Discovery:
The Educational Initiative
Discover for Yourself
9
years of operation
2000+
students impacted
250+
mentors volunteered
30+
educators involved
4
high school
partners
The Discovery team empowers high school students to undertake university-level innovations through mentorship provided by our dedicated post-secondary volunteers. This initiative enables students to explore various aspects of physics, biology, and chemistry in creative ways that extend beyond the traditional classroom setting. Both Discovery high school students and volunteers gain new insights daily, through hands-on experiences in the lab.
Jose
Discovery Chemistry Lead
"As a mentor, it is gratifying to see how they formulate their questions and experiments as true, independent scientists. More than chemistry, biology, or physics, they are learning how to be critical thinkers."
Obria
Former Discovery Student
"We really get to do things on our own and actually think. I enjoy that because we have more control over what we are doing."
Ed
Discovery Educator
"They are seeing people that look like them. This is the first time—I would think, for a lot of these students [that] they're actually seeing individuals that represent [them] being really successful in master's programs [or] a PhD. So, I really think that does help a lot of them."