MentorPower pairs mentors in various environmental and science professions from business, government and nonprofit organizations with high school students. Together, the mentors and students create research-oriented or community service projects that highlight real environmental problems in the students' communities. The high school students integrate the results of the research and fieldwork into lesson plans that they then deliver to their local elementary school classes. Some students even offer and execute viable solutions to the environmental problems they've identified. This program is being implemented in the urban Trenton and suburban Princeton areas.

Highlights

• Professionals are recruited as mentors from a variety of business and government agencies, including NJDEP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Educational Testing Services (ETS), FMC, General Motors, and a host of others.

• Students develop critical thinking skills while learning how to apply scientific theory to real-life situations. Choosing a science project, conducting field research and working with a mentor provides the students with a positive and successful experience.

• Students display their completed projects and share their experiences as participants at the MentorPower Fair. Guests in attendance include mentors, students, parents, teachers, friends, and sponsors.

Target Audience(s)

Students in grades 9-12

Additional Information
Maureen Quinn, Executive Director
MentorPower, Inc.
229 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville NJ 08648
Phone: 609-278-5844
Fax: 609-278-5846
E-mail: njenquinn@aol.com
www.mentorpowernj.org/