Education Assistant - Summer Intern

Main Functions:  The Education Assistant Intern supports the Sciencenter’s mission and enhances the public experience through the delivery of interactive programs, hands-on science activities, and demonstrations. All staff and interns are expected to contribute to a culture that supports equity, inclusion, diversity, and access through their work at the Sciencenter. Duties and Responsibilities: ● Facilitate guest interactions and provide interpretation with live exhibits. Live exhibits include marine inhabitants in the tide pool touch tank and teaching animals such as reptiles and lizards ● Assist with the supervision of summer campers and summer camp activity preparation ● Facilitate and deliver programs to summer campers ● Answer basic visitor questions and offer an inclusive, welcoming, approachable presence on the museum floor ● Facilitate activities and demonstrations in the galleries ● Staff the Discovery Space, a lending library of discovery boxes designed for young scientists to explore various science topics ● Support onsite and offsite events and special programs ● Assist with activity prototyping and provide feedback for curriculum development ● Assist with the delivery and dissemination of offsite summer programming