West Portal Elementary School is hosting its 3rd annual Science Night on January 24 from 6-8pm. We are looking for volunteers to help set up as well as facilitate science activities. This year, we will have six stations – Physics (light and magnetism), Engineering (penny in boat and paper airplane contest), Biology (the intricate hand,… Read More
Archives: Science
Raising Interest in Science and Engineering Program
The RISE (Raising Interest in Science and Engineering) Summer Internship Program for HS Students is sponsored by the Office of Science Outreach. It’s an intensive 7-week summer program for local Bay Area students (living within 25-mile radius of campus) interested in science, engineering, math, computer science, or psychology. Students spend 30 hours a week on the Stanford campus,… Read More
Stanford Youth Medical Science Program
Held on the Stanford University campus, the Summer Residential Program is a five-week science- and medicine-based enrichment program that takes place from June 22 – July 27, 2014. Greater Bay Area sophomore and junior high school students from low-income backgrounds, with a demonstrated interest in medicine, are eligible to apply. Please visit our Summer Residential Program page… Read More
UC Davis Young Scholars Program
The UC Davis Young Scholars Program is a summer residential research program designed to expose approximately 40 high achieving high school students to the world of original research in the natural sciences with emphases on the biological, environmental and agricultural sciences. To be eligible for the summer of 2014, students must be currently enrolled as… Read More
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research
Program Description The program is an eight-week program in which high school students from diverse backgrounds are invited to perform basic research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students and researchers on a medically-oriented project. The goals of the program include increasing interest in biological sciences and medicine in high school students, helping students to understand… Read More
Arthritis Foundation Summer Science Program
The Arthritis Foundation Summer Science Internship Program places outstanding high school and college students in the world renowned Rheumatology and Immunology Laboratories at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco. Since its inception in 1982, this program has provided over 200 aspiring scientists the opportunity to work alongside cutting edge arthritis researchers. Through… Read More
Brown Environmental Leadership Lab
Brown Environmental Leadership Lab (BELL) programs are designed to help students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to create positive change on environmental issues facing their local communities and the planet as a whole. Are you concerned by the environmental challenges facing the world? Do you wonder how local issues reflect greater environmental challenges?… Read More