During the months of February and March, Mercer County 4-H has been hosting a series of Coding classes for youth after school. The teens meet after school once a week to explore the intersection of STEM and ethics following the 4-H curriculum developed by the University of California Extension. The series has already covered topics […]
The Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassadors program is a collaboration of seven counties throughout the state. Mercer County brings teens from the Trenton area to Rutgers-New Brunswick each summer for a week of hands-on learning alongside professors, scientists, researchers, and engineers. Our teens learn about science, community service, and college readiness. Throughout the year, the STEM […]
Since 2009, 4-H programs in seven New Jersey counties have collaborated to promote the Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassador program. The program kicks off every summer with a week-long sleepaway component at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. During the week on campus, twelve Mercer County youth participated in hands-on STEM workshops, panel discussions with scientists and […]
In an ongoing series of STEM workshops with the Children’s Home Society (CHS), Mercer County 4-H visited a group of sixteen youth in Trenton. Last month, we built a robot, learned about its components, and did some light control. This time, we set out to combine computer science and robotics! First, the sixteen youth each […]
