KC Urban Advantage (KCUA) helps break the cycle of poverty in Kansas City by increasing confidence and ability in academic achievement for underserved students. Our mission is to provide access to holistic STEAM education to prepare elementary students to unlock opportunities for higher learning and...
Kansas City Community Gardens' Beanstalk Children’s Garden provides nutrition and environmental education to Kansas City’s youth in a unique urban garden setting, using a STEM-based curriculum tailored to meet the needs of all learning levels. Children engage all five senses to experience the garden’s six...
Kids dive into our classes and exercise their innate gift for building. They come away understanding fundamental principles of engineering and physics. The experience boosts their confidence, creativity and ability to collaborate. Our Mission Statement: Build problem-solving skills Provide an opportunity for creative expression Foster a...
LEARN Science & Math Club provides kids with rich, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) experiences. At LEARN, we know there is a natural scientist inside every kid, and our mission is to foster those native abilities by giving kids lots of time to...
Uncover KC creates a positive social impact through community engagement. We achieve that by establishing unique, creative connections with people and organizations to facilitate volunteerism, education, and events....
The University of Kansas Natural History Museum, part of the KU Biodiversity Institute, is home to four floors of public exhibits including the historic Panorama display created for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The Museum features live reptiles and insects, vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, parasites...
Kansas City Women in Technology is a non-profit grassroots organization aimed at growing the number of women in tech careers in Kansas City. Programs include: Coding & Cupcakes, a tasty series teaching parents and daughters to code. CoderDojoKC, the Kansas City connection to a global collaboration for...
Awarded the 2015 Association of Science-Technology Center's International Leading Edge award for visitor experience and recognized as one of the top 25 science centers in the country by Parents Magazine, Science City annually educates and entertains thousands of science-thirsty youth of all ages. Science City at...
Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri is one of 112 Girl Scout councils across the United States. Our council is chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA and supports about 23,000 girl members and 9,000 adult volunteers in its 47 county jurisdiction surrounding...
The National Inventors Hall of Fame provides PreK through 8th grade STEM summer camps, clubs and in-class curricula to school districts and communities throughout the country, including the KC metro area. We also provide volunteer opportunities for high school and college students. National Inventors Hall of...