Tech Grad Students to Help Teens Interested in STEM Field
A dozen Atlanta high school students are spending their summer in research labs at Georgia Tech.
While the thought would make many teens cringe, there were about three applicants for each opening in Tech’s “Project ENGAGE” (Engaging New Generations at Georgia Tech through Engineering) program.
But Tech grad students don’t want the high schoolers who weren’t selected to lose interest.
That’s why a group is organizing a science club that will go out to schools to give students hands-on research experience.
Torri Rinker is one of the Tech students designing the yet-named science club. She says taking students beyond the typical high school textbook can be powerful.
“They become excited about it. They become interested in being a researcher. And they don’t see it just a regurgitation of knowledge and math that doesn’t matter.”
The science club is still in the planning stages, and at first will only be offered at BEST Academy and Coretta Scott King High School.
But Rinker says if it’s successful, the hope is to expand it to other local high schools.
This summer, WABE’s Jim Burress is following a few of the 12 high school students selected for Georgia Tech’s Project ENGAGE program. He’ll have more on their progress in the coming months on 90.1-FM and WABE.org.
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