Mentors

What is a Cool Science Mentor?

A mentor is any adult who was a part of the Cool Science program and worked with 10 or more youth (in Grades K-12) in Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire, Kansas, or Missouri. Mentors were staff members from afterschool clubs, homeschool educators, museum/library professionals, Boy or Girl Scout troop leaders, public and private educators, church leaders, etc.

All selected mentors attended either a 1-day in-person workshop or a 3-day online workshop series during the past four summers. These workshops helped them become even better youth mentors, especially in terms of helping youth learn art and science. Workshop participants learned about the science of extreme weather and ways to use artistic expression to integrate science and art in learning activities for youth. The workshops contained mini lessons presented online by science and art experts.

Mentors received a stipend for attending the workshops and submitting youth artwork.

If you have questions, please contact us at coolscience@uml.edu.