Launched in Fall 2022, the Tenderloin Science Project (TSP) creates new opportunities for kids in the Tenderloin neighborhood in downtown San Francisco to explore STEM in school and in afterschool and summer spaces. We work through community partnerships to design and deliver hands-on learning experiences that ignite community transformational change.
TSP After-school & Summer Programs
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Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco
The design-build lab at the Don Fisher Clubhouse presents an opportunity to bring STEM programs to BGCSF middle school members. At Don Fisher, students have been introduced to a variety of STEM technologies and concepts including engineering design, electrical circuits, forensics, astronomy, physics and food science.
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Up On Top
The Up On Top program at the Tenderloin Recreation Center hosts Tenderloin Science Project STEM programming for elementary aged kids. VEX Go robotics has proven to be very popular across all ages, in addition to a Pokemon themed fantasy forensics unit for younger kids.
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STEM Materials Mini-Grants
R&D Impact supports STEM Materials Mini-Grants to Tenderloin-based school, after-school and summer program providers for supplies or field trips that support their STEM/science related programming or science related professional development.
VEX Go Robotics, Up On Top, Fall 2023
The Science of Dumplings, BGC Don Fisher, Fall 2023
Frog Dissections, DMA Mini-Grant, Fall 2023
