Forest County Potawatomi Community

The Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC) will use the Basic Grant to increase youth visits to the FCPC Cultural Center, Library, and Museum by providing new and exciting science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) programming and workshops. Tribal youth (ages pre-Kindergarten-12th grade) will engage in fun activities that boost crucial developmental skills. Children will enhance problem solving skills, planning and sequencing, and critical thinking through the use of basic yet fun coding devices, while upper grade level participants will be introduced to computer programming through Ozobots, (tiny programmable robots that connect the physical and digital worlds). Additionally, trained staff will assist general visitors as well as program participants with developing engineering and design skills through the instruction and use of three-dimensional printing technology.