KC STEM Alliance is a collaborative network of educators, businesses and nonprofit partners working together to build a sustainable STEM workforce for our community by inspiring interest in science, technology, engineering and math. Our work falls into three major categories: Collaboration: We work regionally, statewide and...
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...
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...
We are a professional membership-based organization, offering memberships to Pre-Apprentices/Apprentices, employers and licensed drone pilots. Memberships include life-time access to our facilities, professional development counseling, entrepreneurial mentoring, career coaching, access to inventors' groups, connecting apprentices and graduates to employment opportunities, wrap-around services and referrals to...
FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a national program that combines the rigors of science with the excitement of sports to engage students in STEM. The after-school robotics-based programs reach youth ages 6 to 18, starting with FIRST LEGO League Jr....
The Black Family Technology Awareness Association (BFTAA) provides Basic Computer training, a Youth Technology Club with a focus on robotics and Internet community broadcasting station KUAW....
KC Engineering Zone (KC EZ) is a safe and supportive 4,200-square-foot workspace where Kansas City’s K-12 urban students acquire real-world knowledge, skills and experience through hands-on science, technology, engineering and math programming....
Off-Kilta Matilda™ is a book and program that teaches kids to "love their spots" and lead with STEM. Though the focus is second and third grades, early readers love the materials. We have options for teachers, parents, home school groups and camps. We go to...
More than 35 school districts and private schools in the Kansas City metro offer Project Lead The Way, a project-based curriculum designed to engage students in problem solving and STEM learning. PLTW is a national nonprofit offering this transformative learning experience for K-12 students and...
The Urban Farming Guys is a 501c3 Nonprofit Organization whose mission is to help disadvantaged communities rebuild from within. Our focus is to build local economy, capacity, and resiliency through our MakerSpace and Urban Farm, while giving back to the global open source community. The MakerSpace...