Kyran Anderson Academy
STEM Outreach
Spring 2025 registration opens January 7!
Kyran Anderson Academy
Program Overview:
Kyran Anderson Academy is a one-week summer enrichment program for rising third through sixth graders designed to enhance students’ enthusiasm and preparation for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with a particular emphasis on reaching underserved and students historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. Students actively discover the wonder of STEM through inquiry-based activities, field trips, presentations, and career exploration activities with STEM professionals.
Grade(s):
Rising 3rd – 6th
Date(s):
Summer 2025 Dates: June 23 – 27
Program Day: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location:
The Science House, Cherry Building, Centennial East Campus, North Carolina State University
2025 Theme: Exploring Health Sciences
Embark on an exciting journey into the world of health and medicine at Kyran Anderson Academy’s EXPLORING HEALTH SCIENCES Session! Students will step into the shoes of real-life health professionals as they explore careers like sports trainers, cardiologists, dietitians and nutritionists, epidemiologists, and orthopedic doctors.
Through hands-on activities and experiments, students will build knee joint models to study flexibility, design tools to clear clogged arteries, test the Vitamin C content in juices, simulate the spread of infectious diseases, and repair model broken bones. Each day offers a new adventure where science, problem-solving, and creativity come together to inspire the next generation of health professionals. All programming will take place at The Science House on NC State University’s Centennial Campus.
Meet Our Partner: National Science in the Summer!
This summer our Kyran Anderson curriculum will again be supported by GSK’s National Science in the Summer program. The Science in the Summer add-on content is FREE for all Kyran Anderson participating families, and free for all Kyran Anderson program partners!
About Science in the Summer™
For more than 35 years, GSK–a science-led global healthcare company–has brought fun and engaging STEM education to underserved students with the goal of sparking a lifelong love of science and interest in STEM careers. The Franklin Institute partners with GSK to bring GSK Science in the Summer™ to 27 locations across the country. The Science House supports GSK Science in the Summer by providing direct programming to partnering community organizations in North Carolina.
GSK aspires to engage students early in STEM learning to foster the next generation of scientists and innovators. By offering these classes to elementary and middle school-aged students–particularly those from underserved populations across the country not widely represented in the scientific community– children who would not otherwise have access to these high-quality STEM experiences have the opportunity to learn over summer break.
Registration Schedule:
Early Bird Registration ends February 9th.
Online Applications open January 7.
Mandatory Orientation (for Parents and Students): TBD
Location Details:
The Science House
Cherry Building
715 Barbour Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603
Fees:
Tuition is $225 with a $25 early registration discount. Limited scholarships are available. Registration fees are non-refundable; however, unused registration fees can be applied to future program sessions.
Contact:
Alonzo Brandon Alexander, Ph.D., Program Director
Past Themes
2024 Theme: Space Forensics
Get ready for detective work and scientific exploration at our thrilling Forensic Mysteries Session! For one week rising 3-6 graders will become investigators as Kyran Anderson Academy transforms into an interactive crime scene where students will engage in various activities associated with forensics like: collecting evidence, taking fingerprints, and studying DNA. If you’ve ever wondered how real-life detectives solve cases, this is your child’s chance to become a junior sleuth and unravel secrets using the power of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Students will also be exposed to forensics related careers, including forensic engineering, toxicology, and digital forensics.
2023 Theme: Food x Chemistry
What makes up our food, and what happens when we consume it? This session will teach the students about the chemicals that makeup the food we eat, the chemical and physical processes we use to change food , and even how what we eat affects more than just our bodies. Students will learn about nutritional content, understand what makes food healthy or unhealthy, and the environmental impact of how we eat and process foods. All programming will take place at The Science House in The Cherry Building on North Carolina State University’s Centennial East Campus.
2022 Theme: Future Energy
For one week in the summer of 2022, rising 3-6 graders will become engineers as Kyran Anderson Academy explores the future of energy science and the students engage in various activities associated with renewable energy and sustainability including: wind power, solar power, bioreactors, and more! They’ll use what they’ve learned to build their own models of sustainable energy, and develop an understanding of how energy production shapes the world around us. All programming will take place at The Science House on North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus.