E.E. Just Saturday Science Program

Description

Duration: Start: January 18, 2025 End: June 28, 2025

Program Overview: This program targets underserved, minority elementary, middle, and high

school students and endeavors to increase student interest and motivation to pursue science,

technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) careers. It is designed to increase awareness

of STEAM careers and the need to participate in STEAM academic subjects in school to prepare

for these careers. The program consists of STEAM-related coursework and field trips generally

held on the third and fourth Saturdays of each month.

Each third Saturday of the month, classes are held at the California State University-Dominguez

Hills (CSUDH) Campus, where academic instructors and professionals employed in a STEAM

industry present STEAM subject matter between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. Each fourth Saturday,

with minor exceptions, students are taken on a field trip, where they are given the opportunity to

observe and participate in real-world STEAM applications of classroom instruction and to meet

professionals employed in STEAM fields as role models. Class curriculum for 2024 is organized

and presented in specific STEAM discipline instructional blocks as follows:

• Human Anatomy and Medical Disciplines

• Regenerative Agriculture

• Semi-Conductors

• Mathematics

• Architectural Engineering

• Electrical Engineering/Robotics

Some curriculum instructional blocks generally may be the same from year to year; however,

class instruction and lesson plans will vary to address different STEAM aspects of the subject.

Field trips will also change from year to year, subject to venue availability.

Target Population/Reach: The primary target population of the program is underserved and

minority boys and girls (grades 4-12).

Program Length: The program is conducted over two consecutive Saturdays (third and fourth)

each month for 6 months. Classroom sessions held on the third Saturday nominally are 6 hours

long. Field trips related to the previous classroom subjects are conducted on each fourth Saturday

In-Person Instruction

Cost - Free