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STEM Programs Across Colorado
2012-02-28 00:00:00
Prepared by: [NAME], STEM Education Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Unit and [NAME], Program Associate, [NAME]
This inventory of STEM programs in Colorado includes 42 programs ranging from schools offering comprehensive STEM curriculum to after-school programs to museum and zoo offerings.  The inventory is designed to show the variety and breadth of STEM offerings across the state, but it is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all the available offerings.
Organization Name | Contact Information | Brief Description | Number of Districts/Schools Offering Program
Action Works | [NAME] [EMAIL] [PHONE] www.action-works.org | [NAME] is a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs STEM events, robotics competitions, classes, clubs, and camps and provide loaner equipment to schools around Colorado. | Events include schools from around the state
After School University | [NAME] [EMAIL]  7689 N Union Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 [PHONE] http://www.afterschooluniversity.com/ | After School University is a K-12 program designed to help  students by providing rigorous curriculum and hands-on classes in Math, Physics, Computer Programing, and many other subjects. Students are thoroughly tested for knowledge gaps and receive immediate help with their school subject. | 500+ students from around the state
American Academy | [NAME], STEM Associate 6971 [NAME]Castle Pines, CO 80108   www.americanacademyk8.org [PHONE] | A charter school in Douglas County catering to STEM. The school groups students by ability level and follows the Core Knowledge curriculum. | 1 school
BASEC (Boulder Area STEM Education Coalition) | [EMAIL] | BASEC is a coalition dedicated to promoting interest and excellence in STEM education and to expanding access to STEM in Boulder Communities and the region. | Boulder area
Bell Middle School iSTEM (innovation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) | [NAME], iSTEM Director [EMAIL],  [PHONE] Golden, Colorado 80401 https://sites.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/istem-at-bell-middle-school/ | iSTEM is a program within Bell Middle School. iSTEM students are  enrolled in an Engineering Principles class which is an experiential, hands-on, technology rich class based on a six step engineering design model. | 1 school
BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) | [NAME], Executive Director                  5415 [NAME] Colorado Springs, CO 80918 [PHONE] (Main line)  www.bscs.org | BSCS is a non-profit curriculum study committed to transforming science teaching and learning. BSCS develops research-based instructional materials for students, provides transformative professional development, builds leadership capacity within schools and districts, and provides evidence-based findings. | Around the state
Career and Technical Education (CTE) STEM-Affiliated Programs | [NAME]/IT/Arts Program Director Colorado Community College System [EMAIL] http://www.coloradostateplan.com/ | There are 501 STEM related CTE programs across the state with enrollments of 29,469 students. These programs fall within the Engineering, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Energy, Health Science, and Agriculture industry clusters. | 501 programs enrolling 29,469 students
CCESSE Resource Exchange | Tracey Tomme 10215 Lexington Drive, STE 110 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 [PHONE] Main http://www.ccesse.org/AboutThisSite.aspx | CCESSE Resource Exchange is owned and operated by the Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science Education. The site is intended to help quickly connect STEM needs to solutions. The site is driven and funded through a partnership of CCESSE and the United States Air Force Academy. Trained MESA advisors, usually math and science teachers, implement MESA after-school programs in their schools. | Around the state
Challenger Learning Center of Colorado (CLCC) | Tracey Tomme 10215 Lexington Drive, STE 110 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 [PHONE]  www.clccs.org | The CLCC provides a first class space-based learning environment where schoolchildren, families, senior citizens, corporate teams and other community members “fly” simulated space missions. | Around the state: "Annually, CLCC serves about 10,000" students
[NAME] | [NAME] | CoCo.STEM is the Colorado arm of the National Girls Collaborative Project (ngcproject.org). Its goal is to bring together groups from all areas of the state working to increase gender equity in STEM fields. | Around the state
Colorado Bioscience Association | Advance Colorado Center  216 16th Street, Suite 850  Denver, CO 80202  [EMAIL] Phone: (303) 592-4073  http://www.cobioscience.com/ | CBA's  mission is to support the regional bioscience community through advocacy, resources and advancement of opportunities for collaboration. | Around the state
Colorado Experiential STEM Learning Network | 1380 Lawrence Street, Denver CO 80217 Phone: (303) 330-8951 http://www.cesln.org/ | The network is designed to create an online and offline community of practice such that interactions lead to an action, whether it be schools reaching out to businesses for hands on activities, or community involvement in student projects and initiatives. | Around the state
Colorado MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) | [NAME] [EMAIL] (303) 356-8568 www.cmesa.org | MESA is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization under the Colorado Minority Engineering Association (CMEA). The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program is designed to encourage minority and female students to prepare themselves for a college education and to major in mathematics, engineering or science. | 161 schools in 33 districts
Colorado Photonics Association | 5733 Central Ave. [NAME], CO 80301 [PHONE] [EMAIL] http://coloradophotonics.org/ | CPIA is a not-for-profit member organization of industrial, educational, and governmental entities that develop and/or utilize photonics technologies.  CPIA’s mission is to promote the photonics industry both within and outside the state of Colorado and to enhance the profitability of our members. | Around the state
Colorado STEM Network | Gully Stanford [EMAIL] | To convene, communicate, coordinate and support the work of STEM education statewide. | Around the state
Colorado Technology Association | 216 16th Street Suite 850 Denver, CO 80202  Ph: [PHONE] | The Colorado Technology Association represents Colorado’s technology industry, one of the fastest growing segments of Colorado’s economy.  We are focused on advancing Colorado’s technology industry to be a globally competitive nucleus for innovation, technology and economic growth. | Around the state
Denver Museum of Nature and Science | 2001 Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80205 [PHONE] http://www.dmns.org/ | The Denver Museum of Nature & Science aspires to create a community of critical thinkers who understand the lessons of the past and act as responsible stewards of the future. Programs include teacher development, student field trips, and visits to schools. | Around the state
Denver Zoo | 2300 Steele Street  Denver, CO 80205-4899 Phone: [PHONE] Fax: [PHONE] | Denver Zoo is committed to educating students and teachers about animals, their habitats, and how humans can protect and conserve the world’s natural resources.  All programs are aligned to Colorado Model Content Standards and [NAME]. | Around the state
DSST | [PHONE] 3401 Quebec Street, Suite 7200, Denver, CO 80207 | DDST Public Schools operates open-enrollment STEM charter schools and is part of the Denver Public Schools system. This fall, DSST will serve over 2,100 students with six schools on four campuses. | Six schools in the Denver area
eNet Colorado | [NAME] Director and Director of Professional Development [EMAIL] | eNetColorado is a project of the Centennial Board of Cooperative Services (CBOCES) in partnership with the Colorado BOCES Association. This partnership works together to identify and provide high-quality free and inexpensive resources to districts and teachers by leveraging locally developed content and shared access strategies. | Around the state (75 participating school districts)
Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) | [NAME], Education Coordinator [EMAIL] (303) 371-8658 www.elkkids.org | ELK reaches out to students who have been traditionally overlooked and under-encouraged in science and science-related careers, including youth of color and females. Youth experience Colorado's natural world, increase their academic science skills, become involved in their neighborhoods and get exposure to careers in the field of natural resources. | 3 districts - Denver, [NAME], Adams-Arapahoe 28J ([NAME])
FIRST | [EMAIL] | FIRST, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. MindSports Colorado, a Colorado 501(c)(3), organizes and supports FIRST events in Colorado. | Around the state (competition preparation happens in schools/clubs)
Lotus School For Excellence | [NAME]  [PHONE] [EMAIL] http://www.lotuschool.org/ | Lotus School for Excellence is a college preparatory school with a rigorous and innovative educational program focusing on Mathematics, Science, Technology and Engineering. Lotus' vision is to inspire students to choose career paths in science and technology. | 1 school
Northridge High School is the STEM Magnet High School | STEM Magnet Coordinator  [PHONE]  [EMAIL] http://northridge.greeleyschools.org | Northridge High School is the STEM Magnet High School for Weld County School District 6, in Greeley.  This program offers pathways for a Science and Mathematics Endorsement, Academy of Engineering Endorsement, and/or a concentration in Technology. | 1 school
OpenWorldLearning | 360 Acoma St. Suite 102 Denver, CO  80223 [PHONE] [EMAIL] | OpenWorld Learning (OWL) was founded by [NAME] in 2000 to provide a fun and challenging after-school educational program centered on teaching advanced computer technology to Denver area students. | Denver Area
Poudre Learning Center | 8313 West F Street Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 352-1267 | The Poudre Learning Center (PLC) is a non-profit, premier facility for interdisciplinary learning that focuses on the history, science, economics, stewardship and aesthetics of the Cache la Poudre River in Northeastern Colorado. | 35,000 students in four years 4 partner districts - Greeley, Windsor-Severance, Eaton, Johnstown-Milliken
Poudre School District STEM Programs Shepardson Elementary School | 1501 Springwood Drive  [NAME], CO 80525 (970) 488-4525 | Shepardson Elementary School is a neighborhood elementary school serving 327 children representing the demographics of the area in Fort Collins, Colorado. [NAME] approach values the whole child by encouraging exploration, curiosity, engagement, and problem solving. | 1 school
Poudre School District STEM Programs Tavelli Elementary School of STEAM | Christine Hendricks, [NAME] [EMAIL] | [NAME] is a K-5 science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) focus school in its first year of program development and implementation. Teachers are developing standards-based STEAM units. | 1 school
Poudre School District STEM Programs The STEM Institute | [NAME], Principal Preston Middle School, Fort Collins, CO 4901 [NAME] [NAME], CO 80528 p: [PHONE] | The STEM Institute is a self-funded public school program at Preston Middle School in Fort Collins, CO. We offer two STEM institutes over the summer. | 1 school
Poudre School District STEM Programs Timnath Elementary School | 3909 Main Street  Timnath, CO 80547 (970) 488-6825 | Currently, all students attend a STEM class taught by a specialized teacher in a weekly rotation. The school is actively creating a unifying vision and building capacity for full, daily integration of STEM into all subjects as organic to the school culture, state standards, and current understandings and trends in STEM education. | 1 school
Project Lead The Way | Gwen Shuster-Haynes, Director of School Engagement [PHONE]  [EMAIL] | Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a 501C3 nonprofit, is the nation’s leading developer of STEM curricula for all middle and high school students.  Students in PLTW programs learn through hands-on relevant, rigorous, real-world work that builds from activities to projects to problem-solving. | 76 schools throughout Colorado
R.A.F.T. | 2875 Blake Street Denver, CO 80205 [PHONE] | To learn 21st century skills — critical thinking, creative problem solving, and collaboration — kids need to be actively engaged in solving meaningful problems.  RAFT is where teachers go to get inspired and find interactive, hands-on resources to help their students acquire those 21st century skills. | Available for all CO teachers, but located in Denver
Rocky Heights Middle School SmartLabs | [NAME], Principal [EMAIL] Douglas County School District 11033 Monarch Blvd Highlands Ranch, CO 80124 [PHONE] | SmartLabs are project-based STEM learning environments for elementary, middle and high schools. In a SmartLab, students utilize a wide range of applied technology to develop and document project work in a multidisciplinary context. Along with its hands-on, engaging approach to academic content, SmartLabs emphasize 21st century skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and communication, and project and time management. | 1 school
Science Discovery | University of Colorado Boulder [NAME], Director [EMAIL] (303) 492-7188 www.colorado.edu/sciencediscovery | Science Discovery is an experiential, science and technology outreach program affiliated with the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Science Discovery’s mission is to stimulate scientific interest, understanding and literacy among Colorado’s youth, teachers, and families. | Around the state: "impacts approximately 30,000 students, teachers and community members."
Spark! Discovery Preschool | [NAME], STEM coordinator,  St. Vrain Valley Schools, [PHONE] | Spark! Discovery Preschool at 555 8th Street, in Frederick, Colorado, will open in August 2013, as the first science, technology, engineering, and mathematics preschool program in the state. | 1 school
STEM Academy at Skyline | [NAME], [NAME]. Principal STEM & VPA Director [EMAIL]  [PHONE] | The mission of the Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Academy at Skyline High School is to help students realize their potential for success in STEM careers by supporting their exploration of STEM related fields. | 1 school
STEM School and Academy | [NAME], Executive Director [NAME]. Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 (303) 683 - STEM (7836)  www.stemhigh.org | The school offers a STEM centered curriculum during the day which is supplemented by the STEM Academy program after school where community members and experts in the STEM fields come to the school and teach, coach, and mentor students. | 1 school
STEM3 Student Success Center, TRiO Student Support Services at FLC | [NAME], Director [EMAIL] (970) 247-7518 www2.fortlewis.edu/STEM3/home.aspx | The [NAME] mission is to positively impact the retention, graduation, and graduate school transferability rates of first-generation, low income students and students with disabilities. | Fort Lewis College STEM Majors
Summer Minority [NAME] (SUMMET) | [NAME], Admissions Counselor [EMAIL] (303) 273-3220 http://mep.mines.edu/web/2_visitors/outreach_programs/summet.shtml | SUMMET is a science and engineering program for talented high school sophomore and junior minority students who are strong in science and math. Combining class work, hands-on projects, industry tours, sporting activities and social events, SUMMET is an excellent stepping stone to the lifestyle and rigors of college. | Around the state
The Space Foundation | Iain B. Probert     Vice President - Education     [EMAIL] [PHONE] | In support of its mission to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity, the Space Foundation provides teachers and students with standards-based, STEM educational programs with an emphasis on space since 1985. | Educators from all around the state, partnership with 1 district - Colorado Springs District 11
USAFA STEM Center | USAFA / DFER/ STEM 2354 [NAME], [NAME] 2H29 USAFA, CO 80840-[PHONE] (DSN) www.usafa.edu/df/dfe/dfer/centers/stem/ | USAFA teams with the Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science Education and other Federal agencies and national organizations to bring to teachers in Colorado top-quality STEM training programs from around the country. | Around the state
XSCI- Experiential Science Education Research Collaborative | [NAME], [NAME], Co-Director  University of Colorado, Denver 1380 Lawrence Street, Denver CO 80217  DIRECT: [PHONE] CELL: [PHONE] [EMAIL]   http://xsci-ucd.org/ | At XSci, we recognize the importance of students and teachers co-constructing positive science identities through experiential learning as a critical pathway towards confident teacher practice and student science literacy. Our purpose is to uncover the ways educators and students construct extraordinary science learning experiences for themselves and their peers. | Around the state