Y.E.S. (Youth Engaging Science)
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Lacawac’s YES (Youth Engaging Science) Program provides opportunities for students to participate in hands-on STEM programs both in and out of school including: biology, environmental science, biochemistry, conservation, and forestry.
The main educational goals of the YES Program are:
1) allow students to explore collegiate pathways and careers in STEM including ecology and environmental fields by giving them hands-on experiences,
2) support opportunities for participating in STEM projects and experiences.
The YES Program has specific goals and objectives.
1. Support academic enrichment with opportunities to participate in STEM projects and hands on experiences.
2. Increase interest and explore careers in STEM, environmental, and ecological related fields through partnership with colleges and universities.
3. Improve leadership, life skills in critical thinking, communication, teamwork, goal setting, responsibility, lifelong learning and positive attitude.
Today, many schools have limited training and resources to fully develop and explore local water-related and forestry/land issues. Lacawac’s STEM education programs are designed to fill this void by providing students, and their teachers, with a critical understanding of local water and forestry/land issues and related environmental and ecological concerns.
Lacawac’s STEM and environmental education programs provide children with a basic knowledge of the water cycle, watershed management, water chemistry, aquatic life, pollution biology, forest growth and regeneration, native plant life, forest life and environmental science that should be part of every student’s experience so that they become informed voters, community leaders and policy makers.