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All in STEM Digital Resource Aims for Innovation
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy
The All in STEM website, a project of U.S. Department of Energy's STEM Rising initiative, showcases programs and resources designed to ensure that the best and the brightest from every community in America enter the STEM workforce.
The website, www.energy.gov/all-STEM, offers information for people as young as kindergarteners up through those in Ph.D. programs or currently in the workforce. The website's resources are sortable by intended audience age and the type of resource (conference, internship, research opportunity, and more) to make it easy to find content.
Different backgrounds and beliefs contribute to having different ideas to help make STEM discoveries, try new solutions, and make more equitable approaches to deliver energy resources and innovations. Having more diversity in STEM contributes to better solutions being crafted by the Energy Department — and the entire nation.
At Argonne National Laboratory, Black high school students are offered research opportunities, providing mentors and access to Argonne's top facilities. Hopefully this will spark experiences that capture the imagination of these students and inspire them to pursue careers in STEM after graduation.
At Fermilab's Dare to Dream conference, Latina middle school students are invited to attend a free STEM conference, provided every year to help increase the participation, retention, and advancement of the number of young Latinas in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Sandia National Laboratories' Dream Catchers Program partners with New Mexico MESA to get middle and high school students involved in hands-on STEM activities and explore STEM careers.
The All in STEM site provides access to additional programs like virtual classroom visits, conferences to attend, grants to apply for, internship opportunities, partnerships, scholarships, research opportunities, and mentorships.
The site marks many paths to pursuing STEM learning and career development, and countless ways to spark the imagination and creativity of children in America dreaming of tomorrow's scientific discoveries.
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