Linking Engineering to Life works to eliminate barriers of participation by recruiting diverse youth and training afterschool program leaders on how best to include youth from a spectrum of economic, geographic, racial, and gender identities. Middle school girls and non-binary students have access to an exciting hands-on curriculum, including all materials and activities, as well as college-aged mentors who are currently studying a STEM topic.
Our Linking Engineering to Life Basics Engineering youth had a blast touring Beta Technologies’ Burlington airport facility and seeing firsthand the cool STEM opportunities that exist for them.
LEL is offered as a BASICS engineering course (electrical, civil, environmental) in the fall and a BIOMEDICAL engineering course in the spring.
Thanks to the support of STEM Next, Vermont Afterschool has developed Linking Engineering to Life aimed specifically at middle school girls and non-binary youth who have historically been underrepresented in STEM fields as part of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative.
LEL is offered as a BASICS engineering course in the fall and a BIOMEDICAL engineering course in the spring. Basics focuses on all different aspects of engineering (i.e., electrical, civil, environmental) and Biomedical focuses on biomedical engineering, with activities such as creating a prosthetic device for your leg. This application is for LEL BIOMED this spring.
Afterschool and out-of-school time programs serving youth in grades 5-8 are eligible to take part in LEL.
This application is due by 5:00 pm on January 10, 2024 but there are limited spaces available.