The Artemis Project is a free, intensive, five-week summer program for rising 9th grade students of underrepresented genders in STEM. It was started by two undergraduate women, in 1996 with the goal of enhancing the self-confidence and visibility of women in the computer science community through hands-on experience with programming. In 2017, we invited students of all underrespresented genders in STEM to apply (i.e. female, trans, and non-binary students).
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Brown Elementary Afterschool Mentoring (BEAM) provides after-school enrichment programming at William D'Abate Elementary School in inner-city Providence. Nearly 100 volunteers create and implement unique lesson plans each week to teach a variety of subjects to K-5 students.
Brown Science Prep (BSP) brings high schoolers from all around Providence together most Saturdays of the school year and leads them through hands-on, informal lessons, different from those traditionally covered in high school. Our program is completely free, provides complimentary breakfast, and is open to all high schoolers. No particular background in science is required.
DEEPS Career Opportunities and Research in Earth Science (CORES)’ is a DEEPS’ outreach program that introduces Providence high school students to the field of Earth, Environmental and Planetary sciences and the career opportunities it presents.
A high-school curriculum made possible through NSF grant funding that teaches students the basics of robotics in the process of building and programming their own autonomous aerial drones. DuckiSky partners with Duckietown, an existing robotics education initiative that uses simple, ground-based robots. Students learn how to assemble the drone and how to program it with algorithms.
Ladd Observatory partners with the Providence Children's Museum on "Skygazers," a program we carry out once every three months at the museum as part of their "Free Friday" program to bring astronomy and observing to kids and their families. In conjunction with the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, we also offer monthly "Ask an astronomer” Q & A sessions about research and astronomy-related news that connect classrooms via video to the museum. Ladd Observatory is open to the public free of charge on clear Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
Four-week summer engineering camp for rising tenth grade girls. Held at Brown University and taught by three undergraduate women.
STEMS is a math and science tutoring program at Hope High School. Tutors assigned to a teacher's class either help students twice a week in the classroom or host after school drop-in tutoring once a week with a group of other tutors. STEMS aims to offer extra help to teachers, provide academic support and mentorship for students, and encourage greater self-efficacy for students in STEM fields.
The Science Cartoons (SciToons) program was developed to engage STEM and non-STEM students and faculty in the creation of science animation for YouTube. The SciToons model is a new approach for communicating scientific research and concepts to a broad audience via storytelling, animation, high-quality multimedia and art. SciToons are interdisciplinary, and leverage the strength of Brown researchers and undergraduates for the stories and animations.
Previously known as the Young Scholars Conference, the Womxn in STEM (WiSTEM) Symposium has four main goals: Create space where intersecting identities and scientific research coexist; Equip womxn with the tools needed to navigate educational and occupational environments; Impart skills and knowledge to promote professional development and boost participants’ preparation to enter the job market; Encourage networking that can facilitate community mentorship and sponsorship.