County of Seminole (Museum of Seminole County History)

The Seminole County Public Library S.T.E.a.M. (Seminole Teens Empower and Mentor) program is aimed at empowering twenty Central Florida teen girls to become future leaders in STEM fields. Girls are underrepresented in STEM fields and there is significant evidence that they are unengaged in subjects like math and science that support these fields. S.T.E.a.M will link teen mentors with tween (ages 8-12 years old) mentees for projects utilizing STEM principals during weekly sessions on topics including Lego mazes, fiber crafts, movie-making, circuitry and tinkering, coding and 3d printing, food crafts and solar ovens, and other topics. At the end of the program, the girls will provide feedback on their favorite programs and give recommendations about future library programming as well as develop and pitch their own STEM program ideas for implementation at multiple library branches.