The STEAMbassador program helps college students discover and strengthen their STEAM interests and share those interests with youth through mentorship and creative activity. STEAMbassadors are specially-trained mentors from partnering two-and four-year institutions that engage elementary and middle-school aged youth in STEAM activities such as coding music, flying drones, building machines, and writing stories in online and face-to-face informal learning spaces. The STEAMville platform is a powerful vehicle that allows youth to discover, develop, and showcase their STEAM interests and identities and connect to other STEAM learning opportunities. STEAMbassadors is a collaboration of university, city college, city agency, and community-based organization partners.
For Kindergarten - 4th Graders
Project Exploration and Partners, powered by STEAMbassadors, exposes camp participants to various STEAM-related programs. Youth can conduct experiments, explore the world around them, build, code, show off their artistic skills, play math games, and create an adventure during summer camp.
For 5th - 8th Graders
Let’s HoMaGo (Hang Out, Mess Around, and Geek Out)
This summer, 5th and 8th graders can tune-in and join STEAMbassadors on a mission to explore, develop, and share their STEAM superpowers by flying drones and creating games, swag, beats, digital stories, and art all while hanging out with peers face-to-face in your Chicago Park District or virtually from your home.