STEM 4 Students Summer Camp

We are a team of eleven Bishop Verot high school students that are trying to better the lives of those local in our community through using the core disciplines of STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  We have developed a curriculum and held a four-day summer STEM camp this past summer to 100, underprivileged 2nd-grade students at the Guadalupe Center in Immokalee, FL.  Our desire is to continue this program in Immokalee each summer, and possibly other locations, with more high school students even after we move on to college.  By providing an educational STEM camp, we hope to demonstrate that there are ways to share our bilingual and academic gifts with impoverished communities, outside of just food and clothing drives, while opening eyes to the students in those communities to the unlimited potential that exists in pursuing STEM careers.

For more information, please see our website at: www.stem4students.com


~2017:

This past summer was the first year of our summer STEM camp, and it was a huge success.  Each day, students rotated through one of our four projects:
Build a Rube Goldberg Machine - We encourage the students' creativity by building "machines" and learn about the transfer of energy.



Plant the "STEM" seed - Students learn how plants grow, plant seeds and take home their new plant.



Design and engineer roller coasters out of paper - We challenge the students creative and pragmatic qualities and learn about static and kinetic energy.



Building and racing wind-powered boats - We learn about what sinks and floats, options for designs and how engineering takes "tweaking" a design to make a great product.




~2018:

Thanks to the Guadalupe Center and our donors, our 2018 was able to not only continue but greatly expand. New projects were added, including:


Lego WeDo 2.0 - We build Lego cars and then use code to make them come "alive" through blue tooth!


Magnetism - Students learn the basics of magnetic forces through a series of simple and engaging projects.  Simple motors will provide an example of the application of science to real-world problems.


Extreme Weather - This project teaches students the science behind meteorology and extreme weather patterns, such as tsunamis and hurricanes, and engineering’s role in preparing for them.


Bridge Building - Students learn about structural integrity and compete to build the strongest and most stable bridge.


Earthquake Towers - Students learn about civil engineering and geometry to understand how structures are strengthened to withstand natural disasters.


Dinosaurs - A lesson in science and the history of life including a model excavation.


Egg Drop - Students learn about physical principles like gravity and shock to protect an egg dropped from a substantial height the exploration of magnetic forces through a series of simple and engaging magnet projects, car engineering, coding, and racing using Lego WeDo 2.0.

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Many of the previous year's projects, such as boats and plants, were also brought back this year.

As a whole, the Summer of 2018 was a fantastic year for both us and all the students, and it is all thanks to all of you! Thank you!


~2019:

We hope to further expand in the summer of the 2019 year through new interactive projects that will be lead by the next generation of STEM4Students.