{"id":505,"date":"2024-09-23T19:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2024-09-23T19:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:23:40","slug":"mentorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/mentorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can help us to support and inspire the next generation of Black STEMM scholars!<\/p>\n<div>We are seeking mentorship for students in grades 7 through 12 who are developing science fair projects.<\/div>\n<div>Students are supported by our outreach education partners, but also benefit from mentorship from STEM professionals or trainees. Mentors can also be be teachers, parents or, sometimes, other students. Mentors help students conduct research and gain knowledge pertaining to their project, and sometimes provide access to specialized equipment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Spark ideas using this great tool:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mystemspace.ca\/spark\/\">Spark ideas or refine existing ones<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You may serve as an\u00a0<strong>online mentor regardless<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>of where you are in the country.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>We also seek to\u00a0<strong>connect students to mentors in their region<\/strong>\u00a0where possible to allow direct support for infrastructure or equipment needs.<\/div>\n<p>Sign up here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/ScienceFair\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/ScienceFair<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or scan this QR code<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-506\" src=\"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/QR_code_ScienceFair_mentorship.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/QR_code_ScienceFair_mentorship.png 256w, https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/QR_code_ScienceFair_mentorship-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentorship Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following guidelines are to be strictly adhered to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Always keep in mind that the project is the student\u2019s and not the mentor\u2019s. It is the student\u2019s role, and not the mentor\u2019s, to conceive the project\u2019s specific topic.<\/li>\n<li>All data taking and analysis of the data must be the student\u2019s own, unless the student does not present it as his or her own and credits the actual data taker properly. When mentors take over these responsibilities, they deprive students of valuable learning experiences.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0If a project has been mentored, it should be declared in the references and or bibliography in the accompanying project report\/abstract<\/li>\n<li>The student must be knowledgeable in the subject\/project, and can answer all questions about information they\u2019ve presented in the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can help us to support and inspire the next generation of Black STEMM scholars! We are seeking mentorship for students in grades 7 through 12 who are developing science fair projects. Students are supported by our outreach education partners, but also benefit from mentorship from STEM professionals or trainees. Mentors can also be be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-505","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/cbsny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}