Students gain direct exposure to industry practices and career opportunities through engagement with industry experts and problem-based learning.
Bay Area LEEDS STEM Summer Academies offer high school students an immersive, problem-based learning experience designed to cultivate professional and work-ready essential skills. Students engage directly with industry experts, gaining insights into current industry practices and exploring diverse STEM career pathways. The academies emphasize hands-on activities, such as conducting authentic laboratory experiments, programming drones, or building and programming robots. Participants work in teams to tackle real-world challenges, developing proposals, designing solutions, and presenting their projects to panels of industry representatives. This collaborative environment fosters strong leadership, teamwork, and critical thinking skills, preparing students for future academic and career success in high-demand STEM fields.
Students spend the day working in teams on hands-on projects, conducting experiments, hearing from expert keynote speakers, and developing solutions to real-world problems.
The academies are ideal for high school students interested in exploring STEM careers, developing professional skills, and engaging in problem-based learning with industry experts.
Multiple Locations (Las Positas College; Cal State East Bay Concord Campus)
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