Styled by STEM After-School Program
Academic support and a rotating, hands-on curriculum covering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
VPK–12
Programs
Where Future Women in STEM Are Made
Discover the Styled by STEM Experience
Styled by STEM gives girls from VPK through 12th grade opportunities to explore, create, lead, and thrive. Our current program portfolio combines hands-on STEM education with academic support, mentorship, leadership, field experiences, career exploration, community service, creativity, and outdoor discovery.
Programs may be offered year-round, seasonally, as special events, or in partnership with schools and community organizations. Availability, age groups, dates, and locations vary.
Core STEM, Academic & Career Programs
These foundational programs support students throughout the school year and summer.
STEM Saturdays
Weekend workshops, guest experts, community events, field trips, and special STEM projects.
Styled by STEM Summer Program
Summer enrichment, projects, field experiences, career exposure, and educational outings.
Field Trips & Field Work
Learning at museums, laboratories, universities, nature centers, aquariums, businesses, and research facilities.
Competition Teams
Team preparation for robotics, coding, engineering, science competitions, and other STEM challenges.
Girl Scouts / STEM Troop Initiative
A proposed troop combining STEM badges, leadership, outdoor education, service, and the Styled by STEM curriculum.
STEM Workshops & Seminars
Standalone laboratories, demonstrations, career workshops, guest speakers, and educational events.
College & Career Readiness
College preparation, scholarships, financial-aid education, applications, résumés, professional skills, career exploration, and college tours for grades 6–12.
Dual Enrollment Support
Guidance for high-school students interested in beginning college coursework while completing high school.
Professional Mentorship
Connections with scientists, professors, engineers, healthcare and environmental professionals, researchers, and college students.
Tutoring & Academic Support
Encouraging, individualized support that strengthens school skills, confidence, study habits, and problem-solving.
Distinctly Styled by STEM
Our signature programs combine memorable names with meaningful learning, leadership, creativity, exploration, and community impact.
New Signature Literacy Program • VPK–Grade 3
STEM Story Lab
Where science stories come alive through read-alouds, hands-on discovery, puppets, creative challenges, and joyful STEM literacy.
Explore STEM Story Lab →
Signature Learning Model
Explore the Field
A five-day instructional framework that moves students from understanding a STEM field to meeting experts, practicing skills, serving their community, and learning in the field.
- MondayHistory & Foundations
- TuesdayMeet the Expert
- WednesdayHands-On STEM
- ThursdayCommunity Connection
- FridayField Experience
Sisters in STEM
A mentorship and academic-support network where students tutor, encourage, lead STEM activities, and build supportive connections across age groups.
The STEMinist Bookshelf
An ages 13+ STEM and nature book society featuring literature, biographies, research, discussion, professional connections, and related experiences.
CyberDeck Studio
A technology maker club exploring Raspberry Pi, Arduino, electronics, 3D printing, robotics, drones, custom computers, and wearable technology.
Faith & STEM Sundays
A church and community partnership program that combines age-appropriate devotion, STEM investigation, reflection, and family activities.
Women in STEM Wednesday
A weekly digital spotlight celebrating women in STEM through biographies, education, careers, discoveries, advice, and representation.
Styled by STEM School Tour
Monthly school outreach with demonstrations, program information, student recruitment, parent resources, mentorship opportunities, and QR-code registration.
Lagoon Girls STEM Lab
A 12-week, hands-on environmental STEM experience designed and led by Styled by STEM in collaboration with the Environmental Learning Center. Girls learn like scientists, engineers, and environmental stewards while exploring the Indian River Lagoon and ELC campus.
Program Details
Dates: October 4–December 20, 2026
Time: Sundays, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Grades/Ages: Grades 5–8, ages 10–14
Location: Environmental Learning Center, Vero Beach
Cost: $20 per Sunday
October: Chemistry & Physics
Week 1: Meet the Lagoon Scientists, safety, and baseline observations. Week 2: Water chemistry and water-quality testing. Week 3: Buoyancy, boats, waves, and currents. Week 4: Wildlife, habitats, animal adaptations, and ecosystem health.
November: Ecology & Wildlife Health
Week 5: Plankton and lagoon food webs. Week 6: Guided kayak field investigation. Week 7: Pontoon-boat biodiversity investigation. Week 8: Wildlife health, habitat observation, and environmental stewardship.
December: Aquaculture & Solutions
Week 9: Design sustainable aquaculture systems. Week 10: Study mangroves and native plants. Week 11: Create solutions to local environmental challenges. Week 12: Present a final research, engineering, or stewardship project at the mini-showcase.
Hands-On ELC Experiences
Students may use ELC’s kayaks, pontoon boat, touch tank, and field equipment for guided investigations, weather and safety permitting.
Scholarships & Teen Volunteers
Scholarships are available for qualifying students, including families who meet free or reduced-price lunch requirements. High-school girls may register to volunteer at no cost, assist the program, and earn service hours.
Styled by STEM Field Society
Outdoor and environmental programs that turn Florida’s trails, waterways, coastlines, skies, gardens, and habitats into living laboratories.
STEM the Trails
Hiking, ecology, geology, wildlife tracking, navigation, conservation, and outdoor field science.
Explore the program →STEM the Tide
Kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, lagoon ecology, water quality, wildlife observation, and conservation.
Explore the program →STEM the Swell
Surf instruction combined with waves, currents, tides, physics, meteorology, oceanography, and ocean safety.
STEM the Depths
Snorkeling, marine biology, underwater ecology, species identification, photography, and conservation.
STEM the Shore
Shell identification, mollusk biology, beach ecology, tides, coastal processes, and responsible shelling.
STEM the Stars
Telescopes, constellations, planets, astrophotography, meteor showers, physics, and special astronomy nights.
STEM on the Wing
Bird identification, behavior, habitats, migration, conservation, citizen science, and field journaling.
Spore Girls
Mycology, fungal ecology, decomposition, mycelium, microscopy, cultivation experiments, and responsible observation.
STEM Through the Lens
Nature photography combined with scientific documentation, environmental observation, and conservation storytelling.
STEMs & Stems
Botany, gardening, agriculture, native plants, pollinators, hydroponics, landscape design, and sustainability.
Styled by STEM Young Entrepreneurs
Girls use STEM to produce something real, build a brand around it, and learn how to take it responsibly from idea to market.
This hands-on pathway connects science, engineering, agriculture, design, technology, mathematics, financial literacy, marketing, communication, and leadership. Students learn that revenue is not the same as profit by tracking materials, operating expenses, pricing, sales, and reinvestment.
Agricultural Engineering & Entrepreneurship
HenHERprise: From Coop to Commerce
Design It. Build It. Grow It. Raise It. Sell It.
A hands-on program where students design and construct poultry housing and agricultural systems, learn responsible animal husbandry, develop sustainable garden infrastructure, collect and analyze production data, and operate an age-appropriate student-led agricultural microenterprise.
Engineer the Coop
Research housing needs, measure the site, create scaled designs, budget materials, and build safe nesting, roosting, ventilation, access, and predator-protection systems.
Engineer the Water System
Explore filtration, reservoirs, valves, tubing, pressure, flow rates, conservation, leak detection, irrigation, pumps, timers, and sensors.
Build a Smart Farm
Use sensors, electronics, coding, and dashboards to monitor temperature, humidity, soil moisture, water, light, rainfall, and egg production.
Operate the Enterprise
Practice production, recordkeeping, food safety, packaging, branding, pricing, marketing, sales, accounting, and responsible reinvestment.
Floral Science & Entrepreneurship
STEMs in Bloom
Grow It. Design It. Sell It.
Students grow flowers through research-based horticulture, help engineer efficient growing systems, study post-harvest biology, create floral products, and develop a student-led flower business.
Grow the Flowers
Botany, plant anatomy, germination, soil, nutrition, photosynthesis, pollination, weather, pests, disease, sustainability, and student research.
Engineer the System
Design filtration, tubing, valves, drip irrigation, garden beds, and sensor-based monitoring for moisture, temperature, humidity, and water use.
Harvest & Analyze
Study cutting stages, sanitation, hydration, storage, preservation, vase life, and production data from planting through sale.
Practice Floral Design
Apply color, texture, proportion, balance, shape, composition, bouquet construction, arrangement styles, and presentation.
Build the Business
Calculate costs and margins, develop products and pricing, design a name and logo, create packaging and marketing, and pitch the brand.
Students create, collaborate, and bring their work together.
HenHERprise
Poultry science, engineering, data, and an egg enterprise.
STEMs in Bloom
Floriculture, floral design, research, and flower products.
STEMs & Stems
Horticulture, landscaping, plants, seedlings, and sustainability.
Thriftshop Thursdays
Electronics, repair, reverse engineering, upcycling, and invention.
Crafty Codettes
Design, making, creative STEAM products, and sustainable crafts.
Responsibility grows with each student.
Little Scientists
Observe animals and plants, identify needs and parts, plant seeds, count products, water safely, and create simple designs.
Junior Engineers
Measure, care for plants and animals, build supervised components, collect data, practice design, and learn basic money concepts.
Enterprise Builders
Plan production, construct systems, monitor data, manage inventory, calculate costs, price products, and practice sales.
Student Leadership Team
Lead design, automation, analysis, budgeting, marketing, customer orders, project management, and mentorship of younger students.
Future Signature Event
Styled by STEM Market Day
A student marketplace where girls can present eligible student-raised, student-grown, repaired, upcycled, designed, and photographed products—and explain the STEM behind every item.
- Eggs and agricultural products
- Bouquets and floral arrangements
- Plants, herbs, and seedlings
- Handmade and upcycled products
- Nature photography prints and cards
Program development note: Animal care, construction, food handling, product sales, markets, fundraising, and field activities will be introduced only with appropriate adult supervision and in accordance with applicable safety standards, permits, organizational policies, Florida requirements, and local rules.
Signature Events
Annual and seasonal experiences that celebrate student achievement, service, scholarship, creativity, leadership, and family engagement.
Styled by STEM Annual Pageant
A STEM scholarship and leadership competition centered on academics, interviews, service, talent, presentation, and student achievement.
Styled by STEM Formal / Gala
An annual celebration featuring student recognition, scholarships, STEM awards, sponsors, seniors, dinner, and dancing.
Through Her Lens
An annual student nature-photography exhibition connected to STEM Through the Lens.
Girls Under the Stars
A large annual family stargazing event associated with STEM the Stars.
Styled by STEM Community Garden Day
A community service and beautification event associated with STEMs & Stems.
Surf + Serve
A beach cleanup, ocean-science, and surfing experience offered through STEM the Swell.
Styled by STEM Innovation Showcase
An annual showcase for research, experiments, inventions, robotics, coding, engineering, environmental work, and photography.
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