Programs
Science In The City
The Science in the City ("SITC") is a week long summer day camp designed to motivate and inspire incoming minority 5th and 6th graders to pursue STEM related careers. SITC was created through a joint partnership with Stanford University Graduate School of Education's Science in the City Research Group and The Social Engineering Project, Inc. Approximately 50 students are exposed to hands on chemistry, physics, and engineering experiments to spark an interest STEM related courses throughout high school and college. The purpose is for students to develop a love for STEM, go to college, major in a STEM related major, and work in the technology sector.
Please visit http://bit.ly/TSEPSIC18 to visit this past year's camp and visit http://bit.ly/scincity2016 and http://bit.ly/SICktvu2 to see our segments on KTVU News.
Please visit http://bit.ly/TSEPSIC18 to visit this past year's camp and visit http://bit.ly/scincity2016 and http://bit.ly/SICktvu2 to see our segments on KTVU News.
TSEP Camping Conference
TSEP takes approximately 120 underrepresented minority high school students to learn about math, science, and engineering careers during a 3 day overnight camping conference. Last year, buses from the South Bay, the East Bay, and Sacramento took 9th-12th grade students and 20 counselors from various technical backgrounds to the Camp Cazadero in Guerneville, where they were free of the typical high school distractions (no signal, no texting or Wi-Fi) and were one with nature. Here's what they learned!
Key Outcomes
a.) Desire to go to college;
b.) Pursue STEM related careers;
c.) Develop a deeper respect for the environment and work/life balance;
d.) Learn how to apply to college, excel on exams, seek financial aid, participate in college life; and
e.) Learn how to promote their personal brand, how to work in teams, engage in entrepreneurship, and network for future collaboration. Please visit http://bit.ly/TSEPcc18 to take a peek at last year's registration. Registration will open in June 2019.
Key Outcomes
a.) Desire to go to college;
b.) Pursue STEM related careers;
c.) Develop a deeper respect for the environment and work/life balance;
d.) Learn how to apply to college, excel on exams, seek financial aid, participate in college life; and
e.) Learn how to promote their personal brand, how to work in teams, engage in entrepreneurship, and network for future collaboration. Please visit http://bit.ly/TSEPcc18 to take a peek at last year's registration. Registration will open in June 2019.
Family Science Nights
Our goal is to provide free Family Science Nights (“FSN”) throughout the school year to reinforce some of the scientific principles that we expose our students to and create a support group within families to continue to foster a love for math, science, technology, and engineering.
Many of our students have siblings that do not attend our other programs, so we provide family friendly science activities for our students and their relatives. FSNs are typically hosted at a tech company's headquarters and they teach our students something about their products or services. Moreover, TSEP provides resources for parents separately so that they can best support their children to pursue STEM related careers throughout their academic life.
Many of our students have siblings that do not attend our other programs, so we provide family friendly science activities for our students and their relatives. FSNs are typically hosted at a tech company's headquarters and they teach our students something about their products or services. Moreover, TSEP provides resources for parents separately so that they can best support their children to pursue STEM related careers throughout their academic life.
Global Hackathons with The United Nations and Africa Teen Geeks
During the Summer of 2018, TSEP participated in two global hackathons. The first was the #Hack4Justice Hackathon in partnership with Africa Teen Geeks, a South African tech nonprofit, and the United Nations’ Education for Justice (E4J) - part of the Doha Declaration Global Programme designed to reduce crime. The purpose of the hackathon was to eradicate various crimes such as cybertheft/security and human trafficking. The high school students developed apps and websites to tackle crime throughout the week at Symantec’s HQ in Silicon Valley. TSEP organized the United State’s Team and competed on behalf of our country against teams from Indonesia, South Africa, and New Zealand. TSEP also participated in the Hip Hop Leaders’ 2018 TEEN Global Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence Conference at U.C. Berkeley.