Vernier Science Education makes electronic sensors and software that science and engineering teachers and students use to collect and analyze scientific data. We strive to provide excellent equipment, software, and customer support for all disciplines of science, including the study of renewable energy.
The selected intern will work with the KidWind team to help further develop renewable energy activities and examples, supporting science and engineering education. This includes collecting experimental data, documenting processes, and creating student-facing activities.
In addition, the intern may also identify and develop solar energy activities.
The intern will create and document several activities to supplement our existing offerings in the renewable energy discipline, focused primarily on wind. This may include collecting data, documenting processes, and creating activities associated with gearing, and integrating additional sensor technology and accessories.
The intern will work independently with guidance to develop meaningful environmental science activities appropriate for middle school and high school students. They will create experiments and activities that support environmental science/renewable energy education. This will involve generating data and documenting processes using Vernier equipment and standard office resources (computer, Google Drive, etc.). They will participate in the KidWind team meetings and report on their progress.
This is a part-time internship, with the expectation that the intern will work at least 200 hours over the course of the summer. The mentor will be available to assist and guide the intern, but the primary work will be accomplished independently. The mentor and intern will have weekly meetings to discuss progress, identify next steps and roadblocks. The mentor and the intern will also engage in a book study throughout the internship.
Students must be minimum age of 16 by June 16. These age requirements are strictly enforced by the mentoring organization, and there are no exceptions.
We strongly encourage students to apply who are from one or more systemically and historically excluded group, including but not limited to, non-cis-gendered students, girls, BIPOC, first-generation college bound students, low-income/low-resourced students, students with disabilities, who are neurodivergent, and those who speak a primary language other than English.
This internship will be taking place in-person as permitted by Federal/State/Local/Vernier guidelines. To reduce the risks of coronavirus exposure, mentors and interns will act in accordance with applicable COVID guidelines and procedures. Selected applicants will be required to review and sign a waiver agreement.
If you have any questions about the application, website technical issues and/or this position description, please contact Saturday Academy at ase@saturdayacademy.org. Do not contact the mentor directly. Contacting the mentor directly is grounds for disqualification of your ASE application.