PLASMA-BOTICS 

S​UMMER, AFTER-SCHOOL and WEEKEND STEM PROGRAMS

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  1. PLASMA-BOTICS, created by Dr. Darlyne de Haan, is more than a STEAM program. It is a unique program for students from Kindergarten to grade 12 that combines STEAM, Athletics and Robotics!
​Learn Coding, Build Robotics and Compete in Robotics Competitions!
  • Learn and experience being a CSI/Forensic Scientist!
  • Learn the "Why" in Science! Like the Science behind Healthy Eating!
  • Curious about the music industry? Learn what it takes to be a Music Engineer (Music and Video Production). 
  • Get hands-on experience with music engineering software as you move from beginner programs to the programs of the pros!​

PLASMA-BOTICS IS MORE THAN A STEAM PROGRAM!

We develop the Whole Child using STEAM, Athletics and Robotics.

​PLASMA-BOTICS (PLAying with Science, MAth and RoBOTICS) is an innovative program that minimizes the fear and negative stigma often associated with STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] and will increase the low numbers of minority students of color, females, and students of low-socioeconomic status by demonstrating STEM’s application in the real-world. 
PLASMA-BOTICS students work directly with robotics, video and music production and many of the science fields. These opportunities and experiences provided through PLASMA-BOTICS directly places students of color, and females—particularly those from low-income families and schools—who are disproportionately excluded or dropped from the STEM pipeline at formative moments in their academic trajectories on a trajectory to avoid the “Leaky Pipeline”.  The "Leaky Pipeline" is a metaphor for students’ disproportionate exit from participation in a STEM content area throughout school and college, resulting in their underrepresentation in STEM careers*.

         PLASMA-BOTICS will be crucial in keeping this population in the pipeline.

*(Alper, 1993; Blickenstaff, 2005; Jayarante et al. 2003; Leboy, 2008; Watt et al. 2006)
Students who attend the PLASMA-BOTICS program learn to make the connections of math and science of the Real World!

PLASMA-BOTICS develops student self-confidence by exposing students to lifelong skills that exist beyond the school building walls like collaboration, critical thinking, self improvement by self-analysis , and accepting critique from others.
  
Programs are led by specialist in the fields.
To learn more about what is offered per grade please click "contact" on the left side of the page.