One of the only Boy Scout councils in the country to host a STEM Center, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Theodore Roosevelt Council (TRC), recently held a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), camp over school spring break, ushering in a new era of scouting at the recently opened location in Massapequa that kept Scouts’ minds productive, engaged and active while school was out on spring recess.
“On the national level, the STEM program has become a priority of the Boy Scouts,” said director Dakota Oher. “As a result, at the local council level, we’ve fully embraced the program and are already seeing exceptional results and advancement opportunities, community relations and career development.”
“During spring break it is important for youth to keep their minds active and engaged,” added TRC executive Jay Garee. “Our STEM Camp programs and activities offer scouts a fun and unique way to interact with one another while learning important fundamentals about science, technology, engineering and math in everyday applications during spring recess.”
As part of the camp’s STEM related programs and activities, the scouts built their own interactive robots before bringing them to life, giving their robots the ability to pick up and launch balls, trail paths and follow instructions. Scouts also conducted various experiments and learned about science through numerous displays that not only included robotics, but also chemistry, aviation and flying machines as well as catapult constructions and theme park engineering.
The Theodore Roosevelt Council’s STEM Camp is a follow up to the grand opening of the Council’s STEM Center that was celebrated earlier this year with hundreds of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and others along with Congressman Peter King.
