SciChats@Salk is a video-conferenced-based science outreach program that pairs students in a classroom (or alternative learning setting) with a volunteer scientist for conversations about what it’s like to be a scientist, what we work on, and why we think it’s cool. SciChats’ mission is to function as an interactive learning experience for students and a hands-on communication exercise for scientists.

General Format

• 15-20 minute presentation by a scientist

• Remainder of time, up to 1 hour, devoted to student's scientific questions

• Recording can be made available

• Suitable for classrooms K-12 and beyond
  

SciChats can also be requested outside of the Virtual Mobile Science Lab program. Educators may request a SciChat for their students by completing the form found here.

Pre-SciChat Sample Student Activity:

Use a Google Jamboard for students to research vocabulary terms and generate questions for the scientist.

• Salk's Sample Pre-SciChat Google Jamboard