Adrienne Dove of UCF has partnered with four central Florida schools to provide them with hands-on research activities, a great way to prepare them for the workforce. Dove will be in touch with the participants throughout the school year to assist teachers in developing activities.

“It was fun meeting them and getting started,” Dove says. “They’ve brainstormed some really creative ideas, so it’ll be awesome to see what they develop for their students. For me it was really a great learning experience so far because I’ve never directly worked with K-12 on a project like this before.”

• Adrienne Dove