Empire After School & Black Rock Forest Consortium Summer STEM Program 2021 (Now Open For Incoming 3rd-5th graders)

This six-week summer program will serve up to 90 scholars in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District that will be in grades 3rd through 11th in September 2021. 

The program will begin on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 and end on Thursday, August 12, 2021. 

STEM scholars will participate in this hands-on, activity based program at Black Rock Forest from 9:30am - 1:30pm. School meals and transportation will be provided. 

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Overview of the program: 

Science goals will include but not be limited to:

• Promoting Science skills that target those skills needed for success on the 4th and 8th grade NYS Science Assessment 

• Life Science skills: ecosystems, food webs, food chains, wildlife, observation, measurement, weather, soil measurements, & stream measurements

• Other skills include: Graphing & analyzing data, constructing & interpolating charts

• Writing observations of field trip activities

• Writing laboratory experiments

• Collecting scientific data for observation, interpretation, & analysis

• Development of higher level critical thinking skills

• Development of cooperative learning & independent learning

• Involvement in team problem solving activities

• Gain experience with use of scientific apparatus

• Promoting enjoyable science research & problem solving

• Creating an atmosphere where metrics & accurate measurement are absorbed & put into practice

Mathematics goals will include but not be limited to:

• Promote mathematics skills and concepts that target those skills necessary for success on the NYS grade 6 and grade 7 math assessments

• Provide a variety of real-world situations for collaborative problem solving activities

• Provide opportunities to use mathematics in real-life environments and applications

• Provide opportunities to reinforce basic math skills while exploring real-life phenomena outside a typical mathematics classroom 

• Provide opportunities to collect, record, display, analyze, interpret and make predictions using scientific data from real-world situations and applications

• Promote development of higher order thinking skills

• Provide opportunities for collaborative and independent learning in non-traditional setting

• Experience using mathematics content and skills in a scientific, research environment

• Gain experience in using appropriate tools for measuring as well as accuracy in measuring in real-world applications and situations

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ATTENTION: Are your scholars or colleagues doing something great? Please contact the district Communications Team at communications@necsd.net. We’d love to visit your class or event and/or post your pictures and recap to highlight the amazing accomplishments throughout our district!