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Programs

Bring a hands-on STEM program to your school or youth group.

Choose from school programs, camps, field trips, mentorship, career exploration, sustainability education, or a program tailored to your group.

Plan a program
Young people building engineering models at a community STEM event
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For schools and youth groups

Ways to work with us.

Choose what fits your group, then explore the catalog for specific programs.

STEM Programs

Choose individual hands-on STEM experiences from the 2025–2026 program catalog, including engineering, food science, robotics, neuroscience, and more.

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School Partnerships

Create customized in-school and after-school programming for schools, including family nights and field-trip experiences.

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Camps & Extended Programs

Plan multi-day experiences such as STEM Empowerment Camp and STEM Explorers, with more time for students to build and learn together.

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Mentorship & Confidence Building

Offer group mentorship, leadership, self-awareness, and vision-board experiences that help students build confidence and use their voice.

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Career Exploration

Help young people discover careers through the Building a Bridge to the Future You! game, career panels, and conversations with working professionals.

Explore the Career Game →
Grades 2–8Most programs
8+ studentsRequired minimum
3 weeksAdvance notice required
Flexible formatIn person or virtual

STEM program catalog

2025–2026 STEM Program Catalog

Browse the 2025–2026 catalog, then contact us to plan a program for your students.

Building Self-Awareness Through STEM

Students explore the biology and chemistry of skin and hair while making personal-care products to take home.

  • Confidence
  • Creative thinking
  • STEM exposure

Food Science

Students explore food science through activities such as candy making, fruit oxidation, beverage chemistry, and extracting DNA from fruit.

  • Chemistry
  • Experimentation
  • Teamwork

Engineering

Students build bridges and STEM cars, explore robotics and circuits, and practice coding through hands-on challenges.

  • Design
  • Prototyping
  • Problem solving

Group Mentorship & Confidence Building

Guided conversations, reflection, and group activities help students build confidence and use their voice.

  • Mentorship
  • Communication
  • Belonging

Vision Board Workshops

Students translate big dreams into visual goals and practical next steps for school, work, and life.

  • Goal setting
  • Creativity
  • Future planning

Sustainability Education

Students explore food systems, waste, climate, and community action through hands-on STEM.

  • Sustainability
  • Community
  • Science in action

Robotics & Neuroscience

Students explore brain-computer interfaces, robotics, coding, and automation through team challenges.

  • Robotics
  • Coding
  • Neuroscience

Planning a program

Tell us about your students, your goals, and your schedule.

Share the ages, group size, setting, and what you want students to learn. We’ll help you choose or customize a program.

  1. 1
    Start with your students

    Share ages, group size, setting, and accessibility needs.

  2. 2
    Choose the learning goal

    Pick a catalog program or build around a community need.

  3. 3
    Make it hands-on

    We plan the activities, materials, mentoring, and reflection.

Students building a structure during an engineering activityYoung scientists conducting a hands-on chemistry experiment

Hands-on participation

Students learn by building, testing, talking, and trying again.

Every program makes room for questions, teamwork, and reflection.

Request a program

Interested in a STEM program for your school or youth group?

Tell us what you need and we’ll help you choose or customize a program.