Once children experience a lack of success in science, it is very hard for them to catch up with their peers and gain confidence in their ability to succeed. This internship aims at helping fifth grade students to be ready to excel in science throughout middle school, high school, and college. Our goal is to demonstrate to the students that science is a fascinating subject at which they can succeed and that continuing in science is a real possibility for them. Even more fundamentally, we hope to spark or maintain an interest in school that will encourage these students to finish high school and consider college a viable and worthwhile option. Interns currently enrolled in the linked course are required to earn a passing grade in the linked course in order to receive a passing grade in this internship.
Consistency is important in establishing and maintaining a productive relationship with a child.
When an intern is absent, the children miss out on the personal attention that only their intern can give. Furthermore, intern absences place greater demands on the remaining interns who must take up the slack. If you miss a day, then you cannot receive any points that would otherwise have been earned that day. There will be no excused absences. No makeup time or activities are possible.