Seminar Requirements
Students must participate in eight STEM seminars.
Participation includes attending a seminar, being an active participant at the seminar, and writing a brief reflection (one page single spaced or two pages double spaced) about the seminar.
Students may use a combination of "internal" seminars (those arranged by the Honors Committee), and "external" seminars (those found/arranged by the student). Students are required to participate in three internal seminars, and the remaining five may be either internal or external seminars.
Pre-approval of external seminars is strongly recommended. External seminars should be similar to our program seminars (a formally arranged presentation by an expert in a field, at least one hour in length, aimed at an adult audience). Examples are a university lecture or a special guest presentation hosted by a community organization. Non-examples would be a routine talk, a field trip, or a guest speaker in class.
The STEM Program will offer 3-4 seminars per year. Additionally, non-seniors may use the Senior Exhibition Fair as a seminar each year (attend, participate in discussion of STEM based projects, write a reflection).
All seminar reflection papers are due within two weeks of the actual seminar date.
Seminar reflection papers should be shared with Mrs. Gardner through your high school Google account. All internal seminars will have a reflection assignment posted on Google Classroom.