Volunteer Spotlights

Soomin Jung learned about BASIS in her first year as an undergraduate and has been showing 3rd grade students the wonders of Oobleck and the states of matter ever since. Volunteering with BASIS has shown her how much quality science instruction is lacking in elementary schools and inspires her to go on in her education so that she can continue to teach science and health in the community.

Although Ashley Gibb has only been a BASIS volunteer for one year, community science outreach is not new to her.  She's been doing this since she was an undergrad and has no plans to stop.

Chemistry PhD candidate Kim Sogi may not look like your typical scientist. When she goes into classrooms with her team of volunteers teachers often comment how wonderful it is for their students to see female scientists in their classrooms

Making ice cream with third-graders may be a fun way to pass those long days, but it can also be an exciting way to teach them about the phases of matter. Add a little liquid nitrogen, and it gets even better! Over the last 3 years BASIS volunteer Leah Witus has helped coordinate 16 classroom visits, exploring gasses, liquids, and solids with over 350 3^rd grade students.  “I love seeing how excited kids get from watching dry ice sublime and flowers shatter after being frozen in liquid nitrogen,” says Leah.