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 University of St. Thomas STEPS camp  University of Minnesota Science and Engineering  Science Museum camps  Bakken Museum Summer Camp  Girl Scout camps  Community Education camps

Complete 6th grade in spring and entering 7th grade in fall. 5 one-week sessions in ADVANCED 2 one-week sessions for boys and girls completing 6th grade in spring 2015 and entering 7th grade in fall WHAT IS STEPS? An opportunity for girls and boys to learn more about what engineers do Workshops taught by instructors with extensive backgrounds in engineering, technology and science and education A camping experience at the St. Paul Campus of the University of St. Thomas A hands-on experience with high-tech equipment and processes For more information, contact: Jacki Kubal (651)

University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering summer camps. Discover STEM week-long day camps offer a hands-on introduction Grades 11, 12 campus life, learn academic programs, explore potential careers through lab experiments, demonstrations, and panels Eureka! five-year summer and school year program focused STEM. Girls eligible to apply are current 7th graders (entering 8th grade in the fall of 2016) program website or call Kids’ University Ages 6-15 Adventures in Engineering & Design; Blast Off! Rocketry; Circuits are a Snap!; Earth, Cosmos & Beyond; Electrochemistry, M.A.T.H. Make Amazing Things Happen, and more! Science Discovery Day Camps at the Bell Museum week-long day camps are led by museum education Grades K-6 Summer Transportation Camp free two-week summer day camp introduce students to transportation field through field trips Grades 7-9th grade (as of the school year. Kylie Bivins, Technology Day Camp three-day summer camp explores the wonders of technology, robotics Grades 6-8 Youth Science Center Park Crew Serves as guides in Big Back Yard at the Science Museum of Minnesota Grades 9-12

Friday Night Astronomy viewings K-12 Girls Grades 6-12 Cool Chemistry interactive workshops with women in graduate program Grades K-19 Energy and U Shows Annual Math and Science Family Fun Fair in the fall for K-12 Observing the sky nights first Wednesday each month at Bell Museum Physics Shows Robotics Show in December

Summer Science Day Camp Program Highlights  Every camper will make and take home his or her own unique project.  Campers have access to a large variety of materials and tools for project building.  There is a very high ratio of staff to students (usually a 1:6 ratio).  Campers have opportunities to work in small collaborative groups and individually.  Campers will exercise their creative thinking skills every day.  Students will be trained to confidently work with a number of different tools in the workshop.  Campers are a part of community of like minded students who all share a common interest in making and doing.  Summer camps at The Bakken empower students to take control of their environment.  The camp curriculum is focused around the process of invention and problem solving, skills that can be put to use in all aspects of their life.

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 FIRST LEGO League  FIRST Tech Challenge  FIRST Robotics  Mathcounts  Odyssey of the Mind  Leonardo’s Basement  Microsoft DigiGirlz  Girl Scout science and technology programs  Community Education programs

 Inspire kids to BUILD confidence, CREATE opportunities and THRIVE in the 21st century.  Minnesota Renewable Energy Challenge each spring  Minnesota FIRST® LEGO® League and FIRST® Tech Challenge each fall/winter.  Programs train, teach and empower student teams, coaches and volunteers.  700 volunteers offer high energy, fun, team-based programs and competitions  Kids learn how to work together, solve real-world problems and become leaders.  3,500 kids across Minnesota each year. Since 1999 over 25,000 students  "During the decade, professional, scientific, and technical service jobs will grow by an estimated 34%.“ ~U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,  Alumni have gone on to pursue STEM careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Help our kids learn to be engaged and educated citizens to make responsible, informed decisions that affect us, our society and our environment; we must understand science and math.  High Tech Kids is committed to introducing the next generation of engineers, scientists, computer programmers, technicians, policy makers and project managers to the challenge and promise of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics competition targeted toward middle and high school-aged students. It offers the traditional challenge of a FIRST Robotics competition but with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. In September each year, FIRST announces the game challenge to FTC teams at Kickoff. Unlike FRC, there is no 'ship day' when the robot has to be finished; Teams can work on their robots up to and during competitions. Qualifying Tournaments and State Championships occur from October through March, and the World Championship is held in April.

 Enrichment, coaching and competition program promoting middle school and junior high mathematics.  Volunteer members of the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers coordinate  MATHCOUNTS has been reaching out to students and teachers since 1983 in MN.  February local competition, March state, May national mathcountsmn.org/find-your-chapter/

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 Remember to keep checking the schedule for other and similar STEM events for Girl Scouts  University of St Thomas  University of Minnesota  Any other events your troop has participated in?

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 Get STEM website (  SciGirls TV show (pbskids.org/scigirls)pbskids.org/scigirls  Design Squad (  Engineer Your Life (  University of St. Thomas Squishy Circuits ( ts/conductiveDough.htm) ts/conductiveDough.htm  Make your own video game (  Read non-fiction (biographies, history, science, Discover magazine)  Puzzles (  Make your own board game  SWE Outreach (  SWE-MN (