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Hi! I recently went to a science fair as a judge, and I started talking to a bunch of other judges. We found that there doesn't seem to be any organization dedicated to bringing together people good at certain fields of science with gifted children to encourage them to explore in science. For example, someone who wants to do a project with robots or who likes robots can be linked up with a robots engineer who wants to spend his or her time tutoring people who need help with a robot project (or inspire them to do robot projects).
There are a lot of "help people bad at science" groups and "help inner city youth at science" groups, but not much for bright scientists who don't find themselves challenged by the curriculum.
I found myself in the same boat as a child. I wanted to do the Westinghouse but I couldn't figure out what exactly to work on. A mentor would have come in handy. Eventually, I bailed out when I realized that I didn't have time to work on it (my school got out at 5:43 PM every day!)
I'm envisioning a bulletin board or a Web site where scientists can log in describing themselves and checking off which fields (just take it off a standard science fair sheet), age groups (pre-K, elementary, junior high, high school), and type of assistance (gifted students, students which need help) they believe they'd be capable of giving. They'd also provide a location where they operate out of so if a mentor wants to get together with a student face to face, they can sort by that as well.
Do you know of any such program? If not, do you think there's a market for it?
Thanks in advance,
ACG
There are a lot of "help people bad at science" groups and "help inner city youth at science" groups, but not much for bright scientists who don't find themselves challenged by the curriculum.
I found myself in the same boat as a child. I wanted to do the Westinghouse but I couldn't figure out what exactly to work on. A mentor would have come in handy. Eventually, I bailed out when I realized that I didn't have time to work on it (my school got out at 5:43 PM every day!)
I'm envisioning a bulletin board or a Web site where scientists can log in describing themselves and checking off which fields (just take it off a standard science fair sheet), age groups (pre-K, elementary, junior high, high school), and type of assistance (gifted students, students which need help) they believe they'd be capable of giving. They'd also provide a location where they operate out of so if a mentor wants to get together with a student face to face, they can sort by that as well.
Do you know of any such program? If not, do you think there's a market for it?
Thanks in advance,
ACG