In partnership with Mercy Education Project, an after-school program was developed to include STEM learning activities for economically disadvantaged girls in grades 1 through 8 in southwest Detroit. This area is home to a diverse community of Latinos, African Americans, Middle Easterners, and Caucasians. The goal is to introduce dentistry as a potential career path and provide dental care services and oral hygiene instruction to the children. Participants will be exposed to dental education including simulation activities and primary care exposure.
Volunteers will create and facilitate youth STEM activities that will expose students to STEM concepts, learn by doing, and understand how things work. Project would involve UDM-Dental students to develop (research, find & execute) 6 STEM learning plans for a 30 minute STEM enrichment activity for children grades 2-8. Those students will need to identify the learning objectives for each STEM enrichment activity and submit one week in advance of their session. Two UDM students will lead/facilitate the enrichment learning activity via Zoom through Mercy Education Project.
Volunteers are needed to develop (research, find & execute) 20 minute STEM enrichment activities for one week, each volunteer will receive $200 per week worked.
~$200/Per 1 week
1 Activity = 1 Week (1 week = 3 days = Mon, Tues, Thur)
Mercy Education Project
Participation Instructions
To meet guidelines defining participation, students must do the following:
- Students must register for a session using Activity Plan (google doc)- Mercy Education Project
- Students must research, find & execute a 20-minute dental activity over zoom
- Students must clearly state learning goal, objective, and outcome-Must be submitted along with supply list by 1 February
- Students must attend their 30 minute session Monday-Thursday to receive stipend
Contact: Melvin Lunkins, at 313-348-0020 or by email at lunkinms@udmercy.edu
Register now before weeks are filled: Mercy Education Project