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Each summer, the Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program makes an impact on STEM education by turning outward with the program’s YES Teens to deliver fun and accessible STEM learning experiences throughout the St. Louis community to inspire a curiosity for science and technology.
This summer, St. Louis community members had several opportunities to meet the YES Teens and learn about STEM in some unexpected places thanks to Pop-Up Science events. This year, Pop-Up Science events highlighted STEM topics throughout St. Louis with fun, free activities that allowed 219 community members to go hands-on with aerospace and engineering.
Check out our YES Summertime Recap video on YouTube here.
Community members had opportunities to explore electrical charges using static electricity, engineer a homemade air cannon using some everyday materials, and even construct their own simple musical instrument to explore how air can move molecules to create sounds.
This year, the YES Teens could be found at a number of locations, including City Museum, the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis City libraries, and more. In total, the YES Teens covered more than 85 miles as they traveled throughout the St. Louis community.
See more photos from this year’s Pop-Up Science events:
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Generous charitable gifts to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund help support impactful STEM education programs like Youth Exploring Science.
For 25 years the Science Center’s YES Program has created a legacy of success by working with teens from underserved St. Louis neighborhoods throughout the teens’ high school years to help prepare them for the in-demand STEM careers of the future. STEM programming delivered by the YES Teens at the Science Center and in collaboration with the Science Center’s 60+ community partner organizations typically connects thousands of St. Louis community members with STEM learning each year.
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