Association to Benefit Children

Association to Benefit Children (ABC) is a nonprofit organization in Harlem, NY, that creates programs responding to the needs of New York City’s most vulnerable families. They offer a variety of programs for children and families, including early childhood education, afterschool programs, and family support services. We’ve worked with several age groups at ABC, teaching them about STEM through hands-on activities and experiments.

Younger students sitting on the floor, launching pom-poms from their catapults along a tape measure
  • A full classroom of students at ABC working on their catapults, with staff and volunteers moving between the tables
  • A grinning student holding up the popsicle-stick catapult she built, with classmates building theirs at the table behind her
  • Three students following the printed instructions to assemble catapults from popsicle sticks, rubber bands and paper cups
  • Students sitting in a circle on the floor, loading pom-poms into their catapults beside a tape measure laid out to record each launch
  • Older students and STEMagic volunteers sitting in a circle on the floor, comparing the catapults they built