Massasoit STEM

High­ly Recommended

I start­ed this project with­out much knowl­edge about pol­li­na­tors, as my back­ground was com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent. After one year, I gained a deep under­stand­ing of wild bees and how impor­tant they are for our ecosys­tem. I also learned a lot about the research process, espe­cial­ly through reg­u­lar field obser­va­tions and data col­lec­tion. This intern­ship was a valu­able expe­ri­ence that helped me grow both sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly and per­son­al­ly.   — Eduar­do D.

Great Men­tor­ship

The men­tors at the STEM pro­gram are ded­i­cat­ed to the suc­cess of each of the interns. They pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties for interns to design their own path depend­ing on their per­son­al inter­ests, and chal­lenge them to think crit­i­cal­ly and be account­able. I real­ly enjoy jour­nal club and have not only become more com­fort­able deci­pher­ing sci­en­tif­ic arti­cles, but I have learned to rec­og­nize good exper­i­men­tal design and can iden­ti­fy data that sup­ports or refutes a hypoth­e­sis.    ‑Meg W.

Excel­lent Training

I began the intern­ship as a high school­er at South­east­ern Voca­tion­al High School, and it real­ly helped me decide what path I want­ed to take in col­lege and beyond. I appre­ci­ate all of the expe­ri­ence I have got­ten, espe­cial­ly pre­sent­ing my abstract at the Eco­log­i­cal Soci­ety of Amer­i­ca nation­al con­fer­ence as a com­mu­ni­ty col­lege stu­dent.   — Sky­la S.