Steamrocket

steamrocket was created to provide students in the greater coachella valley, a community of nine cities in the southern california desert, with nearly 70,000 students in grades k through 12 grades k to 12* with supplemental coding and hardware design education. california has mandated schools to provide steam education starting the 2022 school year. while this is a big step in the right direction for our children and their futures, many schools do not have the extra funding, space, teachers, or curriculum to provide an adequate. steamrocket is the only organization in the coachella valley looking to fill teachers' gaps and the steam curriculum. numerous studies show that the sooner children are introduced to steam, the further ahead they will be. to pique their interest and keep them engaged, we teach with minecraft, a wildly popular program children are familiar with and enjoy. we also introduce devices specifically designed for learning hardware fundamentals, such as micro:bit.