US students continue to lag behind the rest of the world in science, technology, engineering, and math--taken together, STEM. Even as the US falls further and further behind other countries in these four critical academic areas, not everyone sees it as a crisis. Fortunately, there are those who do. One organization out front on the issue is, fittingly, Project Lead the Way (PLTW). Begun in 1997, PLTW gives students opportunities to get hands-on STEM experience by taking STEM classes as electives. The company currently offers programs for middle schools and high schools, all standardized, with evaluations. PLTW helps set up partnerships between schools and businesses to supply the coursework and the teacher training. In this article, the author provides some tools/software solutions that can help advance student's math and science skills.