WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. – Educators are coming up with creative ways to teach students about STEM through sports. 

On Wednesday, roughly 50 schools from across the state gathered at Heritage Financial Park to watch the Hudson Valley Renegades play a game of baseball. 

Fifth-grade teacher Vanessa Paganelli teaches all subjects at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. She said there's no better way to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics than to incorporate a game of baseball.

“There’s math in planning out the design, the architecture of the field, and there's science behind how fast to throw the ball," Paganelli said. 

Paganelli is joining dozens of teachers and chaperones to inform students of STEM all around them.

"I hope students see that STEM is in our everyday lives," Paganelli said. "It's not just behind a classroom door. It's everywhere!"

In addition to watching a minor league baseball game, students were able to get hands-on experience with employers that incorporate STEM. Hype Park Police Officer Justin Felicello set up a table to demonstrate how to stop a bleed for students to see and touch.

While participating in STEM activities can be fun for students, Felicello said they can also be life-changing.

“We call this field medicine," Felicello said. "It’s what we would do on a scene of an incident, or someone they can do if they are (riding an) ATV in the woods or skiing and they have some type of mass bleed."