During Hispanic Education Outreach Day (HEOD) at Argonne National Laboratory, students from a middle school in West Aurora met and talked with professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. According to Kristen Mally Dean, this year’s HEOD on October 6 was a half-day virtual event for 40 students, grades six through eight.
For many of the students at the school, which is 65-70% Hispanic or Latino, this was the first time they met someone other than their science teacher who works in a science-related field, Dean wrote.
Argonne researchers work closely with companies, universities, and federal, state, and municipal agencies to advance America’s scientific leadership, and prepare the nation for a better future.
Students participated in a series of meet and greet sessions with research professionals and scientists in order to learn what professionals actually do at Argonne.
“For a lot of [participants], this might have been their first experience with a science-focused individual,” David Allen, School District 129’s science curriculum coordinator told Dean. “In middle school especially, students struggle to see real-world connections with science class and why it is important. They wonder, ‘what can I do with this when I am out of school?’ This is a nice opportunity to realize there are people who do science for a career, and there are real things going on with the ‘science and STEM stuff’ going on in class.”
Argonne National Laboratory conducts basic and applied scientific research in every scientific discipline. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Click here to read more.
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