STEM Summer Pathway Descriptions

Family & Student Solutions, LLC offers 6 unique STEM Pathways. Choose from one of our established pathways, or pick-and-choose to your interests. Each Pathway comes with 8 two-hour workshops, each focused on a core topic within the field. All pathways include college and career assistance related to the field. You can purchase a single two-hour workshop for $100 or purchase the entire pathway for $700.

The Biology Pathway covers the following topics: cellular structure, central dogma of biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, systems biology, microbiology, and anatomy.

The Chemistry Pathway covers the following topics: atomic structure and periodic table, medicinal chemistry, kinetics, bonding, reactions, entropy, solutions, and stoichiometry.

The Physics Pathway covers the following topics: motion, gravity, Newton’s Laws, work, cosmology, nucleosynthesis, special relativity, and thermodynamics.

The Geology Pathway covers the following topics: Earth systems, plate tectonics, geologic time, Earth structure, minerals, surface processes, water cycle, and carbon cycle.

The Mathematics Pathway covers the following topics: math in society, statistics, algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, finance, geometry, and trigonometry.

The Computer Science Pathway covers the following topics: networks, algorithms, hardware, database systems, Scratch, Java, Python, C++. Clients must have compatible laptop for the Computer Science Pathway.

Special Note – A core skill is for students to develop scientific thinking skills, so many Pathways overlap. For instance, one of the workshops covers DNA and how scientists have developed software to analyze the vast amounts of information found within. So, if you choose the Biology Pathway, you will also learn how biology interacts with computer science and the other topics.

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