Description:
Students Who Experience Engineering and Technology (SWEET) Academy is an annual summer event which started in Summer 2015. This collaboration between Merced County Office of Education (MCOE), Biology Engineering Agriculture Technology (BEAT), a nonprofit founded by UC Merced alumni, and the STEM Resource Center, brings an average of 300 elementary and middle school students to UC Merced for a day dedicated to STEM Activities. UC Merced undergraduate students, under BEAT’s lead, present workshops related to biology, chemistry and medicine with the purpose of introducing kids to the scientific method and the field of different sciences.
Location: UC Merced
Media coverage:
Merced Sun Star: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/education/uc-merced/article25707703.html
BEAT web site: http://learnbeat.org/
BEAT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learnbeatmerced
BEAT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYmp9OiLS-A&feature=youtu.be
