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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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Peconic Baykeeper

Hampton Bays, NY

Peconic Baykeeper
Wade into real coastal science on eastern Long Island. Peconic Baykeeper — the clean water watchdog for the Peconic Estuary since 1998 — invites families and kids of all ages to contribute to living field research across two standout programs: Project R.I.S.E., where participants photograph shoreline change at 15 estuary sites to document sea level rise over time, and Horseshoe Crab Monitoring, where volunteers count and tag crabs at active spawning beaches each spring. Your child's data actually gets used.
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Peconic Land Trust

Southampton, NY

Peconic Land Trust
Step outside and do real conservation work on Long Island's East End. The Peconic Land Trust has protected nearly 14,000 acres of working farms, natural lands, and coastline since 1983 — and they actively invite families, students, and aspiring farmers to be part of that work. Volunteer on stewardship crews, attend nature walks and farm tours, or commit to a nine-month paid farming apprenticeship at Quail Hill Farm. Hands-on science in its most literal form.
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WIRED Summer Academy – Pre-College

New York, NY

Wired Summer Academy – Pre-College
Step inside the world where technology, business, and big ideas actually collide. WIRED Summer Academy is a two-week pre-college program for high schoolers (grades 10–12) curious about the intersection of tech and business — the STEM kid wondering how companies get built, or the business-minded kid who wants to understand the tech reshaping every industry. Site visits to Cornell Tech, Newlab, Google, and WIRED HQ bring it to life.
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Wired Summer Program – Undergraduates

New York, NY

Wired Summer Program – Undergraduates
Spend four weeks in NYC alongside WIRED editors and the city's tech leaders — no engineering background required. Built for undergraduates from any major, this immersive program moves through AI, ethics, startups, climate tech, and global innovation through lectures, labs, industry visits, and one-on-one mentorship. Present your capstone to a panel of WIRED editors and founders at the end of the program. Earn four college credits along the way.
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Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative: High School Data Science Competition

Philadelphia, PA

Wharton Sports Analytics And Business Initiative: High School Data Science Competition
Spend ten weeks doing real sports analytics with a group of friends. Teams of 3–5 high schoolers join hundreds of others from around the world in the Wharton High School Data Science Competition — building power rankings, modeling outcomes, and visualizing their findings. Each year brings a new sport and a new dataset, with the top five teams presenting live to Wharton faculty.
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