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Dive into our collection of STEM opportunities including after-school classes, camps, attractions, and internships. We've organized everything to help you easily find the right fit that ignites curiosity and cultivates a lifelong love of learning.

STEM goes beyond the classroom — it's about curiosity, problem-solving, and developing skills for the future. Whether your child is just beginning to explore or ready to dive into hands-on, real-world challenges, we're here to help you find the programs that will inspire their journey.

A NOTE FROM THE CURATOR

A note on what you'll find here — and what you won't.

You may notice a familiar program is missing. Maybe one a friend recommended, or a name you've heard mentioned often. Its absence isn't an oversight. Gotham STEM is curated, which means every listing has been evaluated for the things that actually matter: how instructors teach, how kids are challenged, and whether the program builds real thinking or just leans on the STEM label. If there's a program you love and want me to take a closer look at, send it my way. Fresh recommendations are how this directory keeps getting better.

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New York Marine Rescue Internships

Riverhead, NY

New York Marine Rescue Internships
Train inside a working marine rescue facility — not as an observer, but as part of the team. The New York Marine Rescue Center offers college internships across three tracks: Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation, Education, and Operations/Marketing. Interns assist staff biologists, support live animal care, contribute to real research, and help run public programs. Available year-round, eligible for academic credit, with a track record of launching careers in marine science.
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Cornell Tech Summer Innovation Intensives

New York, NY

Cornell Tech Summer Innovation Intensives
Spend three weeks at Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island campus doing what the most ambitious minds in tech actually do — identifying real problems, designing solutions, and building AI-powered projects from the ground up. Rising juniors and seniors (and recent grads) ages 15–19 choose a morning track — data science and decision-making, AI and human behavior, or ethical app development — then spend every afternoon in Future Builders Studio, where Cornell Tech faculty guide them through the full arc from idea to showcase-ready prototype. The program earns two Cornell University credits. Selective admission; rolling applications.
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City College of New York Planetarium

New York, NY

City College Of New York Planetarium
Tucked in the basement of City College of New York's Marshak Science Building, the CCNY Planetarium offers free public shows that take kids and families on live, guided tours of the cosmos — all under a 30-foot dome. Using a digital universe simulator, shows fly audiences over Hamilton Heights, out to the Moon and Mars, and deep into intergalactic space. Almost nobody knows it's there. Shows run Wednesday afternoons — reserve a seat in advance.
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Billion Oyster Project Volunteer Programs

New York, NY

Billion Oyster Project Volunteer Programs
Get your hands on a real restoration project — in New York Harbor. Billion Oyster Project is a NYC nonprofit working to return one billion native oysters to the harbor by 2035, and high schoolers can be part of it. Volunteer field days on Governors Island focus on cleaning recycled shell substrate and building oyster reef structures by hand. Open to volunteers 16+ with a parent or guardian, or 18+ independently. New dates drop on the 15th of every month.
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Billion Oyster Project Internship

New York, NY

Billion Oyster Project Internship
Spend a summer doing real work for New York Harbor — and get paid for it. The Billion Oyster Project Research Associate Technician Internship is a paid summer program for high school graduates exploring careers in marine science, environmental education, and nonprofit work. Interns embed in one department, contribute real work all summer, and finish with an independent project of their own design. Meaningful, paid, and genuinely different.
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