One of the highlights of the Saint Louis Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program is providing our YES Teens with opportunities to connect with leading STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professionals from around the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. This interaction not only sparks interest in career fields a teen may not have otherwise… Continue reading
How Do We Recruit Teens for the YES Program? It All Starts with our Community Partners.
Help us inspire a curiosity for STEM. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education programs in St. Louis. The Saint Louis Science Center’s nationally recognized Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program has created a 25-year legacy of success by working with underserved and underrepresented teens from the St. Louis… Continue reading
Setting Up for Success: The College Kids Program Helps Inspire YES Teens to Pursue and Prepare for College
Help us inspire a curiosity for STEM. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education programs in St. Louis. On December 2, 2023, teens in the Science Center’s YES Program participated in a special visit from the Office of Financial Empowerment, part of the City of St. Louis Treasurer’s… Continue reading
The YES Program Explores Agriscience through Nature, Nutrition, and More
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education efforts in St. Louis. During the summer of 2023, the Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program partnered with the Green St. Louis Machine Program at Mathews-Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club. In July, teens in the… Continue reading
At the YES College and Career Fair, YES Teens Learn About the Opportunities of the Future
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education efforts in St. Louis. More than 20 local organizations, colleges, and businesses converged on the Taylor Community Science Resource Center on Saturday, October 21, to participate in the 2023 YES College and Career Fair, helping to… Continue reading
Community Partners Like the Shaw Nature Reserve Help the Science Center Connect St. Louis with STEM by Providing Nature for All
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education efforts in St. Louis. This October, the Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program was included in Shaw Nature Reserve’s presentation as part of the North American Association for Environmental Education’s annual conference. The presentation, titled… Continue reading
Thanks to Creativity and Collaboration, Two New Murals from the YES Media Arts Component Inspire Today’s (and Tomorrow’s) YES Teens
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education efforts in St. Louis. This summer, teens in the Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program’s Media Arts component installed two large murals at the Taylor Community Science Resource Center. As part of the projects, the… Continue reading
A Summer of YES: STEMtastic Camp
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education programs like Youth Exploring Science. 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… Continue reading
A Summer of YES: Pop-Up Science
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education programs like Youth Exploring Science. 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… Continue reading
A Summer of YES: Summertime Science
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund to help support STEM education programs like Youth Exploring Science. 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… Continue reading