessons on the human brain

Café Scientifique – website
Española, Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Albuquerque
Teen programs for discussing science and technology

Expanding Your Horizons – website
Statewide
Targeting middle school girls to consider careers in STEM fields (workshops/conferences)

Fractal Foundation – website
Albuquerque
Fractal shows; fractal lessons, activities, and resources (all things fractal)

The Global Warming Express – website
Santa Fe
After-school club for kids 8-12

Hawks Aloft – website
Albuquerque
Raptor rescue; education and community outreach; newsletter

National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair – website
Albuquerque (national scope)
Student programs and challenges

NM Ag in the Classroom – website
Las Cruces
Lessons, training and presentations

New Mexico FIRST™ LEGO™ League – website
Albuquerque
Competition and resources related to robotics and computer programming for 3 age divisions

NM MESA – website
Statewide
Middle/high school school-based program that includes competitions, field trips, and scholarships

New Mexico PBS – website
Albuquerque
Community & school outreach; science cafés

NM State Science & Engineering Fair – website
Statewide regions
Information, regions and rules

NM STEM Connection-H – website
Albuquerque, UNM
Comprehensive list of resources – programs, people, news – related exclusively to STEM education in New Mexico

Northern New Mexico STEAM Hub – website
Española
Education outreach from LANL, focussed on educator professional development; lots of resources; activities; newsletter

Math & Science Advisory Council – website
Santa Fe, through PED
Review and advisory to the Public Education Department related to STEM education; issues comprehensive annual report on the state of STEM education in NM

Project GUTS – website
Santa Fe (national in scope)
Middle0school focussed program on computational thinking; curriculum, professional development, after-school clubs

RoboRave International – website
Albuquerque (international in scope)
Robotics competition for kids 8 and up

Santa Fe Alliance for Science – website
Education outreach that includes science cafés, presentations and workshops

Santa Fe Institute – website
Santa Fe
Research; adult community outreach and courses

Santa Fe Science Initiative – website
Santa Fe
Professional development for educators

Santa Fe Watershed Association – website
Santa Fe
Community and school outreach; Climate Masters

Scientifically Connected Communities – website
Las Cruces (NMSU)
Professional development for educators

Solar Astronomy Outreach – website
State-wide
Timmy Telescope; community & classroom demonstrations; education resources

Southwest Center For Microsystems Education (SCME) – website
Online (UNM)
Downloadable learning modules; online courses; YouTube channel

Supercomputing Challenge – website
Statewide
Middle and high school computational science competition

Young Women In Computing – website
Las Cruces (NMSU)
Programs and camps for students

Links verified 1/14/2022

Higher Education

If you are as student or parent looking for information about or schools; or if you are looking for data and reports; or if you are looking for financial aid and scholarship, be sure to visit the NM Higher Education Department.

Four Year Colleges and Universities

Enrollment data from the Center for Education Statistics

Eastern New Mexico University, Portales
Enrollment as of 12/21: 5,266
Home page | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | College of Education | Admissions

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, Santa Fe
Enrollment as of 12/21: 693
Home page

Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint
Enrollment as of 12/21: 1,350
Programs in engineering, technology, computer science, science, nursing and math
Home page

New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas
Enrollment as of 12/21: 2,777
Home page | College of Arts & Sciences | School of Education | School of Nursing | Admissions

Northern New Mexico College, Española
Enrollment as of 12/21: 1,234
Home page | Degrees & Programs | College of Education | Admissions

See also
Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari
Enrollment as of 12/21: 709
Home page | Wind Research & Training Center | Dinosaur Museum

Links last checked 1/4/2022

State Department & Agencies

For department and agencies that are not specifically listed, go to the NewMexico.gov page or browse the list with New Mexico A-Z

Department of Agriculture – website

Agricultural programs from Hemp and Healthy Soils to Soil & Water Conservation districts
Extension Agency publications & bulletins (through NMSU)

Department of Cultural Affairs – website

Office of Archaeological Studies (see separate entry under agencies)
Museums (see the separate Museums section)
New Mexico State Library (see separate entry under agencies)

Department of Economic Development – website

Office of Science & Technology
Job Training Incentive Program
Business Incubation Program
Outdoor Recreation program
New Mexico Film Office
Why New Mexico? – business opportunities and stats

Department of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources – website

Divisions – Energy Conservation & Management | Forestry | Mining & Minerals | Oil Conservation | State Parks
Publications
Activities in our state parks

Department of Environment – website

Department of Game & Fish – website

Recreation on state lands including birding and fishing maps
Conservation plans & programs, including wildlife inventory
Conservation education, including aquatic and wildlife curricula, wildlife trunks, Kid’s Fly-fishing Guide

Departments of Public Education

Public Education Department, including Early Childhood Education and Math & Science Bureau
Higher Education Departmen

Agencies and Bureaus

Bureau of Mining & Mineral Resources – website

Research laboratories
Maps, field guides, periodicals and publications such as New Mexico Geology
Information, history, and data about natural resources and mining
Mineral Museum
Especially for teachers: education outreach; Lite Geology and Earth Matters; virtual geologic tour; Rockin’ Around New Mexico

Office of Archeological Studies – website

Labs & services
Field work
Public and education outreach, that includes background on ceramics and culture, presentations, Project Archaeology and at-home projects
Publications

Office of the State Engineer – website

Water in New Mexico – water rights, water use, conservation, drought, maps
Interstate Stream Commission
GIS data and maps
Library and publications
Especially for teachers: classroom conservation materials; high school xeriscaping curriculum

State Land Office – website

Maps: interactive | printable | GIS data
Open for Adventure (on state lands)

State Library – website

Extensive subject guide for government resources, from agriculture to workplace safety
Online periodical archives and multimedia at El Portal (including Gale Academic)
New Mexico Reads (requires local library card)

Links last checked 1/14/2022

Federal Agencies with NM Facilities

Department of Defense – website
Defense agencies and military bases are throughout the state. Here are some unique resources.

Military bases – Cannon Air Force Base, Holloman Air Force Base, Kirtland Air Force Base
White Sands Missile Range and Museum
Air Force Research Lab, home of the the STEMY Awards, Air Force STEM Academy and STEM Signing Day

Department of Energy – website
The Department of Energy is all over New Mexico – in our National Laboratories and the NNSA. You can search their main website for various facilities and programs. Here are a couple of unique resources

History of the DOE, includes historical documentation of the Manhattan Project
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
STEM Rising, the DOE education site

Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, Department of the Interior – website

General information about the BLM
The New Mexico office is in Santa Fe
For teachers & students: Every Kid Outdoors (fourth grade students) | Education materials, including Classroom Investigations | Teacher’s guide to Energy on Public Lands

Fish & Wildlife Service, Southwest Region R2, Department of the Interior – website

Contacts, news, field notes
Lots of information on science, wildlife refuges, fisheries, and migratory birds
The New Mexico field office is in Albuquerque
Wildlife refuge locator (there are 9 in NM, including Bosque del Apache and Sevilleta; some have education resources and visitor guides)
For teachers and students: educational materials for refuges, migratory birds, and fisheries | NM endangered species | Let’s Go Outside

Forest Service, Southwest Region R3, USDA – website

Recreation, including Christmas tree permits and camp site reservation
Home pages for Apache-Sitgreaves, Carson, Cibola, Gila, Lincoln, Santa Fe National Forests
Science and nature research stations and information
The New Mexico office is in Albuquerque
For parents and educators: Region 3 (Southwest) resources | additional resources from the national office

National Park Service, Region 7, Department of the Interior – website

Links to all the national parks, monuments, and trails in NM
For educators: click on the links to individual places and many have education resources; the NPS has lots of educator programs, although not necessity tailored to NM

Miscellaneous

NASA, White Sands Test Facilities – website
NRAO, Very Large Array (funded by the National Science Foundation) – science website
USGS, New Mexico Water Science Center (data and tools) – website

Links verified 1/15/2022