Techno Science Supersite: Internships
Internships
ASE: Saturday Academy's Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering
Learn first-hand about science or engineering as a career. Students assist scientists and engineers in a variety of fields for eight weeks during the summer. Students are able to help with real-world projects while being an integral member of a professional team. The benefits are many: you gain valuable pre-professional experience, you get to test out a particular career first-hand and see if it's what you want to pursue, and you have the satisfaction and confidence from having completed one or more projects or contributed meaningful work to a larger, on-going project.
Ages: 9th - 11th Grades
Contact: Email ASE@pdx.edu (503)-725-2334 or Molly Schmitz (503) 725-2340
The Business Education Compact
Get a flavor for working in the real world, make some great connections, have something to put on your resume, and get paid for doing it. There are many positions out there, such as web design, administrative assistance, network support, marketing, community relations, hardware maintenance, software development, and more.
Ages: 15 - 18+
Contact: Email hr@becpdx.org or call: (503) 672-7972
High Desert Teens
Become a part of an exciting team where you can share your love of wildlife, history and the natural world. The High Desert Teens program is a summer program that provides teens with an opportunity to gain valuable social, work, and leadership skills, while serving the community and supporting the mission of the High Desert Museum.
Ages: Grades 7-12
Contact: Email Gwen or call 541-382-4754 x320
Metro Regional Parks & Greenspaces Volunteer Program
Would you like to lead nature tours? maintain and improve regional parks? Metro will give you the training and the opportunity of a lifetime.
Ages: Mature High School Students and Beyond
Contact: Fill out the Volunteer Interest Form and Submit it, email metroparks@metro-region.org, or call (503) 797-1850.
VA Career Focus
This program is an innovative educational opportunity that allows junior and senior students to earn 1.25 elective credits per term while participating in a work-based learning experience. Students will develop skills needed to compete in today's work force. Students are on site at the Portland VA Medical Center Monday through Friday from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Students attend their home high school for the remainder of the school day.
Ages: 11th & 12th Grades
Contact: Email Sharon Appleman or call: (503) 220-8262 x57685
Upcoming Events
Linus Pauling Memorial Lectures : What Scientists Know and How They Know It Thursday, May 1st
Are scientific theories true because they correspond to reality? How can we know that they do, given that we have no access to reality except through experience, which scientists themselves tell us is profoundly different from the the way things "really" are?
If you can't get enough of science, and you want to be up on the latest scientific theories and debates, then you should check out the Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture Series.
OGPC: Oregon Game Project Challenge 1 May 17, 2008
Join your high school buddies and design a game for Oregon's first annual high school game programming competition. Teams of 3 to 7 students may participate by designing a game based on this year's theme of the science behind energy issues. Teams must design programs using Game Maker a free, PC-based game development tool.
OMSI Brainstorm Lecture Series: Unearthing China's Dragons – Tuesday, May 20
From Liaoning to Gansu, new dinosaur discoveries are changing the face of paleontology. We will look at some of these discoveries, where they were made, and why dinosaurs half-way around the world are important to the study of dinosaurs in North America.
Judy Sanders has worked in paleontology for 14 years as a fossil excavator in the western United States, Canada, and China, and currently works as a fossil preparator at the Utah Geological Survey under Dr. James Kirkland.
Held once a month in the OMSI Auditorium, OMSI's newest adult discussion series include presentations by experts followed by ample time for Q&A with the speakers and discussion with other participants.
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