Kansas City PBS
Black & Veatch STEM Mentoring Program
Started: 2014
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
Kansas City PBS and Black & Veatch Mentoring program has been in place for 8 years in the Kansas City Missouri Metropolitan area. So far the program has mentored 5,226 5th graders in 85 elementary schools. The program brings engineers into 5th-grade classrooms, focusing on electricity, water, and structural engineering.
Engineers explain how all three topics work and include hands-on activities. We have a pre-assessment and a post-assessment to evaluate the success of the project. The program has been successful in getting engineers to engage with students in the classroom.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens
What topics does this project focus on?
Education
Life skills, career skills
Science, technology
*
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Production (TV/Radio)
Partner organizations involved:
Black & Veatch
Property of Kansas City PBS and Black & Veatch
Property of Kansas City PBS and Black & Veatch
Property of Kansas City PBS and Black & Veatch
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
T(w)eens
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*T(w)eens
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Adults only
Where is the content shared?
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We partner with *local organizations* to host programming
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
3-10 hours