High School STEM Days are a once-a-month event for local public high school students to visit the Lab. This event; co-hosted by K-12 Programs at the main lab campus, is a chance to share what life in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and STEM adjacent professions are like. This is an exciting opportunity to speak with students as they are deciding for themselves what it means to be a STEM professional.
We are seeking volunteers in all lab positions. All staff in STEM and STEM adjacent careers are welcome and encouraged to participate.
Job Shadowing: The tour/shadowing will be about 2 hours, including transit to and from Building 50 or Building 67's Auditoriums (TBD). During this time you can show your day-to-day job, you can talk about your pathway as you tour around your workspace and encourage interactions between students and colleagues. REMINDER THAT THIS IS NOT A LECTURE. Students should have a chance to touch, engage, tour and ask questions. Each volunteer will have about 5 to 8 students. We will need approximately 5-10 volunteers for the 2 job shadow sessions during the day. Each volunteer can choose to volunteer for either one or both of the job shadow sessions during the day.
Morning shift starts at 10 am and Afternoon shift starts at 1pm.
TIME COMMITMENT BREAKDOWN:
10 am OR 1pm start
~10-15 minutes: Meet students at Bldg 50 Auditorium (TBD) and transit to your work space
~75 minutes: Tour and job shadow
~10-15 minutes: Transit back to Bldg 50 Auditorium (TBD)
~5-10 minutes: Transition and end of shift.
If you would like to be a welcome host, have lunch, or interact in other ways with students, sign up here: https://service.lbl.gov/need/detail/?need_id=866697
Expected Dates and Locations:
November 9 - ALS and IGB,
December 13 - JBEI (Emeryville)
January 24 - EESA and Molecular Foundry,
February 14 (cohosted with AAERG) - LiSA, FLEXLab, Engineering
March 20 (cohosted with WSEC) - NERSC and 88 inch Cyclotron
Attire: Please wear your Berkeley Lab shirt, favorite STEM paraphernalia and/or anything that relates to your career. This is an informal day.
