The use of simulations can be found in a vast number of scientific fields. The development and use of the simulations to aid a particular task requires many skills involved in STEM. It is often the case that teaching students about these various real-world systems in a hands-on manner is restricted for a myriad reasons. However, simulations could be a very useful tool for that task. Given the progress of certain highly technical fields, certain aspects of the very same simulation toolkits and skill used in contributing to that body-of-knowledge are one and the same that is able to be used as an educational tool for students. There is also a lot of potential for the design of a simulation model in which student participation is used to collect data points, to be analyzed as a class project. This application could vary in scope, from fostering curiosity in STEM, to allowing students to participate in state-of-the-art research.