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The Brooklyn Nets hosted Net
STEM Day,

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a program that aims to enhance
science, technology, engineering,

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and mathematics,

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STEM curriculum for children
grades 3 through 8 in Brooklyn

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Public and charter schools.

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So it feels really like
interesting and special.

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About 120 students currently
enrolled in the team's program

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participated in interactive STEM
activity stations throughout

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the Barclays Center on
Wednesday.

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learn critical STEM skills
through hands-on basketball focused

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modules and activities.

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We teach kids all year long the
relationship between how STEM

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skills can impact sports related
jobs,

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and then we get to bring them
here for the day.

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A couple 100 kids participated
in the 2 day event.

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We selected schools based on the
program that we're doing.

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So we're in 45 classrooms with
our sports STEM program.

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There were 4 different learning
stations.

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You see here today is actually
showing the,

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the technology in STEM around
shooting baskets.

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Students could analyze their
basketball shot using sports

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technology.

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We did the math one and that was
my favorite because we got to

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go inside the store and we had a
$50 budget and we got to like

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Buy whatever we want and like we
had to like round it off and

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like percentage it and stuff and
I was able to get a hat and a

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shirt.

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We were working on teams and we
had to make a catapult to make

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shots inside the basket and we
got the most one and my team won.

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The activity helped teach about
the relationship with

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engineering. The students also
visited the arenas.

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which involves coding,
engineering and other STEM skills.

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The Brooklyn Nets are the only
professional sports team here in

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New York City to provide a free
STEM program to Brooklyn Public

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schools. Kids today had a
special visit from Cam Johnson.

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I love the representation that
we've had, um, you know, boys,

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girls, you know, different
races, everything.

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I just love to see all that,
and, um, you know,

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everybody was engaged,

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everybody was enjoying it and
kind of just fostering that love

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for it. is a great building
block for these kids' futures.

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Johnson, who has a love for
science,

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helped teach children how STEM
concepts apply to real world

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scenarios through the lens of
basketball.

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Information and stuff that our
analytics group with our team

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track kind of on a daily basis.

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The player's interest in
providing education to the community

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help initiate the NETSTEM
program for Nets Daily,

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I'm Sharah Taylor.