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Help Science Buddies With a Short-term Volunteer Project Points:
variable* 		Why it is important: By helping with one of the short-term volunteer tasks below, you contribute your time and expertise to Science Buddies and help us complete specific projects that will make our award-winning resources even more helpful to students, parents, and teachers. Every time you volunteer, you join us in our efforts to support K-12 science education!

*Each task has different points that you can earn. You will get your points after our volunteer coordinator has verified your contribution.

Instructions: The volunteer opportunities on this page encourage volunteers to help Science Buddies with a variety of projects. Some volunteer tasks require science and engineering expertise. Other volunteer opportunities involve writing, editing, photography, and graphic design. We even recognize volunteers for helping spread the word about Science Buddies in their own communities! The time required for each task varies, but most of the tasks below are designed to be relatively short-term, making it easy for busy volunteers to contribute in specific areas and in convenient blocks of time.

How it works: To express an interest in helping with one of the tasks below, please click the button next to the task. Clicking this button will send an email to our volunteer coordinator recording your interest. If you have enough information to get started, please do! Our volunteer coordinator will follow up with any additional information you may need.

Note: You only need to click the icon one time per task; our volunteer coordinator will follow up. Please note that some tasks are limited to adult volunteers and some tasks are specifically for volunteers at specific companies.

This list of short-term opportunities is updated frequently, so please stop by again!


Do This Task! Task Category Instructions Points Time Estimate
Join our Facebook Community Community Are you a Facebook user? Clicking "like" on the Science Buddies page at Facebook makes it easy to stay up-to-date with Science Buddies. As a member of our Facebook community, you will see updates about new Project Ideas, science news and history you can share with students, inspiring stories about K-12 science project success, and more. Plus, clicking "like" shows that you support and encourage science education! The more teachers, students, and parents we can introduce to Science Buddies, the more students we can potentially help each year with their science projects. [Information on signing up will be provided after you indicate interest. Points can only be earned one time.] 15 5 minutes
Jour Our X Community Community Are you an X user? Following Science Buddies at X makes it easy to stay up-to-date with Science Buddies and shows your own circle of friends and followers that you support and encourage science education! The more teachers, students, and parents we can introduce to Science Buddies, the more students we can potentially help each year with science projects. [Information on confirming completion of the task will be provided after you indicate interest. Points can only be earned one time.] 15 5 minutes
Follow Us at Pinterest Community Do you use Pinterest? Following Science Buddies at Pinterest makes it easy to mark and share great hands-on science projects your own circle of friends, teachers, and followers! [Information on confirming completion of the task will be provided after you indicate interest. Points can only be earned one time.] 15 5 minutes
Volunteer as a Science Fair Judge Misc. Volunteer your time and expertise as a judge at a science fair. By judging, you not only support local fairs, but you reinforce to participating students that science fairs are important and exciting! Note: Science Buddies does not coordinate volunteer science fair judging opportunities, but we do award points to volunteers who judge at fairs in their area. Adult volunteers only. 250-300 8-12 hours
Follow at Instagram Community Are you an Instagram user? Clicking "follow" on the Science Buddies channel at Instagram makes it easy to stay up-to-date with Science Buddies. [Information will be provided after you indicate interest. Points can only be earned one time.] 15 5 minutes

Note: For submissions of graphic design, photographic, or other original elements, volunteers may be asked to sign a release form acknowledging that the design is original and transferring usage rights to Science Buddies.

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