• Math and science clubs can help students discover the subjects from a new perspective.class room board image by Alhazm Salemi from Fotolia.com
  
  Math and science go together, and exploring one is a natural way to reinforce the other. Science activities make math more concrete while math gives kids a concise way to explain science. Extracurricular science and math groups for children are available as clubs or classes in schools, churches, libraries, community centers and private educational enrichment centers.
  
  

Mad Science Enrichment Classes

• Math and science complement one another.glass beakers image by Mark Aplet from Fotolia.com
  
  Mad Science is an educational enrichment company that offers school assemblies and after-school classes year round throughout the United States and in many countries. Topics include chemistry, crime scene forensics and physics subjects, including Newton's laws of motion.
  
  Mad Science
  
  8360 Bougainville Street, Suite 201
  
  Montreal, QC
  
  Canada H4P 2G1
  
  1-800-586-5231, extension 104
  
  madscience.org
  
  

Play-Well Engineering FUNdamentals

• Engineering brings together math and science to make a product. Play-Well TEKnologies offers school assemblies, camps and extracurricular classes based on Legos blocks. While the preschool class focuses on building themes, such as airports and castles, older kids construct cities, catapults and motorized machines. Play-Well is located in California, Colorado and Washington and appears to be expanding soon to five more U.S. states.
  
  Play-Well TEKnologies
  
  216 Greenfield Avenue
  
  San Anselmo, CA 94960
  
  415-460-5210
  
  play-well.org
  
  

Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science

• Games can help kids understand math.math image by jaddingt from Fotolia.com
  
  The Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) teaches after-school and weekend enrichment classes as well as summer camps in Connecticut, Florida, Missouri and North Carolina. IMACS emphasizes its avoidance of "drill-and- kill" instruction through the use of "fun games, stories and puzzles to teach children logical reasoning and math skills."
  
  IMACS
  
  7435 NW 4th Street
  
  Plantation, FL 33317
  
  866-634-6227
  
  imacs.org
  
  

Science Club for Girls

• The Science Club for Girls meets after school at public schools, churches and community centers in Cambridge and Newton, Massachusetts. Groups of 8 to 10 girls, from kindergarten to seventh grade, meet with volunteer mentor-scientists and teen aides for classes covering a broad range of sciences. This group's website offers parents in other areas information about how to start a similar club.
  
  Science Club for Girls
  
  P.O. Box 390544
  
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  
  scienceclubforgirls.org
  
  

GEMS Club: Girls Excelling in Math and Science

• Clubs encourage girls to try science and math.science lab image by peter Hires Images from Fotolia.com
  
  GEMS Club, which is a national movement affiliated with the American Association of University Women, focuses on reversing the trend of girls "opting out of the worlds of math, science and technology." According to the GEMS website, there are now 20 clubs in the United States. For guidelines on how to start one, visit the GEMS website.
  
  AAUW
  
  1111 Sixteenth Street NW
  
  Washington, DC 20036
  
  800-326-AAUW
  
  aauw.org
  
  gemsclub.org
  
  

London's Science Museum STEM Clubs

• Teachers and other adults in the United Kingdom who are interested in forming a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) club for children can receive training and resources from The Science Museum, which is based in London's South Kensington area and is 153 years old.
  
  The Science Museum
  
  Exhibition Road
  
  London South Kensington
  
  SW7 2DD
  
  Great Britain
  
  0-870-870-4868
  
  sciencemuseum.org.uk