This summer, while some girls of middle-school age were riding horses or attending tennis or cheerleading camp, their peers interested in math and science were at engineering camps around the country.
STEPS (Science Technology and Engineering Preview Summer Camp for Girls) is a hands-on, tuition-free residential camp targeting girls and minorities as they enter seventh grade. STEPS also has sessions for young women entering the 10th and 11th grades to give them a taste of college-level challenges.
STEPS is offered by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation and works through colleges and universities. It is funded by manufacturers and …
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