Join the Master Plant Science Team

Plantingscience.org is now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 Master Plant Science Team.

Apply by August 21, 2015

Are you a graduate student or post-doctoral researcher interested in a chance to get involved and trained in K-12 outreach?  Would you like to mentor student research teams, without ever leaving your desk?  Do you have the time to commit to mentor ~4 teams in both the Fall and Spring PlantingScience Sessions?   

Discover the rewards: 

• Free annual society membership
• Reduced annual meeting fees
• T-shirt
• Support of a mentor cohort

 What are the expectations of the Master Plant Science Team members?

• One year commitment (~2 hours per week time commitment when sessions are active)
• Mentor ~4 teams in fall and spring
• Communicate ~3 times per week when teams are active
• Connect with classroom teacher as appropriate
• Provide feedback to staff and mentor team

Interested members of the Master Plant Science Team may also participate in field-testing of new curricular modules, shadowing student experiments, communicating with teachers and module authors, and providing feedback on module materials and development.

Sponsorship is provided by the following partner societies:

• Botanical Society of America sponsors graduate students and post-doctoral researchers.  Download BSA brochure
• American Society of Plant Biologists sponsors graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Download ASPB brochure
• Ecological Society of America sponsors graduate students only.  Download ESA brochure