“Through carefully curated experiments at each grade level, SiE has managed to reinforce physics concepts in a way that I haven't seen anywhere else. I am amazed to see that in 3rd grade, kids are able to describe terms like force in a scientifically accurate way that many adults might struggle with. SiE staff and the lesson plans are phenomenal.”

“Once when I was in a third-grade classroom, one of the girls that I was working with told me that she wanted to become a science teacher because she loved doing the science experiments.”

“Through carefully curated experiments at each grade level, SIE has managed to reinforce physics concepts in a way that I haven't seen anywhere else. I am amazed to see that in 3rd grade, kids are able to describe terms like Force in a scientifically accurate way that many adults might struggle with. SIE staff and the lesson plans are phenomenal.”

“The class was studying buoyancy. They had to predict whether items would sink or float. The items were things like screws, marbles, rubber corks, popsicle sticks, and balls of clay. One student asked whether the clay would float if shaped like a boat. We tried making a hollowed-out hull, but water came in through a crack, so it sank. I explained to my group that he was on the right track, and since they’d seen metal ships I think they believed me.”

“I wanted to volunteer with SiE because I believe in their mission to make science more accessible to students of all backgrounds. For the past year and a half, volunteering with SiE has been the highlight of each month because I have so much fun doing science experiments with enthusiastic, curious, and motivated students. It has been a great opportunity for me to stay involved with my community while contributing to a cause I believe in.”

“Working with young children in an elementary school classroom will broaden your perspectives. While challenging at times, it can also be fun and exhilarating, like when a child excitedly plays a kazoo just assembled out of tongue depressor sticks, rubber bands, paper, and tape - the resulting kazoo cacophony demonstrates scientific principles of how vibrations produce sound.

By volunteering with SiE, you not only provide science education to the next generation, you also develop valuable skills. In the process of bettering yourself, you might just make a profound difference in a child's life, and pave the way for a better future.”

“It struck me that some of you would do well to join me in the volunteer program, I've been working for since 2012, to bring science to kids in underserved K-5 public elementary school classrooms. In a given school they connect with the teacher of a given class, and arrange a 1-1.5 hour ‘science class’ per month. The science class team of usually 4 people, consists of a leader/presenter and 3 volunteers. The volunteer time commitment is about 2 hours per month.”