A Styled by STEM Signature Program
STEM the Trails
Outdoor STEM education, adventure, and expedition—where every trail becomes a living laboratory.
The trail provides the place. STEM provides the questions.
Girls become field scientists—one trail at a time.
STEM the Trails is a year-round outdoor learning experience for girls. Participants study a new public trail or natural area, then hike it to observe, test, measure, document, and protect what they discover.
The journey begins close to home in St. Lucie County, advances through Martin County, and culminates in the diverse habitats of Indian River County.
The weekly trail cycle
Learn all week. Take it to the trail.
Meet the Trail
Map the route, check conditions, learn the rules, and prepare gear.
Trail Ecology
Study habitats, plants, wetlands, adaptations, and relationships.
Trail Geology
Investigate soil, erosion, elevation, drainage, and water.
Wildlife & Tracking
Read tracks, calls, nests, burrows, and other wildlife signs.
Trail Day
Observe, identify, measure, record, question, protect, and reflect.
The outdoor hub
One big adventure. Many ways to discover STEM.
Weekend and school-break experiences connect the wider Styled by STEM world outdoors.
Trail to Tide
Coastal hiking, water testing, marine ecology, photography, and cleanup.
Girls in the Wild
Camp skills, cooking, a night hike, astronomy, and a sunrise investigation.
Wild Wings
Birding, migration science, a wildlife survey, and photography.
Outdoor Challenge
Orienteering, GPS, map reading, outdoor technology, and engineering.
Wildflower Trail Day
Botany, pollinators, field sketching, and floral design.
Junior Wildlife Biologist
Tracking, trail cameras, surveys, and a professional STEM spotlight.
Future flagship experience
Styled by STEM Girls Outdoor STEM Adventure Weekend
A future 2-night/3-day experience combining camping, hiking, field science, navigation, wildlife, botany, photography, astronomy, conservation, outdoor engineering, camp cooking, and Women in STEM sessions.
Treasure Coast trail conditions
Check the sky before you step outside.
Live Vero Beach conditions. Always check the specific park, alerts, and radar before departure.
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Vero Beach, Florida
Group trail tracker
Every trail leaves a mark.
Check off each trail after the group completes it. Progress is saved on this device.
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Adventure Passport
The first trail is waiting.
Field experiences
Choose your next adventure.
Individual registration links will be added as dates and locations are confirmed.
Intro Trail Investigation
Build trail confidence, practice field-journal skills, and learn basic navigation.
Date: Coming soon
Grades: To be announced
Wetlands & Wildlife Hike
Compare habitats, investigate water systems, and document wildlife signs.
Date: Coming soon
Grades: To be announced
Coastal Field Science Day
Apply navigation, environmental monitoring, stewardship, and leadership.
Date: Coming soon
Grades: To be announced
Hiker’s packing guide
Ready pack. Ready mind. Ready trail.
Trip leaders will share any experience-specific gear.
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Trail tools
Explore nature with a little help from technology.
AllTrails
Find routes, maps, reviews, and difficulty details.
🌿iNaturalist
Record observations and help identify living things.
🐦Merlin Bird ID
Identify birds by sound, photo, color, and location.
🔎Seek
Try family-friendly wildlife identification and challenges.
🌴Florida State Parks
Review park alerts, hours, and activities.
♻️Leave No Trace
Learn seven principles for protecting the outdoors.
Adventure Passport
Grow from trail explorer to outdoor leader.
Program partners
Help girls go farther.
Sponsor placements will be added here as partnerships are confirmed.
Adventure provides the experience. Stewardship provides the purpose.
