K12 Outreach

The NT-NSC engages with the local community through outreach activities to K-12 students and the local community, through visits, field trips and summer camps, which include outreach to underrepresented groups in STEM.

Summer Camps

One-week long summer camps for high school students in the North Texas region have been initiated to attract and mentor these students in the STEM areas and engage them in hands-on activities in interdisciplinary laboratory settings.  The camps are led by PI Kaul with assistance from her faculty collaborators. Undergraduates and graduate students serve as event coordinators and help coordinate the activities for the students during the summer.  A multi-tiered mentoring approach, with the engagement from faculty, staff and peers is used.

  • Two female students working at table
  • Multiple students working at a table
  • UNT researcher showing students experiment
  • Students working
  • UNT researcher showing students equipment
  • UNT researcher talks to students in a lab
  • Students in a lab
  • A female student doing experiment in a lab with others watching
  • UNT faculty with students
  • UNT faculty talks to students in a classroom
  • UNT faculty with students in classroom
  • UNT researcher with students in a lab

Field Trips

The field-trips for local-area middle school students have been initiated for students in the North Texas region to visit UNT’s College of Engineering at Discovery Park.  The NT-NSC team will coordinate efforts to host students from multiple schools to expose them to a laboratory environment and engage them in engineering and STEM.  Naval perspectives will be infused into these field trips, wherever possible.

Spring 2023 - Field Trips

In April 2023, middle and high school students flocked from regional schools in Denton, Argyle, Irving, and Frisco to attend the UNT-ONR STEM field trips held at the University of North Texas’ Discovery Park campus. Over 3 days, 136 students worked in four College of Engineering laboratories and interacted with graduate and undergraduate student mentors to engage in hands- on activities in the fields of electronic materials, biomimetics & extracellular environments, metal & alloy development, as well as molecular self-assembly. When the event came to a close, and students clamored into busses and vans, they departed with a new curiosity and passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; imagining the possibilities of what a future in STEM might hold for them.  

Welcoming middle and high school students to their STEM field trip.

Students doing experiments in the laboratory at Discovery Park as part of their field trip

Middle school students learn about STEM careers and learn from UNT graduate students what is possible with a college degree

Middle schoolers visit UNT labs at Discovery Park and experience demonstrations and hands on activities as part of their STEM field trip.

Middle and high school students had a great time working in collaborative groups during the STEM field trip.

Students visit UNT College of Engineering laboratories for a full day of friendship, fun, and STEM

STEM field trip group photos

Fall 2019 - Field Trips

  • UNT staff talks to students in classroom
  • Three students doing experiment
  • Dr. Kaul giving presentation to students
  • Students in a lab
  • UNT faculty giving presentation to students in a classroom
  • Students working on project

Navy JROTC

Outreach to students enlisted in the Navy JROTC program is an important component of the NT-NSC.  We will continue to conduct STEM activities and programs catering to Navy JROTC students in Hebron High School in the North Texas Region.

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  • UNT faculty with students in classroom
  • Students stting at table watching presentation
  • Two students in lab coat working on project
  • Students conduct an experiment in a university lab.
  • Researcher showing electrical board to students

Navy Internships for High School Students

High school students can also benefit from internship opportunities provided at Naval facilities through the Navy’s Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP). The SEAP program is also coordinated by the American Society of Engineering Education.
 

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