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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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Girls Who Code Challenge

New York, NY

Girls Who Code Challenge
Build something that matters — with or without code. The annual Girls Who Code Challenge invites participants ages 13–26 across the U.S. to create a project that responds to a yearly theme at the intersection of technology and social good. Submissions can take almost any form — a coded app, a video, a written piece, a visual design. Recent themes have included AI + Cybersecurity and AI + Sustainability.
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NY FIRST Robotics and STEM Education Programs

New York, NY

Ny First Robotics And Stem Education Programs
For kids who love taking things apart and putting them back together, NYC FIRST is the home base. Three robotics programs span ages 8–18, and teams design, code, and compete with their robots across the city through the season. No team at your child's school? Parents can start one. There's also a Brooklyn summer day camp for grades 4–8, with one-week sessions across four themed weeks — no team or prior experience required.
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Create the Future Design Contest

Create The Future Design Contest
Identify a problem worth solving — then design the product that solves it. The Create the Future Design Contest invites engineers, students, and entrepreneurs to submit an original product idea across seven categories spanning aerospace, medical, electronics, robotics, sustainable technology, and more. Entry is a written technical description plus at least one visual. Finalists travel to New York to pitch live to industry judges, and the grand prize winner takes home $25,000.
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Future Engineers Student Challenges

Future Engineers Student Challenges
Future Engineers runs three serious national STEM competitions for K–12 students: NASA TechRise, where teams design experiments that fly to the edge of space; Future Creatures, an illustration challenge on climate adaptation; and the AEOP Veterans Appreciation Challenge in 3D pin design. Every entry is reviewed by working professionals — NASA engineers, U.S. veterans, scientists who do this for a living.
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Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition

New York, NY

Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition
Every community is shaped by what people have built, invented, and engineered. Reflect on a design that made an impact where you live, then design something of your own. The National High School Design Competition invites students in grades 9–12 to identify a real need in their community and design something new to address it. Five regional winners are profiled on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website and meet professional designers at a Virtual Regional Winners Day.
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