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Q+A: Thor Snilsberg of CityScience

By Thor Snilsberg | February 27, 2018

CityScience, who relocated from Midtown to DUMBO in 2014, uses the context of the city and the guidance of STEM professionals to teach and inspire kids to participate in society. We were thrilled to honor their work in the neighborhood with a 2016 DUMBO Dozen Award this year. We sat down with CEO Thor Snilsberg to learn…

Announcing a DYCD Partnership

By Thor Snilsberg | July 8, 2017 | 0 Comments

For the second summer in a row CityScience is proud to contract with DYCD to provide our experiential STEM program, Food in the Big Apple to three hundred youth citywide. FITBA provides five elementary-focused nutrition lessons that build STEM skills by supporting exploration of new Federal My Plate program. The program also includes a training…

FITBA Snack Party!

January 9, 2018

As part of our After-School snack lesson, middle schoolers in Brooklyn made healthy afterschool snacks that cost less than $3 per serving! Kids learned about healthy, creative snacking for less than a chopped cheese from the deli or greasy lo-mein, and explored the urban STEM behind the production and distribution of local ingredients. Berry smoothies…

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Robotics Team from MS202Q from Ozone Park won the “Golden Ticket”

February 15, 2018

The Robotics Team from MS 202Q in Ozone Park won the “Golden Ticket,” which makes them one of the seven teams from Queens to advance to the next competition held by the NYC First Lego League Robotics Championship. It will be held at City College of New York on March 11. With this year’s topic…

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Ants are farmers

February 15, 2018

You may be thinking “what?!”. But it’s true, besides humans, ants are the only creatures which will farm other creatures. Just like we raise cows, sheep, pigs, chicken and fish in order to obtain a food source, ants will do the same with other insects. The most common occurrence of this is with aphids. Ants…

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