STEM Exploration Program
Our aim is to allow students to simultaneously dive into STEM subjects and utilizing growth-oriented teaching methods to expand students’ basic scientific concepts to real-world application.
Goals and Objectives
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Encourage students to broaden their educational horizons through hands-on and experimental learning.
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Provide opportunities to explore various STEM fields.
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Stimulate an early passion in a field of choice.
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Help students develop foundations in collaboration and interpersonal skills through focused group work.
Our Classes
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Weekly Sessions led by experienced and educated High Schoolers.
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Each session focuses on a different subject, providing the opportunity for students to explore diverse STEM fields.
Mock Lessons
​Science Lesson: Lava Lamp
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Objectives: Students will get to make a Lava Lamp and learn the chemistry behind how this reaction works.
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Students will get to combine vegetable oil, food coloring, and antacid tablets and watch their lava lamps activate in real time.
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Following the experiment, we will discuss with the group how their actions created the lamp as well as the scientific connections to Chemistry.
Math Lesson: Probability through Candy
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Objectives: Students will learn the basics through real-life examples of probability.
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Students will be able to determine the odds of an event occurring by picking colored candies and noting the likelihood of selecting certain ones.
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Our end goal is for students to be able to calculate these odds through basic math and expand on the schoolwork already established.
Computer Science Lesson: Scratch
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Objectives: Students will be able to code a mini-game in Scratch.
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In preparation for coding a mini-game, students will learn the basic functions of Scratch in each weekly class.