Location: Raleigh,NC, USA
Department: Natural and Cultural Resources
Division: Museum of Natural Sciences
Job Duties: Internship will teach effective science communications skills through science cart programs and informal interpretive interactions with NC Museum of Natural Sciences visitors. Intern will help create a mobile Moment of Science cart that incorporates short, fun activities covering a wide range of science topics. These educational carts provide relevant science information and accessible activities for all ages and backgrounds and are designed to illustrate how science fits into our everyday lives. Internship includes training by experienced Museum science educators. Project directly increases Museum's ability to connect and engage with visitors using innovative and interactive demonstrations of basic science concepts.
Major Task to be Performed: Interact with Museum visitors daily in exhibit halls, communicating and interpreting natural science topics through cart programs and small audience science presentations. Gain experience with existing cart programs before selecting natural science topic of relevant and current interest. Work with staff to create finished Moment of Science programs that will be presented daily to visitors at carts and adapted for presentations in one of the Museum's small audience venues. Intern may also gain experience in other interpretive spaces in the museum.
Final Product or Outcome Anticipated: Create an engaging science cart program that effectively communicates how science impacts our daily lives.
Academic Majors Desired: Animal Science, Biology, Biological Sciences, Botany, Conservation, Conservation Biology, Education, Entomology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Ecology, Fisheries & Wildlife Science, Forensics, Geology, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Natural Sciences, Physics, Plant Ecology, Science Communication, Science Education, Zoology, Parks and Recreation (with Science Minor), Museum Studies.
2025 State of North Carolina Internship Period: Monday, May 19 - Friday, July 25, 2025
Some prior experience giving presentations to groups and interacting with the public is helpful.
* An applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident attending a college, university, law school, community college or technical institute in North Carolina or a North Carolina resident attending an equivalent institution out of state.
* Applicants must carry a 2.5 or greater overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
* Applicant must be at least 18 years old by January 1, 2025.
* Applicants must be continuing their education in the fall following their participation in the program.
* To qualify for a law internship, applicants must have completed at least one year of law school before the beginning of the internship, unless other majors are listed.
* Students having previously held paid internships with this program are not eligible to apply.
* Applicants must be willing and able to work full-time for the entire 10-week internship. Applicants must be able to provide legal proof of identity and work authorization within three working days of employment.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NC Department of Administration
Council for Women & Youth Involvement
Attn: Jean McBride, Internship Coordinator
325 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-1322
Phone: (984) ###-####