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Chicago Learning Days 2022
Chicago Learning Days was a blast! Huge thanks to our community and STEM partners who helped make it a success! Project Exploration believes that it's important to engage with students of all ages to provide holistic learning opportunities and resources that allow...
The WOW Moments Made Me Stay
Seeing young women enthusiastically create, inquire, struggle, and persevere alongside strong female mentors is inspiring. Such was the backdrop when Natasha Smith Walker joined PE’s team as Executive Director in 2013. She met one of PE’s STEM Facilitators, Nedume, a...
“STEMpowered” Women You Should Know: PE Celebrates Women’s History Month
Project Exploration is proud to celebrate Women's History Month by recognizing the female leaders who make an impact on PE students and in STEM broadly. From board members to PE's Executive Director, these women are responsible for making STEM accessible for hundreds...
Spring Programs Spotlight
Project Exploration (PE) has created transformative learning opportunities for youth underrepresented in the sciences–particularly students of color and girls – for more than 23 years. While Fall program sessions are intended to expose students to and get them...
2022 Spring Partners Spotlight
Since 1999, Project Exploration (PE) has worked to change the face of STEM. With equity at our core, we serve youth from communities historically underrepresented in the STEM fields, and work to remove barriers that prevent black, brown, and low-income youth and young...
Lifting Up Black Leaders in STEM: PE Celebrates Black History Month
“When you launch in a rocket, you’re not really flying that rocket. “The deeper the journey into inner space, the further the possibilities in outer space.” – this is very important – so you don’t have to carry the return fuel when you go there.” “Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.”
Project Exploration Explores Medical Sciences with Maria!
Project Exploration’s Biomedical Engineering Program is Supporting Youth In Getting Closer to Their Dreams My goals are to go to college and pursue my dream of being a NICU Nurse at Lurie Children’s Hospital. —Brittany, PE Student Meet Maria Fernanda Avila,...
Join Us for In-Person STEM Pop-Ups!
We are thrilled to offer in-person summer programming opportunities to young people across the South and West sides of Chicago. We've been here for 22 years, and we continue to be here to ensure all young people have access to high-quality, hands-on learning...
Transforming the learning experience
My Experience with Osmo for Schools by Omar Takadoum During spring break, I had the amazing opportunity to work with young students on the Osmo for Schools’ Tangram app. The app uses different shapes to challenge the students and develop their problem solving skills,...