The STEM Passport is HERE!
You and your child can explore STEM Passport locations and events in the Great Lakes Bay Region (GLBR) by accessing our STEM calendar of events or our partner websites in the list below. The GLBR is home to a variety of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) destinations and programs. We are sharing this information because afterschool programs help children learn, grow, discover who they are and what they love to do, and ultimately realize their full potential. Afterschool programs enhance a child’s foundational skills, like communication, teamwork, and problem solving, and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow. Research shows that this added participation in afterschool programs sparks interest in school so students attend school more often, get better grades, and are more likely to graduate.
The Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Passport compiles information for hands-on, dynamic STEM organizations in the community. Now locating current STEM-based activities and events in the region is easy!
Locate STEM Destinations
Events for all Passport destinations along with other STEM activities can be found by visiting the Calendar page on STEMPipeline.com. The calendar can be filtered by destination, event type, age group, venue and more. Users can also view all the events for the entire month.
STEM Staycation: Summer Break 2023 (June 20 – August 4, 2023)
Prizes are available thanks to donations from Nexteer Automotive for those who post a picture on Facebook at one of the 30 locations and tag STEM Pipeline (@stempipeline). Awards include gift cards for top drawings, along with STEM activity kits. One picture / location equals one entry and chance to win June 20 through August 4, 2023.
Prizes:
1st – A complimentary overnight stay in the Great Lakes Bay Region Community of your choosing; Bay City, Birch Run, Chesaning, Frankenmuth, Midland or Saginaw (Certain restrictions apply)
2nd – Two STEM activity kits contributed by STEM @ SVSU
3rd – One STEM activity kits contributed by STEM @ SVSU
STEM Destinations
- Arenac Community Center, Standish
- Bay City State Recreation Area, Bay City
- Bay County Library System:
- Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library, Bay City
- Auburn Area Branch Library, Auburn
- Pinconning Branch Library, Pinconning
- Historical Sage Library, Bay City
- Bookmobile & Outreach Services
- The Historical Museum of Bay County, Bay City
- Beal City Public Schools
- Beaverton Activity Center, Gladwin
- Castle Museum of Saginaw County
- Chippewa Nature Center, Midland
- Clare-Gladwin RESD SPARKS after school program
- CMU Center for Excellence in STEM Education
- Delta College Planetarium
- Delta Kids / Michigan Learning Channel
- Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational’s STEM Center
- Forest Hill Nature Area, Alma
- Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
- Midland Center for the Arts
- Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum
- MSU St. Andrews STEAM Center
- Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum
- Saginaw Children’s Zoo
- Saginaw ISD – Hartley Outdoor Education Center
- Saginaw STEM
- Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge/Green Point Nature Center
- STEM@SVSU
- T.A. Cutler Memorial Library, Saint Louis
- YMCA Camp Timbers – Saginaw / West Branch
More STEM Resources
- Bedtime Math – bedtimemath.org/
- Clare Gladwin RESD – STEM Resources Hub
- Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan – www.gshom.org/en/events/event-calendar.html
- Mathnasium of Saginaw – www.facebook.com/mathnasiumofsaginaw/
- Midland Section of the American Chemical Society – www.midlandacs.org
- MSU Extension 4-H – www.canr.msu.edu/resources/teaching_science_when_you_dont_know_diddly_squat_series
& hwww.canr.msu.edu/outreach/county or MSU Extension-Midland County 4-H – Contact: howedolo@msu.edu - MSU St. Andrews STEAM Center, Midland – standrews.msu.edu/
- STEM Saginaw, Saginaw – saginawstem.org/
Library Systems & STEM
- Michigan Library Directory – librarytechnology.org/libraries/public.pl?State=Michigan
Environmental Education & STEM
- Bay City State Recreation Park – www.michigan.gov/baycity
- Bay Sail Schooner Appledore – www.baysailbaycity.org
- Chippewa Nature Center – www.chippewanaturecenter.org/
- Chippewa Watershed Conservatory – www.chippewawatershedconservancy.org/
- Dow Gardens – dowgardens.org/
- EAA Chapter 1093: Home to Midland Young Eagles – www.facebook.com/EAAChapter1093
- Hartley Outdoor Education Center – www.sisd.cc/hartley-outdoor-education-center–2
- Little Forks Nature Conservancy – www.littleforks.org/
- MiPINES Outdoor Education – www.tinyurl.com/MIPINESmap
- Museum of Cultural and Natural History – Museum of Cultural and Natural History
- Saginaw Bay Land Conservancy – www.sblc-mi.org/
- Saginaw Conservation District – www.facebook.com/saginawcd/
- Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge – www.facebook.com/ShiawasseeNWR
Other Family Resources
- Bay-Arenac Counties GSC – www.bayarenacgreatstart.org
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region – www.boysandgirlsclubsglbr.com/
- Children’s Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region – www.facebook.com/childrensgriefcenter
- Clare and Gladwin Counties GSC – www.claregladwingreatstart.com
- Clare-Gladwin RESD SPARKS – www.cgresd.net/domain/51
- Gratiot-Isabella Counties GSC – www.giresd.net/domain/36
- Greater Midland Community Center – www.greatermidland.org/
- Great Start to Quality – www.greatstarttoquality.org
- Midland County GSC – www.greatstartmidland.org
- Saginaw County GSC – www.greatstartsaginaw.org/
- The ROCK Center for Youth Development – www.therockc4yd.org/
