Central YMCA Day Campers Take Part in Local STEM Program

‘Summer of Solar’ Brightens Futures for Children

Youngstown- Students participating in the Summer of Solar might not have discovered the light bulb, but they learned how to make it glow. 

Through the program students practiced skills in following directions and problem solving to build a solar-powered light and install it in a small wooden house. 

“I think our favorite part is when the LED light lights up, it is like Christmas, right? Because after doing like 12 different steps, they finally are getting to the point where they are seeing the labor of their work pay off,” said Shawntae Burton, the Youngstown State University outreach coordinator of the Assured Digital Microelectronics Education Training Ecosystem (ADMETE) program. 

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After attending the Summer of Solar event, students with the Word in Action Ministries Workforce Development program also toured YSU in the afternoon. 

Among those who attended the program on Monday were youngsters from the YMCA Central Day Camp. While older children were building the solar panel homes, younger campers were engaged in other STEM-related activities geared toward their level upstairs. 

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