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Illinois Space Society Education Outreach Content Co-Lead
- Responsible for creating content for elementary to high schoolers. including PowerPoint presentations, interactive activities, and videos
- Create content ranging from aerospace or technical topics like the solar system and rocketry to advice for picking a major and applying to colleges
Pursuing STEM in Silence: Biographies of Six Deaf Scientists
- Investigated the difficulties that deaf people experience when they pursue science by analyzing biographies of 6 scientists from Europe, the USA, and China to extract lessons for deaf people in pursuit of a STEM career
- Researched resources such as news articles, interview videos, and archives to collect stories of these six scientists
- Analyzed their difficulties in life experiences from the aspects of physical hindrance (how to take in information and output ideas) and discrimination and summarized the reasons for their achieving success
- Created a website to advocate for deaf people to pursue STEM careers and to encourage social awareness and support for the deaf population
AstroKids – Children’s Astronomical Science EducationProgram
- Designed an introductory science course to expose primary school students to astronomy
- Taught children step by step how to use a telescope and made an instructive poster to guide children on making “Nebular Jars”
- Implemented the course in the community and the school's local surrounding schools for 50+ migrant children
Original Picture Book: Starry Skies and The Light Thief
- Collaborated with a student illustrator from Huili Hangzhou School to create a 16-page scientific picture book aiming to educate kids about light pollution
- Will be printed out to send to children in Astrokids
