SCIENCE OUTREACH

March 2024

Volume 15

Connecting and Enhancing Community Engagement

Science Outreach will facilitate mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between Princeton University Science educators and researchers. Science Outreach serves as a nexus connecting faculty, students, and postdocs with youth, schoolteachers, nonprofit organizations, and the broader community with the goal of increasing engagement, participation, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. Science Outreach supports Astrophysical Sciences, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning, Chemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geosciences, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Physics, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and Psychology.

Friday, April 5

Spring Into Science 2024

Saturday, April 20, 2024

10 am - 1:00 pm

Science Outreach will host its second annual Spring Into Science outreach event on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in the Frick Atrium and PNI. Spring into Science is an event open to all academic departments and campus programs. Participants will include students (4th – 10th graders) from area schools, afterschool programs, and their families. Spring into Science is an outreach opportunity to share engaging and informative science with the community. Spring into Science activities can include small-group presentations, displays, and hands-on activities. Tables will be available for multiple groups in departments to participate. Last year, over 400 students and their families attended this event. You do not want to miss Spring Into Science this year!

Free Eclipse Glasses!

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Monday, April 8th, 2:00-4:00 PM

Palmer Square

Please join the Astrophysical Science Department, the Council of Science and Technology, and Science Outreach for an eclipse viewing experience on the Greens at Palmer Square. This event is free and open to the public. Participants will receive eclipse glasses, make a pin camera craft, and use solar telescopes on-site for viewing. The main event will take place at 3:25 pm. This is the last total solar to span most of the country until 2044. All are invited to attend.

Science Outreach In the Community

Urban Promise

Urban Promise programs build a better future for kids and teens in Trenton. Their goal is to create and maintain programs that allow students the opportunity to progress in life skills, spirituality, and education with the support of a passionate team behind them. Science Outreach volunteers have hosted recent engaging activities with the students.

Catherine Hexter (Geoscience), Alma Gonzalez (Chemistry), and Adrija Kundu have all hosted recent outreach opportunities at Urban Promise. The students look forward to the engaging science that is shared with them each week. Thanks to all.

Contact Science Outreach to volunteer for upcoming dates.

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Science Saturday at the Lawrence Library

Rilla McKeegan (Geosciences) hosted an outreach opportunity about exploring the earth with rocks and minerals. The students and their parents were excited about rocks. Rilla, you are a rockstar!

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are needed to host hands-on engaging science to students at:

Urban Promise - April 16 and April 23
Boys and Girls Club - IMAP activities with students (materials and supplies will be provided)

If you would like to volunteer for any upcoming Science Outreach opportunity, please click the volunteer box below. Volunteers are frequently needed for new outreach opportunities at area schools and community programs. Please indicate the outreach opportunity you are interested in and you will be contacted with additional information.

Community Outreach Events

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.