2020 Annual Report

Black Girls Dive Foundation Congressional App Challenge Connect Crew at Memphis Public Libraries inteGIRLS Inc. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Kul Wicasa Wópasi Learn Fresh Education Company Marie’s Kids Project Invent Rosie Riveters Safe Alternative Foundation for Education Science from Scientists STEM NOLA The STEMinista Project at the 2020 STEM ACTION GRANTEES

MEETING DOLPHINS Baltimore-based Black Girls Dive Scholars immerse themselves in a marine mammal behavior seminar featuring dolphins.

LEARNING MUSIC PRODUCTION San Francisco-based Women’s Audio Mission launched virtual training featuring top music technologists and engineers during the pandemic.

Supporting Environmental Stewards of the Future

STEM Action Grants

Venture Outdoors, a nonprofit located in Pitts- burgh, Penn., is dedicated to removing barriers and making the outdoors more accessible to all. By connecting youth to outdoor exploration through environmentally focused STEM learning, Venture Outdoors aims to build a community of environmental stewards who work to protect their local green spaces. Like the rest of the world in 2020, the orga- nization faced the challenge of shifting its in-person STEM-based trips to remote STEM learning opportunities. With a $2,500 STEM Action Grant from the Society for Science, Venture Outdoors distributed STEM kits and developed experiments to go along with them for students in the fourth and fifth grades.

This year, the Society awarded $75,000 to 18 grassroots organizations committed to STEM education and science literacy for underserved and underrepresented groups, including racial and ethnic minority popula- tions, girls, students in rural areas and more. In response to COVID-19 restrictions on in-person programming, many of these organizations launched virtual programs, determined to continue to meet the needs of students, families and communities. Community Innovation Awards were also given to 13 young scientists seeking to make a positive impact in their hometowns with their research. They were recognized by Society-affiliated fairs with $500 prizes.

Michigan Science Center Urban Science Summit Venture Outdoors Women’s Audio Mission Youth Code Jam

EXPERIMENTING WITH WATER Students partic- ipate in chroma- tography water experiments during a virtual class from Pittsburgh-based Venture Outdoors.

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