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Mentorship Program

How it Works

Our fully virtual program consists of professionally curated online modules that are then complemented with live mentorship sessions with our volunteer college mentors.

Online Modules

Our team has developed online modules consisting on short videos and worksheets that will help guide you through learning about the scientific method. 

Mentorship

After completing each module, you will participate in virtual mentorship sessions along with kids from across MA, MD, NJ, NY, & PA! Our college student mentors will coach you through developing your idea and setting up your experiment.

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Program Schedule

Once your school has signed up to participate in the program, you will join mentorship sessions with current college students and supplement your learning with online modules developed by our team. 

You can see last year’s schedule for the program below. To view a sample module, click on the resources for row #8, highlighted in orange. 

#
Week of
Session
Type
Activity
Resources
1
10/31/2022
Mentorship Session
Virtual meeting
N/A
2
11/7/2022
Introduction to FER and The Scientific Method
None, just join us!
3
11/14/2022
Asking Good Questions
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet
4
11/21/2022
Thanksgiving
None
Break
N/A
5
11/28/2022
Developing Research Questions and Finding Supporting Sources
Mentorship Session
Bring your worksheet from Week 3
6
12/5/2022
Crafting Your Hypothesis
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet
7
12/12/2022
Writing Testable Hypotheses
Mentorship Session
Bring your worksheet from Week 6
8
12/19/2022
Designing Your Experiment
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet
9
12/26/2022
Winter Break
None
Break
N/A
10
1/2/2023
Writing Project Proposals
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet
11
1/9/2023
Understanding Experimental Design
Mentorship Session
Bring your worksheets from Week 8 and 10
12
1/16/2023
Conduct Your Experiment
Experiment
Do your experiment! Have fun!
Please review this safety video
13
1/23/2023
Conduct Your Experiment
Experiment
Do your experiment! Have fun!
Please review this safety video
14
1/30/2023
Analyzing Your Data and Results
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet
15
2/6/2023
How to Analyze Data
Mentorship Session
Bring your worksheet from Week 14
16
2/13/2023
Abstract Writing
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet, can submit your abstract for comments
17
2/20/2023
Communicating Your Findings in Presentations
Module
Watch videos and do worksheet
18
2/27/2023
Practice Research Presentations
Presentations
Bring your PowerPoint/Google slides and be ready to present!
19
3/18/2023
Virtual Science Fair