Science Clubs
Why Science?
- Provides students with the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning through scientific experiments.
- Challenges the students to apply their critical thinking skills to problem solve, therefore building cognitive skills through the scientific method.
- Allows students to partake in real, inquiry-based scientific activities.
- Facilitates the exploration of STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Math – career fields
Fast Facts:
Science Clubs
- The club runs in three elementary schools – Marie Reed, Randle Highlands, Anne Beers – and consist of students in grades 3 through 5.
- The club runs everyday in two of our sites and twice a week at Marie Reed.
- The elementary schools provide the children with a snack after school ends and before programming begins.
- STATISTIC (Insert statistic about the benefits of after-school programming).
In 2006, City Gate integrated environmental learning into our summer day camp – a first of its kind in SE DC. We learned then that when done right, science is something kids love to do – it plays to their natural curiosity about the world around them. Then in 2008 City Gate began a new after-school "science club" in partnership with Marie Reed Community Learning Center in NW DC. This pilot featured hands-on science experiments for the kids followed by small group sessions of analysis emphasizing building math skills. With more and more success in science club each semester, the program grew. At the request of DCPS administration, it now runs in three locations.
Click on the links below to visit our photostream and see the science clubs in action:
Deonte, Grade 3: What does he want to be when he grows up? A Computer Programming Designer