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Catalyzing Inclusive STEM Experiences All Year Round

CISTEME365 Project illustration of 3 pillars: Idea Teams, STEM Clubs, and Summer Camps

Informal technology-rich learning can have a transformative impact on students’ self-efficacy and ambition to pursue a career in STEM. A few key challenges are: enabling students access to participate, making the impact of such experiences endure, integrating them with other school efforts, and purposely engaging underrepresented students.

CISTEME365 hypothesizes that experiences with cutting-edge technology must exist all year-round to effect significant improvement. Thus, the fundamental project goal is to broaden access and participation in STEM for middle and high school students to participate in sustained, intensive, hands-on STEM learning experiences that build technical knowledge & ability, and that offer insight into different STEM majors & careers. The CISTEME365 project will investigate the synergistic effects of school-year STEM clubs, university-hosted summer camps, and a summer learning institute combined with a school-year networked improvement community (NIC) for school counselors and teachers.

Find out more about how your school can participate by visiting How to Apply.