The Berkeley Lab Director’s Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP) is a project-based high school STEM program designed to help participants develop 21st century skills, learn about Berkeley Lab’s research activities, receive college and career guidance, and develop a STEM network in a real-life work environment. BLDAP seeks to remove systemic barriers, such as a lack of access to professional networks and work-based opportunities, by providing strong connections to the scientific community at Berkeley Lab.
The BLDAP 2023 cohort (24 students) will meet monthly (October - April) on Saturdays at 10am. In addition to college and career workshops, students will be working in teams to carry out a data science research project highlighting a community issue of their choice. The Berkeley Lab K-12 team is seeking mentors to check-in with the student team about once every other month to give feedback to their work and check on their progress. Check-ins will be conducted virtually over Zoom. We will try to pair mentors as a mentoring team.
Mentors do not need to be data scientists - any experience working with data and data analysis is welcome! There will be an info session (date TBD - sometime late September) to give an overview of the data science project. Most meetings will be held online unless indicated as hybrid.
Check-in dates and project deliverables are as follows (please note that dates in January through April are subject to change):
- October 21: (hybrid)Initial results on data collection
- November 18 (check-in optional): Data collection completed
- December 16 (hybrid)(check-in optional): Data cleaning done, ready for analysis
- January 20: Exploratory data analysis, data visualizations
- February 17 (check-in optional): Data modeling
- March 16: Finalize data visualizations and findings for presentations
- April 20: Initial drafts of presentations ready for review
- May date TBD (in-person, optional for mentors): Presentations
All volunteers participating in K-12 programs must complete an online working with minors course (~90 minutes), sign and submit a CANRA form, and pass a background check.
For any questions please contact K-12 Content and Instruction Coordinator, Alisa Bettale (abettale@lbl.gov) or Faith Dukes (fmdukes@lbl.gov)
For any questions please contact K-12 Content and Instruction Coordinator, Alisa Bettale (abettale@lbl.gov) or Faith Dukes (fmdukes@lbl.gov)
