Sense of Belonging and STEM After-School Programs

Sense of Belonging and STEM After-School Programs

By Program Evaluations Manager Miguel Angel Vazquez III Illustration by Benjamin Cummings for Project Exploration. As human beings, we naturally seek a sense of belonging within the social systems we are a part of. This need is particularly salient within educational...
Lifting Up Black Leaders in STEM: PE Celebrates Black History Month

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.”

Introducing Virtual Lunchroom

Introducing Virtual Lunchroom

Virtual Lunchroom, Innovating Ways to Connect! As we entered a period of uncertainty and imminent quarantine due to COVID-19 at Project Exploration (PE), we took it as an opportunity to innovate and continue to provide opportunities to youth underrepresented in the...
Project Exploration’s Exceptional Summer of STEAM

Project Exploration’s Exceptional Summer of STEAM

PE’s Exceptional Summer of STEAM This summer, while not what we had planned, was better than we could’ve expected! PE ran two camps – one through the Chicago Park District, where we live-streamed into 15 different parks and one directly into our enrolled...

Uncovering what makes a learning ecosystem thrive!

Uncovering what makes a learning ecosystem thrive! Project Exploration Continues to Look at Assets in Austin On Thursday, August 1st, PE, along with Chicago City of Learning, Digital Youth Network, and Northwestern and DePaul Universities, hosted an Austin...

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