Wheel Kids Bicycle Club is looking for good candidates to join them this summer as Assistant and Volunteer Coaches. Wheel Kids is a San Francisco-based bicycle program for kids. They provide a variety of events for kids throughout the year, but their biggest program is summer camp. Each week of the summer they have up to 50 kids in… Read More
Saturday, April 4, 2015 Bust out the jams with nature! Learn how to use digital music-making software led by teen leaders from the Bay Area Video Coalition, incorporating sounds from the natural world. Participants will get to create their own unique beats, get exposed to music industry professional software tools and methods, and meet young… Read More
Passionate about the environment and sustainability? Apply for the Bright Futures Award that will provide an all-expense paid trip to Take Action Camp in Arizona where students will spend a week learning about environmental issues, permaculture, and sustainability with other incredible youth. This is an opportunity for youth 13-18 years old. To apply, you will need to complete… Read More
Bay Area High School students are invited to apply for a Climate One scholarship to travel to the Arctic July 27 to August 10, 2015 with Students on Ice, a Canadian educational organization. In recent years, winning students from Berkeley High, Lincoln High and Lick Wilmerding have won the $10,000 scholarship. Past winners say the… Read More
Join the Academy’s own citizen science team to pilot a new mobile app called BioCaching. Search for animals and plants in Golden Gate Park, record your findings, and learn how young people around the world are contributing to science. You’ll help the Academy test out and improve this new mobile app while learning about the… Read More
Headwaters Science Institute is a non-profit specializing in true inquiry-based science education. At our program, students gain authentic first-hand experience with the scientific method; they learn how to generate research questions and conduct field research from their questions. Our protocol gives high school students the opportunity to work as real scientists. Visit the website to learn more! Read More
Created in 1996, the Careers in Science Intern Program provides San Francisco youth from communities traditionally underrepresented in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) fields with opportunities to immerse themselves in the sciences. In this paid internship, interns develop life and job skills, receive college and career mentorship, and learn science and sustainability concepts in an… Read More