Elementary School Programs
The STEP Program provides exciting hands-on science activities for elementary school students, such as monthly Saturday Science Days and DNA classes for students placed into local Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programs.
Saturday Science Days
Saturday Science Days is a program dedicated to educating and exposing young students to the world of STEM. During these events, students will be organized into small groups of 5 to 6 students and complete a series of hands-on experiments that coincide with that month’s theme. Every month will have a different theme, which means different experiments every month!
Bradoaks Elementary Gifted And Talented Education (GATE)
DNA-focused classes | Fourth and Fifth
In 2016, STEP began working with Bradoaks Elementary School’s Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program to provide after-school science enrichment programming for fourth and fifth grade students. We hope that by extending our efforts, we can spark a greater interest in science and cancer research among students.
Through this partnership, STEP scientists meet with Bradoaks GATE students for five or six lessons. Students learn about new DNA-related topics each year and participate in hands-on activities related to the lessons.
Please note that this program is only currently available at Bradoaks Elementary in Monrovia. For more information, please email, [email protected].
We run several different programs for local middle school students, including class visits, field trips, Saturday Science Days, and our Junior Medical Investigators summer camp.
STEP is excited to offer a variety of summer and academic year programs for high school students, such as our VERT program and the Science and Nutrition Summer Research Program.
We host Saturday Science Days for children ages 8-13 and present workshops for the community throughout the year.