Get Involved with K-12 Outreach!

Remember to submit any activities you do with K-12: https://bit.ly/ChemistryOutreach

Opportunities to get involved with K-12 Outreach this Spring (2025):

Volunteer for Hands-on Purdue Science (HOPS) Labs!

Looking for a fun, hands-on opportunity to help local high school students? Local high school students will be visiting campus this spring for the experience of completing a science lab on campus!

We could use as many volunteers as we can get on the following dates. Topics for each of the dates are listed below. Anyone who would like to volunteer will need to complete the online training module (detailed below). Volunteers should email Sarah Nern no later than 2 weeks prior to the date for which they would like to participate.

Tuesday, April 22 (Buffers Lab)
Thursday, April 24 (Buffers Lab)
Tuesday, May 6 (Using AI to Predict Protein Structures)

The Vice President for Ethics and Compliance has updated their policies for anyone working with minors on campus. Faculty, staff, and student volunteers are required to go through the Required Reporting training. It should only take 10-15 minutes to complete the training and then you will be compliant for the next 24 months.

If interested in volunteering to help with any Purdue sponsored events involving minors, you will be required to complete the Required Reporting training. It should only take 10-15 minutes to complete this training.

Step 1: Log into the Protection of Minors Portal (https://apps.ideal-logic.com/purdue) with Boiler key.
Step 2: If you use different email accounts, you may enter them on the first screen under email addresses. This allows all of your emails to be under the one account.
Step 3: If you're volunteering, you only need to do the “Required Reporting” training. This should only take about 10 minutes to go through the training and take the short quiz.

Once you have completed the quiz you are all done and compliant for the next 24 months :)

If you have not completed this training, you may not volunteer or work with any minors on campus as part of University events. It only takes 10-15 minutes to be compliant, and that will allow you to volunteer for any programs that involve minors.

Help Build our STEM Career Repository!

The world of STEM is vast and exciting, but many students are unaware of the opportunities it offers. Educators strive to integrate practical college and career readiness skills into their teaching. To bridge this gap, Purdue University College of Science K-12 Outreach is building an extensive STEM Career Repository. Learn more about this exciting program, browse our keyword searchable repository, check out supplemental student handouts, and learn how you can contribute your own video by visiting our webpage: https://www.purdue.edu/science/K12/stemcareers.html

Interviews with Grads

Superheroes of Science will be continuing to schedule interviews with both faculty and graduate students. These interviews will take between 15-30 minutes, and the final product will be a 5-10 minute video that we will publish on our YouTube channel. The interview will be an opportunity for scientists to explain their research to the general public (including high school students). Anyone interested may email Sarah and Steven to schedule their interview with us. We can record in our green room located in HAMP 2270, or we can bring the recording equipment to your lab and record the interview where the research is happening.

Virtual Labs

If you want to help K-12 students and teachers but prefer an activity that is not necessarily hands-on, we have created virtual labs for teachers and students. View examples of virtual labs and our Science Demos.

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