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Find after-school programs, internships and other exciting ways to get hands-on experiences

After School Activities Partnership – a directory of after school activities in Philadelphia. May or may not be STEM related.
http://www.phillyasap.org/Directory.aspx

Black Family Technology Awareness Week – Every year the city of Philadelphia participates in this event. In 2009 events will be held from February 15 – 21. Check out this site (http://www.roundtheway.org) for updates on events.

Cyber Camps – Summer camps that teach technology and computer skills. Program are available at Bryn Mawr College and several New Jersey locations.
http://www.cybercamps.com/

Discovery Camp at The Franklin Institute – Discovery Camp programs happen year round. There are summer sessions (http://www2.fi.edu/programs/discovery-camp/index.php) from June 22 – August 28, and a spring break session from April 6 – 17 (http://www2.fi.edu/programs/discovery-camp/springbreak.php)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a list of internship and work opportunities for high school & college students. Most opportunities are available in Washington D.C.
http://www.epa.gov/careers/stuopp.html

Expanding Your Horizons – a non-profit that sponsors conferences across the country to inspire girls to explore careers in STEM.
http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/girls/

GETT (Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology) is a program that teaches girls about career opportunities in STEM subjects. Check out their website to learn more about their upcoming events.
http://www.gettphila.org/about.html  

Jersey Intern is a site wit listings of internships available in New Jersey.
http://www.jerseyintern.com/

Click here (http://www.ansp.org/activities/clubs.php) to learn about several science clubs in our region.

Making the Difference is a website that offers tips and resources for finding an internship with the federal government. http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalinternships/

The Partnership for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science (PACTS) is a year round youth-leadership experience at the Franklin Institute. It provides hands-on science workshops, career guidance, trips, and special training to students who participate in the program. Learn more here: http://www.fi.edu/tfi/programs/pacts/

Philadelphia Youth Network has a number of programs that place students in paid internships and career exploration programs.
http://www.pyninc.org/aboutpyn.html

• The Work Ready Program (http://www.workreadyphila.com/) connects students with internships and job shadowing opportunities in Philadelphia.

The Real World Design Challenge by the US Department of Energy sets kids grades 9-12 to work on real engineering challenges. Teams of students tackle this problem the way a team of engineers would, and present their solutions in a national competition. This year’s Challenge will focus on aeronautics and energy usage.
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/rwdc/index.html

Sloan Career Cornerstone has a long list of suggestions for how students can explore STEM careers while they’re still in middle school or high school.
http://www.careercornerstone.org/pcprogproj.htm

Summer Camp at the Academy of Natural Sciences – Sessions run between July 20 – August 21.
http://www.ansp.org/activities/summer_camp.php

Town Square: Science for Citizens – a lecture series put on by the Academy of Natural Sciences that seeks to involve citizens in compelling local issues related to natural science.
http://www.ansp.org/environmental/town_square.php

Wild Weekends at the Academy of Natural Sciences – Check out their ongoing series of weekend events, with science and nature-related themes. http://www.ansp.org/activities/weekends.php 

Year of Science 2009 – Learn about awesome activities going on all year long.
http://www.yearofscience2009.org/home/

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