↑ Hands-on STEM Free resource library

We take students
out of the abstract
and into the machine shop.

Key Up Education builds hands-on STEM programs, real-world field trips, and a free classroom resource library — so foundational skills stick, and the classroom finally connects to the real world of work.

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Students working through a hands-on engineering project in a Key Up Education maker lab — Real engineers, real machines, real third-graders.

About Key Up

Meet students exactly where they are.

Since 2017, Key Up Education has designed tutoring, instructional consulting, and hands-on STEM experiences that build the foundational literacy and math skills everything else depends on. Our approach is individualized, practical, and rooted in real-world application.

Founded and led by Mary Key, M.Ed., we specialize in at-risk learners — finding the specific skill gaps that hold a student back, and closing them, while easing the planning load on the teachers we work alongside.

Good teaching tools should never be locked behind a paywall.

Mary Key, M.Ed., founder of Key Up Education

Mary Key, M.Ed.Founder & Lead Consultant

Classroom Resources

The library. ↑ Always free.

Materials for both instructors and students — across STEAM, reading, writing, and social studies. No sign-up wall, no subscription.

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Instructors

Free for every teacher, every classroom, every time.

By the numbers

Programs that reach. Results that stick.

Years designing & running STEM programs

Since 2017

Industry & community partners

Grade 1 through college

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Students reached via camps & field trips

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Past Events

Real engineering, in students' hands.

Signature Program

Summer STEM Camps

Hands-on camps where students explore real engineering through projects like injection molding — shoulder-to-shoulder with working industry engineers.

With ZAG Equipment, Fordham Plastics & Core Technology Molding

Field Trip

Injection Molding & Math

One-of-a-kind third-grade field trips that teach math through injection molding — turning an abstract subject into something students can see, touch, and build.

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Curriculum

Standards-Aligned Partner Experiences

We train industry partners to deliver experiences mapped to academic standards, using Bloom's Revised Taxonomy to push students toward higher-order thinking.

Bring this to your school

Mary Key, M.Ed. Founder & Lead Consultant

Our Team & Partners

Built with industry. For students.

We partner with engineers and manufacturers who open their doors, tools, and expertise to students — turning classroom concepts into the real work of making things.

RJG, Inc.
ZAG Equipment
Fordham Plastics
Core Technology Molding
VAULT
Your org here

Get in touch

Let's build something
for your students. ↑

Schools, partners, and families welcome. Tell us what you're working on and how hands-on learning can help.

keyupeducation@gmail.com Connect on LinkedIn ↗

We take studentsout of the abstractand into the machine shop.