Each year, Bard STEM Outreach fellows, faculty, and volunteers bring unique math and science programs to more than 4,000 children and teens throughout the Hudson Valley.
Math and Science Initiatives
Students at Miller Middle School learn about blubber and arctic mammals' abilities to stay warm at a water-themed STEM Night Out. Photo by Sarah deVeer ’17.
STEAM Explorers
STEAM Explorers is committed to bringing math and science to the community in new ways and creating experiences and experiments that inspire wonder, spark curiosity, and challenge old ideas. Growing from the Bard Citizen Science Program, STEAM Explorers is the CCE community outreach program that coordinates Bard Science Outreach and works in collaboration with the Bard Math Circle.
The Bard Math Circle hosts one of the annual American Math Contests for local middle school students. Photo by Sarah Wallock ’19
Bard Math Circle
The Bard Math Circle promotes enjoyment of mathematics for elementary, middle, and high school students in the Mid–Hudson Valley. We run math enrichment programs in the community, lead a Girls Math Club, host math contests, teach youngsters how to solve the Rubik’s Cube, and feature a summer CAMP (Creative, Analytical Math Program).
Our Initiatives
- Day of Science brings 8th graders from local school districts to the Bard campus to engage with Bard science fellows, faculty, and undergraduates in a series of themed science stations.
- Girls Math Club for middle school girls run by Bard women math majors.
- Math Circle Library Programs include puzzles, games, and fun math activities for upper elementary and middle school students.
- Rubik’s Cube Club teaches kids how to master the Rubik’s Cube.
- STEM Night Out invites young students throughout the Hudson Valley to an evening of fun, hands-on scientific experiments led by science fellows and Bard first-year students.
- Science for Kids brings in-school hands-on science experiments to K-5 students by using household products in new ways.
- Science Saturday brings children and families together with Bard students at local libraries and community centers to participate in science enrichment activities.
- Science Fairs connect BSO fellows and volunteers to mentor local students preparing to enter school science fairs.
Our Impact
The Life of the Hudson
Bard CCE and the Environmental Studies Program host seniors from Kingston High School for a field trip on the Tivoli Bays.
Girls STEM Camp
Partnering with Girls, Inc. of Ulster and Dutchess County, Bard students teach participants about water filters and help them design their own.
Science for Kids
Bard students teach kids how to make marble milk paper using soap and food coloring, and learn about how calcium affects saturation rates.
Hands-On Engineering
Children in the local school districts create marshmallow structures to explore the elements of engineering.
MLK Day of Engagement
Bard College engagement fellows do science experiments with middle school students for the MLK Day of Engagement.