Find fun STEAM activities for all ages on STEM Connect-KC: Explore now

Find STEM experiences
- - - STEM Connect-KC Calendar
    - Discover STE(A)M experiences in the greater Kansas City region for students, families and educators.
  - - STEM Connect-KC Directory
    - A directory of STEM/STEAM education providers and supporting organizations in the Greater Kansas City region.
Students & Parents
- - - Exploring STEM can be as simple as examining what you find on a nature walk to as complex as coding your own website or building a robot. Use these guides to discover pathways for learning about STEM and getting prepared for careers of the future.
- - - Student Guide
      - Career and College
  - - Parent Guide
Educators
- - - KC STEM Alliance supports teachers, school leaders and youth organizations in creating engaging learning environments—where all students can gain STEM knowledge and apply it to real world challenges.
Get Involved
- - - With support from industry, STEM professionals and a collaborative learning ecosystem, we can increase efficiency, innovation, equity and sustainability of STEM education—exposing students to real world experiences, encouraging them to pursue STEM courses and ultimately, STEM careers.
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STEM news in Kansas City and beyond

STEM education news, profiles and published reports from the KC STEM Alliance and beyond. Does your organization have updates or opportunities to share? Let us know using the form on this page.

Publications

Explore ways the Kansas City region is moving to close the gender gap in STEM education. This report—based on conversations with community and corporate partners, mentors, parents, teachers, students and women with STEM careers—includes practical next and best practices organized by age group.

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A report cover titled Beyond the Gap: An analysis + framework for action to address the racial gap in PK-12 STEM education. The orange and green cover includes a photo of a child wearing safety glasses and peering through part of a robot.

This analysis of key influences, successes and failures in closing the racial gap at each stage of STEM education offers a framework for action to help Kansas City move beyond the gap. The framework for action is intended as a tool for all involved in educating our youth, in school or outside of school.

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