BISMARCK – Hess Corp. on Thursday kicked off the 2024 Hess Toy Truck and STEM curriculum donation to schools across North Dakota, starting with a demonstration involving third and fourth grade students at Roosevelt Elementary School in Bismarck.

This is the sixth year Hess will donate trucks to every elementary school in North Dakota, with nearly 50,000 trucks donated since the education initiative began. Hess has once again partnered with the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction to find new opportunities for interactive teaching and learning, according to a company news release.

The STEM curriculum guide, designed by Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Educational Outreach, uses the 2024 Fire Truck combined with eight lessons designed to ignite learning, with a keen focus on the science and math of firefighting and fire trucks. Each year the STEM curriculum guide is custom designed to match the features of the newest Hess Toy Truck, creating a learning tool that introduces elementary age students to different STEM concepts in a fun and engaging way.

Hess will ship the toy trucks to each elementary school in North Dakota, and the STEM curriculum will be available for download or will be distributed electronically.