Programs

OH STEM Bus is a mobile STEM after-school program for underserved youth who find themselves unqualified for STEM-focused schools and programs due to their living zone or because of financial and other economic barriers. This particular group of underserved youth will benefit from having a mobile laboratory come to their neighborhood, giving them the opportunity to participate in STEM learning environments. Each OH STEM mobile laboratory will be custom outfitted with several lab stations that will allow the youth to participate and be engaged in pre-planned STEM projects and activities. 


OH STEM Bus laboratories feature activities that provide STEM and STEAM concepts and principles for youth grades 3 through 5, grades 6 through 8, and grades 9 through 12. Volunteers that are professionals in STEM or education fields will provide instruction, guidance, and oversight to the students.

Grades 3 - 5

These are activities tailored to students in 3rd through 5th grades that apply STEM principles in real-life applications, aimed to increase their interest in and inspire their imaginations in STEM.


EXAMPLE ACTIVITY

Scratch - Unit 0

  • Activity 1) Intro to Scratch - 10 min
  • Activity 2) Create Scratch Account - 10 min
  • Activity 3) Create Design Journal - 10 min
  • Activity 4) Scratch Surprise - 20 min
  • Activity 5) Review/Critique - 10 min

Grades 6 - 8

These are activities tailored to students in 6th through 8th grades that apply STEM principles in real-life applications, aimed to increase their interest in and inspire their imaginations in STEM.

EXAMPLE ACTIVITY

littleBits Code Kit

  • Activity 1) Select and build invention - 30 - 40 min
  • Activity 2) Test simple functionality of design - 20 min

Grades 9 - 12

These are activities tailored to students in 9th through 12th grades that apply STEM principles in real-life applications, aimed to increase their interest in and inspire their imaginations in STEM.


EXAMPLE ACTIVITY

 

EZ-Robot Revelation JD

  • Activity 1) Assemble Robot - 30 - 40 min
  • Activity 2) Test simple functionality of robot - 20 min
Cultural Activities

On a select Saturday within a three-month quarter, the OH STEM mobile labs will provide an additional cultural activity for the students participating in its programs. The fun activity would encompass a life skill (team building, leadership, etc.). 


Examples of possible cultural activities:

Example 1 - Sweetgrass Basket Making

 

  • Sweetgrass Basket Maker will provide history and demonstrate cultural activity on site (specific location OH STEM mobile lab is parked)
  • The cultural activity will teach the children the history and basic steps to making sweetgrass baskets. *Supplies will be provided to allow children to make/start a simple Sweetgrass basket
  • The activity would last one to two hours

 

Example 2 - Wild Blue Ropes (in Charleston, SC)

 

  • Children from all grade groups will be transported to the activity site and will remain there for two to three hours
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