UCSD students are integral to the success of the ScienceBridge programs. A key part of our mission is to bridge the gap between science and education in a manner that is meaningful to students. Bringing undergraduate students together with high school students builds relationships that foster the scientific community on many levels; this student-to-student interface is an important link to uniting science with science education.

The Science Leadership Society canvases the entire ScienceBridge program, allowing all members the chance to advance through the society, earning skills and opportunities, becoming Science Leaders.

Opportunities include involvement in prestigious events, such as the San Diego Science Festival. You can write or create media for the ScienceBridge website and have your articles, videos, and podcasts featured and promoted to other science website partners. All members can earn opportunities to coordinate leadership trainings, teaching their valuable skills to others. Active members receive invitations to special events designed to entertain and promote networking.

"How do I get involved?"

Opportunities include earning community service and volunteer hours by participating in all the programs that ScienceBridge offers! ScienceBridge Mentors are automatically enrolled in our Science Leadership Society, where they earn recognition for their achievements and become Science Leaders.

ScienceBridge mentors go out into the field to help implement labs in the high school classrooms. ScienceBridge mentors put on special events to showcase their own work, the high school students’ work, the researchers’ work. ScienceBridge mentors gain valuable lab experience working in our wet lab. ScienceBridge mentors lead discussions on our website and foster dialogue about current scientific research. ScienceBridge mentors are science leaders, representing UCSD in the larger scientific community.

Undergraduate opportunities include:

• Earn community service and volunteer hours
• Implement labs in high school classrooms
• Develop lab kits for the ScienceBridge curriculum
• Gain basic and advanced lab skills
• Lead web forums & foster dialogue on current scientific research
• Independent Study - Course Credit 199/198
• Internships

Graduate student and post doc opportunities

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Course credit is available!

Contact Alegra Bartzat to inquire about opportunities for credit. Projects can include development of supplementary curriculum, implementation of a Science Leadership special event, study of efficacy of ScienceBridge programming or much more. Sixth College students can complete their practicum project requirements with CAT124. Public Service Minors can earn credit with TMC198, and anyone else can earn independent study or project credits with their college or major through 198 or 199 courses.

ScienceBridge Student Directors and Leaders Selected!

Click here for the new list of selected directors and leaders for 2009-10.

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