SLAM (Science Leadership and Mentoring)

SLAM is an after-school, curriculum-based mentoring program pairing one 7th grade girl (Little) with one UCF undergraduate woman student (Big)

– Little Meetings: every Wednesday, 6:00pm-7:30pm via Zoom

– Parent Orientation: Wednesday, September 29th 6pm via Zoom

– First Little Meeting: Wednesday, Oct 6th 6pm

– Big Training: Wednesday, September 15th via Zoom

-Big Meetings: first Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm-9:00pm via Zoom

Leadership Lessons:

• Formal and Informal Leadership
• Conflict Management and Problem Solving
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
• Healthy Mind Healthy Body
• Time Management
• Goals and Values

STEM Lessons:

• Girls and Women in STEM
• Robotics Workshop
• UCF Arboretum
• Animation and Simulation Institute Workshop
• Women in Engineering
• Reef Oyster Preservation
• UCF Robinson Observatory and Planetarium
• Coding and Computer Science Workshop
• Careers in Math
• Aero Space Engineering and NASA
• Careers in Health Sciences
• UCF STEM Day