Impact

The 2025 Women Rock Science STEAM Boot Camp for Girls was sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

How Women Rock Science is Making a Difference

• Funds from Women Rock Science seek to inspire and ignite curiosity in all children about STEAM fields and careers, but with an emphasis on young women.
• STEAM helps kids to become problem solvers by thinking creatively and asking questions - Cranbrook’s STEAM programs are helping to create a skilled and creative workforce for tomorrow.
• Funds raised through Women Rock Science support outreach programs delivered by Cranbrook Institute of Science to thousands of students across Michigan.

Your Impact: Seven Years of Women Rock Science

Proceeds from the event continue to bring more STEAM programming, delivered by Cranbrook Institute of Science educators, to Pre-K through Grade 12 students in under-resourced communities throughout Michigan.

Since 2018, Women Rock Science supporters have helped to provide:

• 11,800+ preschoolers received early childhood STEAM experiences.
• 7,900+ STEAM outreach programs provided to 267,000+ students in 8,900+ classrooms across 515+ schools.
• 367 internships for high schoolers from under-resourced communities.
• 67 summer camp scholarships.
• 139+ scholarships for our STEAM Career Boot Camp.
• Transportation support for 6,700+ students to access programming.
• Our Blue Planet Jobs Fair has connected 527 students to internships and career pathways in the water industry.

And, Women Rock Science support has made the following ongoing initiatives possible:

• The creation, curation, installation, and maintenance of the Institute’s Women in Science exhibition
• The launch and continuation of the Women in Science Speaker Series

Want to learn more about how Women Rock Science is making an impact? Check out these videos to see Women Rock Science dollars in action!

• Cranbrook Institute of Science Summer Camps
• Cranbrook Institute of Science Outreach Programs
• Holy Redeemer Field Trip

Watch the 2020 and 2021 events on the Institute of Science’s YouTube channel:

• Watch the 2021 Women Rock Science Event
• Watch the 2020 Women Rock Science Event