SchoolSmartKC (SSKC) is an education based non-profit organization founded in 2017; our organization has been partnering with public schools within the boundaries of the Kansas City Public School (KCPS) district to serve the city’s most historically disadvantaged students since its inception. In the five years...
Destination Imagination is one of the world's largest non-profit organizations that teaches students critical thinking skills and the design process from imagination to innovation. Students in kindergarten through high school form a team of up to seven members, then select one of six STEAM Challenges...
Wonderscope is the region’s only fully accessible, non-profit children’s museum dedicated to providing STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math – educational experiences for young children and their families. Wonderscope features 30,000 square feet of indoor exploration and 1/2 acre of year-round outdoor adventure, all with...
StoneLion Puppet Theatre provides Environmental Education focused puppet performances, hands-on workshops and community festivals through the vehicle of art....
Challenge Island is an award-winning, hands-on, STEAM-based program aligned with Common Core, State and Next Generation Science, ELA, as well as Social/Emotional Standards. Challenge Island offers a wide array of collaborative STEMtastic programs for kids ages 4-14+. Options include in-person or VIRTUAL field trips, camps,...
For 50 years Pitsco Education has been a leader in future-ready learning fundamentally rooted in STEM. We help schools personalize learning and create environments that address a variety of styles and help all students find success while solving problems, being creative, articulating ideas, exploring careers,...
Moving MattersKC offers arts integration + STEM related instruction that allows students to engage and persist in problem solving and gives students valuable opportunities in which to grow and learn. Arts Integration techniques employ mutually reinforcing concepts to support the Project Lead The Way (PLTW)...
We offer Summer STEM Camps, college access, STEM lectures and online courses and professional development, specializing in One Health, Animal Science, Agriculture and Food Science. We also provide outreach STEM education to area schools and organizations. ...
The Kansas City Zoo connects people to each other and the natural world to promote understanding, appreciation and conservation. The mission of the Kansas City Zoo Education Department is to positively change behavior by instilling in all people the desire and knowledge to respect and conserve...
Scraps KC is a creative reuse center that uses donated goods to provide cost effective field trips and workshops that teach a variety of STEM subjects. We also utilize a set of plastic recycling machines for educational workshops. ...