- At the School of Earth Sciences, high school students spend 8-10 weeks in the summer working in different laboratories, primarily in the Geological and Environmental Sciences department. The students work on research projects and are supervised directly by graduate students, post docs and lab managers. They volunteer for 15-30 hours per week during the summer. This program enables graduate students to serve as mentors, prepares high schools students for college and serves to strengthen the partnership between Stanford and local high schools.
- The 2008 Flyer and Application (148k pdf) is due on Friday, March 28, 2008. Late applications are not accepted. Mail the application and other materials to the address on the application. Electronic applications or recommendations are not accepted.
- Contact Jennifer Saltzman for more information.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- A few quotes from high school interns
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- The best part of the internship was doing my own project.
- I've never worked in a lab before and I wanted to experience doing that, and also wanted to put the knowledge I learned in school into a realistic context.
- I... became more confident in the usage of chemicals.
- What did interns actually do during the summer of 2005?
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- Prepared equipment for field work
- Ultrasonic extraction of coal samples using organic solvents, roto-evaporation, funnel separation, column chromatograph and compound quantification
- Learned ARC-GIS 9.0 software by doing ESRI’s online training
- Soil preparation for CN analysis
- DNA extractions from environmental samples and cultivated strains, PCR screening of genes from various bacteria, RFLP (fingerprint) analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA genes, DNA quantification and visualization
- Entered data and graphed data
- Discussed background material after reading articles
High School Internships
2006 Interns on a field trip to the Earthquake Trail |
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