eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2017-03-30 5 3 324 331 10.12691/education-5-3-14 EDUCATION20175314 article Brandon Rodriguez Brandon.rodriguez@jpl.nasa.gov 1 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Education Department, Educator Professional Development Collaborative, Pasadena, USA The goal of our work is to assess student perception to STEM careers skills when in the presence of scientists in the classroom. Our school has several doctorate level scientists who have become full time teachers and who design content based on their careers as scientists. We are interested in measuring the impact of these teachers who infuse their curriculum with genuine experience and content relevance. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/5/3/14/education-5-3-14.pdf STEM perception action research