Young Science Explorers Program inspires students through experiments

Between gurgles in beakers, "oohs" and "ahhs" from magically changing test tubes, girls from the Baltimore Leadership School silently focused on the experiments at hand.

The lab, a modified board room in Emergent's BioSolutions Southeast Baltimore facility, hosted 24 middle school students. They learned about vaccines, experiments and toured a world renowned bioengineering facility. 

The Young Science Explorers Program is run by non-profit MD Bio. It gives underprivileged city youth the opportunity to get hands-on experience in science careers.

It's a week long program. Half of each day is a field trip, while the other half is in the classroom. The goal is to inspire the next generation of scientists.