For Individual Volunteers, NOT Groups
Assemble & Check Monoscopes + Lights so Boston Public Schools students can learn Next Gen Science Standards "Hands On"
WHEN
- Saturday 5/04/2024, 1-4pm
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Sign up by 4/30/2024
~6 volunteers are still needed.
WHAT
Assembling and giving these innovative scopes to students enables them to discover the microscopic world "hands on" as part of the Next Generation Science Standards.
No prior experience is required, but manual dexterity and attention to detail are needed.
Volunteers must wear high-quality masks indoors and be "fragrance free," meaning not wear any perfume, cologne, body spray, or scented skin, hair, or laundry products.
WHERE
Randolph, MA Less than 5 miles from Ikea
0.5 mile from Holbrook-Randolph commuter rail station
Ample on-street parking
WHY
HOW
If you can, please donate $15 (enough for three students to have their own scopes and LED lights) by 4/30.
Incomplete submissions cannot be honored.
Call PMD if you cannot register online using qualtrics.
CALL THE PMD OFFICE at
After you register online, you will see a confirmation screen and receive a confirmation email message.
Then PMD will email specific details a few days before the project, including directions to the project site (by public transportation and by car), what to expect, a map, and (for minors only) a waiver form.
WHO
We seek detail-oriented volunteers who will carefully follow instructions for assembly and checking. Volunteers will be working together in pairs.We recommend volunteers be age 14 or older**, but will accept mature, capable, younger volunteers able to focus for the entire three hours IF they are accompanied by individually registered and fully participating adults.
**Please call PMD's office at (*82)1,781-963-0373 for instructions on how to register younger volunteers.
For 31+ years, public charity People Making a Difference (PMD) has promoted informed and responsible volunteerism by involving people in tangible work that meets local needs and by assisting companies in building successful community involvement programs that:
- Produce appreciable results while conserving recipients' limited resources.
- Educate volunteers about broader issues.
- Bring people together to make a difference.
"The Foldscope performs most of the functions of a high-school lab microscope...."
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker (12/13/2015)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/through-the-looking-glass-annals-of-science-carolyn-kormann