2. METHODS OF BOY SCOUTING
AIMS OF BOY SCOUTING
Character, Citizenship, Leadership, Fitness
METHODS OF BOY SCOUTING
Peer leadership
Goal setting & achievement
Adult association
Ideals (Oath & Law)
Uniforms
Outdoors
Service to others

3. METHODS OF STEM SCOUTING
AIMS OF STEM SCOUTING
Character, Citizenship, Leadership, Fitness
METHODS OF STEM SCOUTING
Peer leadership
Goal setting & achievement
Adult association
Ideals (Oath & Law)
Uniforms
Outdoors
Service to others

4. The primary mission of STEM Scouts is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
The secondary mission of the STEM Scouts is to encourage youth to pursue STEM careers.

5. WHY STEM SCOUTS?
The 92%
The youth we are not serving through CS, BS & V

6. In the U.S.
In Central Texas

7. How it All Began Proof of concept pilot in Knoxville, TN in 2014
-- ~85% of youth were new to Scouting
-- 90% attendance rate
-- Now has 807 youth and 37 partner schools/organizations
12 Councils in 2015 including the Capitol Area Council
Now 21 Councils piloting the STEM Scouts program

8. STEM Scouts Overview Coed, youth leadership and STEM education
Experiential STEM activities in groups of students
Junior labs, grades 3-5
Technology labs, grades 6-8
Kids like the activities – our market studies indicate that in elementary school, science and math are kids’ favorite subjects!
Parents like the values and the benefit to their child personally and academically. They significantly preferred a coed program.
Weekly after-school or evening meetings
30-32 weeks of programming
Led by teachers and/or adult volunteers

9. STEM Scouts Overview - Structural engineering
The majority of every meeting is hands-on project and experiment time
- Structural engineering
- Chemistry
- Robotics
- Biology
- Electronics
- Physics
- Environmental Science
Each meeting ends with a STEM Innovator Moment or a visit from a STEM professional
Kids like the activities – our market studies indicate that in elementary school, science and math are kids’ favorite subjects!
Parents like the values and the benefit to their child personally and academically. They significantly preferred a coed program.

10. STEM Scouts overview STEM Scouts Overview Monthly outings Museums
STEM businesses
Workshops
Local STEM events
Hands-on activities with the Vortex Mobile Laboratory
Kids like the activities – our market studies indicate that in elementary school, science and math are kids’ favorite subjects!
Parents like the values and the benefit to their child personally and academically. They significantly preferred a coed program.

11. STEM Scouts overview Impact In 2016: Reached nearly 400 kids
38% of current STEM Scouts are girls
19 Labs at 12 public schools
10 of these are low-income
Over 50 adult volunteers make this program possible!

12. STEM Scouts overview
Impact

14. STEM Scouts overview
“The STEM Scouts program at Berkman was a huge success!! Our students were so excited to go each Tuesday and really stretched their thinking to concepts that were complex. The hands on experiences were engaging and fun…This program helped some of our students be more successful in class academically and behaviorally. We are looking forward to next school year and how this program will continue to help our students grow.”
-- Kathy Cawthron, Principal, Berkman Elementary

15. Thank You!

16. A program being developed by the boy scouts of america