Our Programming

STEM Service Learning Program

Volunteer youth crews, grades 7 through 9

Design Teams
Two middle school teams participate in creative design projects that prepare them for high school STEM learning.

STEM-In-Action Program

Paid youth crews, grades 9 through 12

Earth Buzz Crew
Learn about human-created environmental issues and innovations, and investigates solutions to these local and global challenges.

Invention Crew
Work on creative, community-focused invention and design projects using an engineering focus.

Climate Change Crew
Learn about the local impact and solutions to Climate Change through hands on activities, community events and partnerships.

Cell Lab Crew
High school juniors and seniors work with museum staff to guide visitors through Cell Lab experiment bench activities in the museum’s Human Body Gallery.

Park Crew
High school juniors and seniors work in the Big Back Yard exhibit and teach hands-on earth science and environmental activities to youth and adults.

Leadership Team
Peer elected youth from each high school crew help build connections between the larger museum and outside communities by contributing to KAYSC strategic planning, creating newsletters, developing mini-grant proposals, and planning events.

KAYSC Internship Program

STEM work-experience opportunities, high school graduates and KAYSC alumni

Through collaborative partnerships with community work-experience programs and colleges/universities, KAYSC builds supportive work-experiences in STEM. Opportunities include:

• Project/Crew Assistants: Interns assist teen crews, and work with youth participants to plan for life after high school
• Educational Outreach Assistants: Interns plan and facilitate outreach workshops (ie. I Can Be An Engineer!, and Family Service Learning Days)

In addition to their role in programming, interns receive ongoing professional development to learn informal STEM teaching techniques/best practices, develop STEM workforce skills, and investigate the role of STEM in their adult lives.