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Middle School STEM Day with Cesar Chavez Language Academy

 

In Spring 2025, we were delighted to pilot our first Middle School STEM Day with Cesar Chavez Language Academy at Santa Rosa Junior College! A collaboration between MESA, SRJC’s Outreach Team, Student Equity Program, and the academic programs of STEM, over 80 students spent the day rotating through science labs conducting hands-on experiments with SRJC professors and students.

Kicking off the day with a powerful address by SRJC President Dr. Angélica Garcia, students learned about the properties of light, synthesized nylon, assembled 3D printed dinosaurs, survived escape rooms by using math, and had intimate experiences with a goat’s lung and plant and animal specimens.

Interested in partnering in STEM outreach? Please contact the Dean of STEAM Victor Tam (vtam@santarosa.edu).

 

3D printed T-Rex made from woodStudents working at a chemical fume hood.Student stretching out a string of synthesized nylon with arm extended high.
Students listening to a scientist explain the bones in different animal skulls.Student staring through a prism to see atomic emission spectra.President Angelica Garcia welcoming students from Cesar Chavez Language Academy to SRJC.