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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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Back to the Bay Volunteer & Internship Programs

Long Island, NY

Back To The Bay Volunteer & Internship Programs
Wade into real marine science on Long Island's East End — monitoring seahorse populations, restoring eelgrass meadows, raising oysters in a working hatchery, and tracking horseshoe crabs under a full moon. Back to the Bays, run through Cornell Cooperative Extension's Marine Program, offers three distinct tracks: public Stewardship Sessions for all ages, a Junior Steward Certificate for high schoolers, and structured internships for college students. Community service hours and college credit available.
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Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Science Summer Camps

Hampton Bays, NY

Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Science Summer Camps
Wade into the salt marshes, seine for live seahorses, and spend a week doing real marine science — right on the water in Hampton Bays. Cornell Cooperative Extension's Tiana Bayside summer camps place kids ages 7–14 at the edge of Tiana Bay, where the bay, dunes, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Across three distinct one-week programs — Bayside Adventures, ArtSea, and Seahorse Art & Science — campers collect field data, restore eelgrass meadows, and study marine ecosystems up close. A week that builds a lasting connection to the natural world.
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MoMath: National Museum of Mathematics

New York, NY

Momath: National Museum Of Mathematics
Most of us grew up thinking math was something you endured. MoMath was built to prove that wrong — for every age, not just kids. Geometry, topology, and symmetry are things you ride, climb, and solve here until the math reveals itself. No prior confidence required. The skeptic tends to become the convert. Most families leave already planning the next visit.
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Central Park Chess & Checker House

New York, NY

Central Park Chess & Checker House
Sit down across from a grandmaster — right in the middle of Central Park. The Chess & Checkers House, built in 1952 and perched on a rocky outcrop in the park's historic Children's District, puts players of all ages at one of 24 outdoor game tables beneath a wooden pergola. Borrow chess or checkers pieces free of charge, or catch a Chess Lecture & Simul Series event featuring world-class players. For the child who loves thinking three moves ahead.
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South Fork Natural History Museum & Nature Center (SOFO)

Bridgehampton, NY

South Fork Natural History Museum & Nature Center (Sofo)
Walk into the only natural history museum on Long Island’s South Fork and find a place that takes the natural world as seriously as your child does. SOFO’s galleries feature live wildlife exhibits, a Marine Touch Tank where kids can hold sea stars, crabs, and urchins, and expert educators guiding every visit — with 40 acres of preserve and wetland trails right outside the door. Year-round programs range from a summer marine science camp to a free monthly environmental club to real shark research on the water.
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