Saturday Academy

Saturday academy:

Saturday Academy: October – May. Join BEAM for the 2024-2025 academic year as we explore a new STEM career each month with our industry partners.

Students 5 through 12 - Engineers of the Future Program

Will meet on the first Saturday of each month October – May, from 10am to noon at Diefendorf Hall UB South (easiest campus access is by using Diefendorf Road from Bailey Avenue across from the VA Hospital). This program features hands-on Engineering demonstration taught by engineering mentors from BEAM partner companies and include University of Buffalo Engineering students in a supporting role. Each month will have a distinct engineering theme, and during a single Saturday Academy, students will interact with different companies and multiple engineers/scientists working in a similar area. Each sessions is designed to keep groups small for more interactions and better understanding.

Students 5 through 8 - Creative Building Program

Will meet on the first Saturday of each month October – May, from 10am to noon at Parker Hall UB South (easiest campus access is by using Winridge Road from Winspear Avenue). The Creative Building activity utilizes LEGO Mindstorms kits to engage middle school students. Lego Mindstorms kits provide hands-on experiences that stimulate communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking skills. The Lego System includes LEGO® bricks, coding tools, and supporting lesson plans that ignite the middle school students’ natural curiosity and sharpens their scientific inquiry, engineering design, and data analysis skills—so they can succeed in their STEM classes today and realize their full potential as digital citizens

and leaders tomorrow. This program will be overseen by two (2) engineering mentors who have a long relationship with BEAM. and leaders tomorrow. This program is overseen by engineering mentors who have a long relationship with BEAM.

Students K through 4 - Junior Engineers Program

Will meet on the first Saturday of each month October – May, from 10am to noon at Diefendorf Hall UB South (easiest campus access is by using Diefendorf Road from Bailey Avenue across from the VA Hospital). The Junior Engineers activity is a hands-on introduction to the engineering fields. This will be taught by New York State certified teachers utilizing kits that introduce young students to a variety of engineering fields through hands on “play.” Students will be provided their own individual kits each month to complete and take-home.

K- 4 must be accompanied by an adult.

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