STEAM Beans educational enrichment

Steam Beans is an educational enrichment program serving African-American girls in grades one through five.

Through academic-year and summer cohorts, students are taught the STEM sciences through real-world, culturally relevant project-based learning experiences. The program helps students cultivate an interest and confidence in the STEM sciences in hopes that students will be prepared to lead in 21st century careers.

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Steam Beans has prioritized its efforts to center around three specific programmatic goals:

Student Goal ~ Early learning exposure to STEM through project-based learning that translates to 21st century careers.
Parent Goal ~ Demystifying STEM for parents of emerging leaders of 21st century careers.
Community Goal ~ Encouraging communities to seize opportunities to contribute to STEM exploration in African-American families.

Spilling the beans on STEM...

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. At the school level, teachers integrate STEM concepts into every subject in an effective and meaningful way throughout the curriculum opposing each subject in isolation. Children learn through a blended approach, exploring and processing ideas and concepts through a variety of settings. Steam Beans has incorporated art, as it serves as a cultural communication tool that makes processing information through familiar channels unintimidating.
Hence the acronym, STEAM!