Does Scripps Florida offer educational opportunities for high school students?
Scripps Florida has well established seminar, internship, and activity programs for K-12 students and teachers from the Palm Beach County area. In the Kenan Summer Intern program, high school students and teachers work alongside Scripps Florida scientists and receive weekly lectures from its faculty. Offerings at the elementary and middle school levels include “Introduction to Science” and “Wow Chemistry” lessons that excite young people by showing them what the world is made of and how it fits together. “Science Saturday” lessons show high school students how to isolate and fingerprint DNA and provide them an opportunity to observe first hand state-of-the-art bioscience laboratories. Ph.D. students from the Scripps Research Kellogg School of Science and Technology host panel discussions and laboratory tours for visiting high school classes, sharing information on the process of becoming a scientist. Scripps Florida also makes available summer institutes offering basic science and adva
