SCIENCE OUTREACH

December 2024

Volume 22

Connecting and Enhancing Community Engagement

Happy Holidays!

Give the gift of outreach!

Volunteer for an outreach opportunity in 2025

Save the Date – Spring Into Science

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Exhibitor registration will start in late January 2025 ~

more information to come!

New In Science Outreach

Laboratory Learning Program (LLP) Summer of 2025

Due January 6, 2025

It is time for faculty, department chairs, academic managers, and institute directors to plan your participation in the Laboratory Learning Program for the summer of 2025. The Laboratory Learning Program is a full-time, free research experience in the sciences or engineering for high school students ages 16 and over. Students are included in ongoing research programs where they must be closely supervised by Princeton faculty and research staff. If you are interested in offering an internship in your lab, you must submit a research project plan to host a student before the January 6, 2025, deadline.

To submit a research opportunity: There is a How to Guide for Lab Learning Program Hosts on the LLP website. You can submit your research opportunity via this Google form. Indicate the number of internships for each research opportunity. Different opportunities will require separate project submissions.

For more information, please visit the online program website about the Laboratory Learning Program. Please contact us at lab-learning@princeton.edu if you have any questions.

LLP Sign Up - Due Jan. 6, 2025

Volunteers Needed for 2025

Science Outreach Volunteers are needed for several upcoming outreach opportunities. Indicate the location and date of availability when you sign up (in the additional comments section). Sign up with a team or labmates. Lyft transportation available.

Urban Promise (Camp Truth)

Monday’s 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

15 students in 5th – 8th grades

February 10

February 17

February 24

March 17

March 24

March 31

April 14

April 28

Urban Promise (Camp Grace)

Tuesday’s 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

18 students in 1st – 8th grades

February 11

February 18

February 25

March 18

March 25

April 1

April 15

April 29

Additional Volunteer Opportunity

Young Women's Conference in the Frick Atrium (Thursday, March 13, from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm)

You can sign up using the QR code to indicate your availability for an outreach opportunity.

Science Outreach In the Community

Science Outreach Volunteers

at Urban Promise

Science Outreach volunteer Danielle Roberts led two activities with the scholars at Urban Promise. In the first activity, the students explored the fermentation process using yeast, and in the second activity, they explored the concept of why and how we taste. They enjoyed the life applications of both experiences.

Science Saturday at 4 Local Libraries on

Saturday, December 7

Science Outreach hosted Science Saturday outreach opportunities at four libraries in our surrounding community. All outreach events are free and open to the public. Each group of Science Outreach volunteers offered different hands-on, engaging, age-appropriate activities.

Check your local library for the 2025 schedule of Science Saturday outreach activities.

Science Saturday the

Trenton Free Public Library

Activity: Oobleck experiment

Science Saturday at the

Ewing Public Library

Activity: Hovercraft technology

Science Saturday at the Lawrenceville Library

Activity: Water temperature and color experiment

Science Saturday at the

Princeton Public Library

Activity: Lemon volcanoes

Science Outreach Fellow Spotlight

Science Outreach Annual Report 2022- 2024

The first Science Outreach Annual Report documents the impact of this newly created science initiative at our university and for K-12 students in our surrounding community and beyond. Science Outreach was created in 2022 to facilitate mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between Princeton University Science educators and researchers on the one hand, and local K-12 school districts, non-profit organizations, and community stakeholders on the other.

Science Outreach Annual Report 2022- 2024

Science Outreach

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteers Needed for

Spring Semester Outreach Opportunities!

Science community, it’s time to sign up to volunteer for upcoming Science Outreach opportunities this semester. Please indicate your best availability to get involved. K-12 students in our surrounding community are excited to participate in your hands-on, engaging science experiences to increase their awareness and knowledge of science and STEM.

Volunteer opportunities are available at the Trenton Free Public Library, The Ewing Public Library, Lawrenceville Library, Princeton Public Library, Urban Promise, and The Boys and Girls Club.

Let's Track Your Community Outreach

If you, your lab, or your department facilitated an outreach opportunity, please complete the tracking form and upload a photo from your event. We will feature your opportunity in the next edition of the Science Outreach newsletter.

Science Outreach Tracking

Support Camp Kesem Princeton

Kesem is a student organization at Princeton that hosts a free summer camp to support children aged 6-18 who have a parent or guardian with cancer. Please contact Veronica Zhang ('25 Neuroscience Undergraduate) at vz9323@princeton.edu to learn more about how you can support this opportunity.