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45 local ways to explore STEM.

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7 STEM Programs to Explore in NYC

STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math – careers are growing at 17% year over year and have become a key component in U.S. economic growth. As employers demand for mathematicians and engineers has grown, so too has the availability of STEM education programs. These programs provide students with opportunities to carve out a future job in a well-paid field. Even an entry-level STEM job earns1, on average, 26% higher salary for positions requiring a bachelor’s degree; and there are 2.5 times as many entry-level STEM jobs to choose from, as compared to non-STEM jobs.

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College Fair Guide

College Fairs are time-saving opportunities for students and parents to gather a lot of information from a number of colleges, universities and military services in one day. Deciding what to do after high school is one of the most important decisions that a high-school senior will make. At a College Fair there will be representatives from colleges, universities and technical schools from all over the United States to assist you in making this decision.

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East Coast STEM: 5-day New York City Student Tour

Be ready to explore one of the most famous cities in the entire world with the ultimate hands-on STEM based student tour of New York City! Learn about clean energy in the New York Academy of Science. Explore the American Museum of Natural History and the fantastic Spyscape espionage museum to learn about real-life spies. Take a walk in the 840-acres of the so well-known Central Park and even enjoy dinner in the middle of Times Square.

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Educational Destinations

New York City STEM trips can create lifelong memories for your students. Educational Destinations offers a variety of New York City STEM trips opportunities. If your students are ready to master new skills in the Liberty Science Center's Tech & Design Studio or MakerLab, discover all the secrets at the New York Aquarium in a STEM Goes Wild! class, collaborate to engineer machines to solve problems at the New York Hall of Science, Educational Destinations can make your New York City STEM trip rewarding and memorable.

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Girls Club

Girls discover the fascinating universe of science and technology, develop an appreciation and love of STEM subjects, and confidently realize that they too can thrive in these male-dominated fields. Our STEM programming includes: Maker Shop/Robotics Lab East Village Planetarium Biology Lab Environmental Programming and Green Roof Music Technology and Audio Engineering Lab Radio and Podcasting Studio Tutoring

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Hudson River Park STEM Activities

Hudson River Park’s STEM Activity of the Week offers free online resources for students and families to learn about the Hudson River. With many learning opportunities moving to online and virtual platforms, we have started this series to share a hands-on activity that is a fun and engaging way to connect with the Hudson River.

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NY STEAM Girls Collaborative

The Network for Youth Success promotes informal Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math (STEAM) learning in New York through the NY STEAM Girls Collaborative. This project focuses on connecting expanded learning time with STEAM expertise from K-12 schools, higher education, and businesses.

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NYC FIRST STEM Center @ NYPL Washington Heights Branch

NYC FIRST runs immersive, hands-on robotics and STEM education programs that serve over 7,000 New Yorkers each year. Our mission is to inspire young people to be leaders in science, technology and engineering by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build their STEM skills. We seek to instill a sense of creativity and exploration, without fear of failure, that will get young people to think and act like scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs.

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NYC STEM Education Network

The NYC STEM Education Network builds on a strong collaboration of city agencies, youth development and education-focused organizations, museums and cultural institutions, higher education institutions, and long-term private funders. The Network has developed cross-sector collaborations to make the city’s rich array of STEM learning opportunities more accessible to young people and to build the capacity of after-school programs to deliver STEM. The Network creates links to other sub-components of our city’s STEM ecosystem, such as NYC Urban Advantage, the NYC Hive Network, Queens 2020 and the STEM Educators Academy.

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NYCSRM Consortium

Where every high schooler can pursue a future in STEM The Consortium is increasing access to science fields and careers for young people of all backgrounds by providing authentic science research opportunities and meaningful mentorship. Our scholars, mentors, educators, and partners are a community that supports and empowers the next generation of professionals in the sciences.

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NYS STEM Incentive Program

The New York State Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Incentive Program provides a full SUNY tuition scholarship for the top 10 percent of students in each New York state high school if they pursue a STEM degree in an associates or bachelor degree program and agree to work in a STEM field in New York state (NYS) for 5 years after graduation.

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NYS STEM Incentive Program

The NYS STEM Incentive Program provides tuition awards to students who are New York State residents attending a public or private degree-granting college or university located in New York State. Recipients must be in the top 10 percent of students of their high school graduating class, pursue an approved, two or four-year STEM degree program and agree to live in NYS and work in a STEM field in NYS for five years after graduation.

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National Girls Collaborative Project

Girl and STEMThe New York STEAM Girls Collaborative brings together organizations throughout New York that are committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The New York State Network for Youth Success is the lead agency for the NY Collaborative.

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New York STEM City

Young people who have the opportunity to meet real scientists and engineers — and who are exposed to science through active inquiry-based learning — are more likely to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). And New York City needs more scientists and engineers! Today the city is poised to become the world’s leading market for STEM jobs, and yet many of our children have never met or interacted with a “real” scientist, particularly in our most underserved neighborhoods. That’s why the New York Academy of Sciences is embarking on an unprecedented effort to put a scientist in every underserved public middle school across all five boroughs of New York City. And we need your help! To learn how you or your organization can participate, .

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New York State 4-H STEM

4‑H science programs are available through local clubs, schools and grant-funded programs. Focus areas for 4‑H science programs include robotics, rocketry, environmental science, agri-science, biotechnology and veterinary science.

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New York State STEM Incentive Program

The NYS STEM Incentive Program provides tuition awards to students who are New York state residents attending a university located in New York state. Recipients must be in the top 10 percent of students of their high school graduating class, pursue an approved STEM program and agree to live in NYS and work in a STEM field in NYS for five years after graduation (hesc.ny.gov). For more specific information about NYS STEM, visit the HESC webpage.

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Oversight of the STEM Incentive Program

To determine if the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) is effectively monitoring the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Incentive Program (Program) to ensure recipients are in compliance with the Program rules and regulations, and whether HESC has only made payments on behalf of recipients who are in compliance with Program regulations. The audit covered the period April 1, 2014 to July 23, 2018.

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SCIENCE/STEM EDUCATION

With CUCE-NYC Science/STEM Education programs, youth are engaged in scientific exploration to fuel their interest in science and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math – or STEM – careers.

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STEM Centers

NYC FIRST STEM Centers bring hands-on, sustained STEM education and FIRST robotics programs to schools and communities that do not typically get access to the advanced equipment and expert teaching resources that they need and deserve.

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STEM EDUCATION

Our STEM program provides access to technology education for New York City primary school students, with the goal of beginning relationships that can benefit from our ecosystem throughout students’ lives. The Consortium is a proud recipient of funding from New York State’s STEP program, providing technology access to a diverse and underserved community of 7th–12th graders.

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STEM Institute NYC

The City College of New York’s STEM Institute is a challenging academic enrichment organization designed to encourage under-represented minority high school students to maximize their academic potential by providing them with educational programs in college-level study. The STEM Institute prepares students for the greater demands of college-level study and helps them adjust to campus life. It offers academic and tutoring support services designed to help students prepare for these unique challenges.

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STEM Institute at CCNY

The mission of the program is to encourage talented high school students enrolled in the 9th, 10th and 11th grades to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.It gives students the opportunity to take college level courses while still attending high school. The program also offers students the ability to do research in a college environment. The STEM Institute prepares students for the greater demands of college-level study and helps them adjust to campus life. It offers academic and tutoring support services designed to help students prepare for these new challenges.

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STEM Kids NYC

STEM Kids NYC is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides a year-round, intensive suite of STEM education programs for PreK-12 scholars. Our core programs foster STEM skills development, an understanding of the importance of STEM as a way to solve the world’s major problems, as well as an interest in STEM electives, majors, and careers. We’re comprised of educators, engineers, and computer and systems programmers.

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STEM Kids NYC

Let off some STEAM with STEM Kids NYC! Through fun, engaging, student-centered sessions, engineers (this means YOU) from age 5 to 105 will learn the fun physics of making kites and flying them, harness changing states of matter to make polymers (street name: SLIME), code an app and more. STEM Kids NYC invites you to tap into your natural abilities for success in the wonderful world of STEM.

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STEM Matters NYC Enrichment Programs

STEM Matters NYC offers a variety of exciting, hands-on, experiential science and STEM programs for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Programs include one-week camps and high school courses, the five-week STEM Academy, high school internships, and a four-week course for college credit. If you are interested in animal science or aerospace, marine biology or mechanics, ecology or engineering, and so much more, come discover, investigate, design, and create with us!

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STEM Matters NYC Programs

STEM Matters NYC offers a variety of exciting, hands-on, experiential science and STEM programs for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Programs include one-week camps and high school courses, a five-week STEM Academy, high school internships, and a four-week course for college credit. If you are interested in animal science or aerospace, marine biology or mechanics, ecology or engineering, and so much more, come discover, investigate, design, and create with us!

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STEM Research Academy

The CCNY College Now STEM Research Academy is designed to provide high school students with an opportunity to develop the essential skills to be strong scientific thinkers by engaging in authentic, inquiry-based, and research activities. Selected students will be enrolled in a Spring 2021 course in an area of research science. Upon successful completion of the research science course, students will have the opportunity to participate in a Summer Research Internship – students are partnered with a City College faculty member and will pursue a research topic of interest.

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STEM Summer Programs in New York

Middle and high school students who love STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) can find plenty of summer programs in New York City and the surrounding area. Pre-college and other summer programs concentrate on medicine, game design, coding, astronomy and other earth sciences, robotics, forensics and environmental conservation, among others. There are summer STEM programs to match all schedules and budgets in the greater New York area and several are girls-only.

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STEM Teachers NYC

STEMteachersNYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting a community of STEM teachers across the NYC region. Our mission is to cultivate excellence in STEM teaching and to promote deep understanding and success for students through innovative, teacher-led professional development. Our weekend workshops are offered during the school year and multi-week workshop intensives occur in the summer, led by master teachers. We welcome and encourage teachers from across the globe, the US, and the local New York City area!

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STEM Works

The STEM-Works team developed a Web portal that supports volunteers that are working in their local communities to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills in our nation's youth. We are also bringing those people together as a virtual community that we will ultimately serve. If you would like to help us build STEM-Works through donations, partnerships, quality content or just have an idea you would like to share, please contact us.

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STEM in NYC. The Robofun® Difference

To support our students and families, we’ll be providing in-person remote learning support through our half day (8:30 am-12:00 pm) enrichment classes. Check out our offerings for grades 1-3 and grades 4-6!

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Graduate Programs in New York

Within each category, you’ll find many kinds of STEM graduate degrees. For example, engineering students could study civil, electrical, or computer engineering. Science students could study everything from biology to veterinary and animal sciences. You could pursue goals that range from building bridges to keeping IT systems safe. No matter what path you pursue, STEM careers are key to a brighter future.

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Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Empire STEM is a statewide, community-led collaborative. The Network’s mission is to advance STEM education to prepare all students for success in school, work and life to fuel innovation and economic vitality in the Empire State.

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Technology and STEM

Technological innovation and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning are integral to NYU’s academic culture. Through programs and outreach, NYU students, faculty, and staff are discovering new technologies, building analytical tools, and sharing their love of STEM topics with young people.

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WNY STEM Hub

The mission of WNY STEM Hub is to engage learners across Western New York to cultivate a love of STEM learning and curiosity about STEM careers by mobilizing key community partners in developing transformational programs that initiate a lifelong passion for science, technology, engineering and math.

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WeTeachNYC STEM Framework

The NYC STEM Education Framework is a tool that provides a structured approach for schools seeking to organize and develop the implementation of a STEM initiative whose results are repeatable. It includes a readiness checklist of structures, criteria, and systems and is not intended to be judgmental or evaluative.

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girl scouts of greater new york

From performing mind-boggling experiments to participating in exciting workshops about technology, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities give you a hands-on opportunity to learn about new and emerging fields in science and technology.