About Mentoring with Creative Science

This arm of the Creative Science program brings university students from the arts and sciences together in dedicated groups, with the goal of providing mentorship to High School students, on an online forum, as they work on individual projects representing a concept in their science curriculum by producing a creative/artistic piece. Since its inception in Vancouver schools in 2010, it has engaged 300+ High School students and over 100 university mentors.

Our reasons for conceiving this program are:

• to introduce students to different ways of learning
• to improve attitudes toward science among High School age students (who are the future generation of people governing the world)
• to connect the Sciences and the Arts, which are both creative enterprises, and give students more confidence in their abilities in both
• to expose students to university role models, and get them thinking about their future goals and dreams

AS A MENTOR: your role is to help students find the answers to questions they have that arise during their projects, by giving them the benefit of your subject expertise, or by directing them to useful resources. You will answer these questions on the Creative Science discussion forums.

Mentors are given the opportunity to share their knowledge, inspire students to engage in their learning, and help students who are struggling with various areas of their projects. They also have the opportunity to develop their abilities to understand students’ challenges and teach students how to address those challenges.

 

Interested? Want to find out more? Learn about what is required to be a Creative Science mentor.