The Science Technology Entry Program provides math and science for inner city youth around New York State. STEP in Albany, New York is a collaboration between the University at Albany, SUNY, Albany Medical College, and Philip Livingston Middle School. Students meet during the week to learn about math, science genetics, graphing calculators, multimedia technology, and the Internet.
Students meet guest speakers and attend field trips in the related fields.
The students are developing newsletters, multimedia products, and creating World Wide Web site about the program. The program is exploring ways to integrate technology into cross curricula design areas of math, science, English, technology, and social studies. Introduction The Science Technology program at the University at Albany, SUNY has been providing basic skills development for students in middle and high school for six years. The program has used the resources of the university to give these students experiences that they might not have an opportunity to do in their normal school activities. We have focus on the K-12 population, specifically the middle school and high school age range.