Each year, the Science Center’s Community Science department and Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program connect St. Louis community members with STEM learning through Summertime Science. In this annual summer camp, young learners and adult supervisors from the Science Center’s network of community partner organizations come to the Taylor Community Science Resource Center to discover their curiosity for science by participating in hands-on STEM projects led by our newest cohort of YES Teens. This year, during the camp’s run from June 10 through July 25, 64 new YES Teens led activities like making rockets using balloons and straws and building bridges, introducing the campers to STEM topics like aerospace, flight, outer space, engineering and more.
In addition to exposing the campers to STEM learning, Summertime Science provides the newest teens in the four-year YES Program their first opportunity to engage with the community by leading classes that teach the campers about STEM. After a series of Saturday sessions learning the activities and building key soft skills like leadership, communication and teamwork, the new YES Teens instruct the campers to help facilitate their projects and spark their interest in science and technology. This year’s Summertime Science served more than 1,020 children with STEM learning.
Thank you to Boeing for their generous support of the Science Center’s mission and programs like Youth Exploring Science! Learn more about the YES Program here. Want to support impactful STEM learning programs like YES? Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund here.
