Symposium 2023
On March 21, 2023, we held the 7th Annual FAST Symposium at Stanford!
Archive
2022-23
Session 13
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:30: Lunch 12:30 - 4:00: Project Work 4:00 - 4:30: Ice Cream Break 🍦 4:30 - 5:00: Clean Up
Session 12
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:15: Workshop: Presentation Skills 1:15 - 4:00: Project Work 4:00 - 4:30: Activity 4:30 - 5:00: Clean Up
Session 11
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:15: Workshop: FAST Deliverables 1:15 - 4:00: Project Work 4:00 - 4:30: Activity 4:30 - 5:00: Clean Up
Session 10
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:15: Workshop 1:15 - 4:00: Project Work 4:30 - 5:00: Clean Up
Session 9
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 4:00: Project Work 4:00 - 4:30: Catapults Activity 4:30 - 5:00: Clean Up
Session 8
This session was a field trip to Stanford for the students!
Session 7
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 4:00: Project Work 4:00 - 4:30: Taste Test Activity 4:30 - 5:00: Clean Up
Session 6
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 4:00: Project Timeline Worksheet & Project Work 4:00 - 4:30: Boat Float ⛵️ Competition 4:30 - 5:00: Clean...
Session 5
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:30: Lunch 12:30 - 1:15: Workshop: Lab Notebooks & Experiments 1:15 - 1:30: Outcomes Survey 1:30 - 4:20: Project Work (inclu...
Session 4
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: FAST Alumni Panel 1:30 - 2:00: Room Bonding 2:00 - 4:20: Project Work & Halloween cookie house cont...
Session 3
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop 1:30 - 2:30: Speed Mentoring 2:30 - 3:30: Spaghetti Towers Challenge 3:30 - 4:30: Brainstorm...
Session 2
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Pizza Lunch 🍕 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop 1:30 - 2:15: Rotation 1 2:15 - 2:30: Break 2:30 - 3:45: Optional Rotation 2 / Brains...
Session 1
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop 1:30 - 2:15: Room Rotation 1 2:15 - 2:30: Break 2:30 - 3:15: Room Rotation 2 3:20 - 3:45: ...
Session 0
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:30: Lunch 12:30 - 1:30: Mystery Bag Brainstorming Workshop 1:30 - 3:15: FAST Carnival! 3:15 - 3:30: Clean Up
Pitch Day
A few mentors went to James Lick on August 18 and Andrew Hill on August 25 to visit science classrooms and talk about FAST. During lunch/after school, we als...
2023-24
Symposium 2024
On March 25, 2024, we held the 8th annual Stanford FAST Symposium at Stanford!
Session 13
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Presentation Skills and/or Abstract Writing 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 ...
Session 12
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Abstract Writing 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 4:30: Project work 4:30...
Session 11
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Overview of the Symposium deliverable 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 4:30...
Session 10
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Visualizing Data 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 4:30: Project work (with ...
Session 9
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Summer Opportunities and GISF Scholarship 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - ...
Session 8
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Alumni Panel & Summer Opportunities 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 4:00: Projec...
Session 7
This session was a field trip to Stanford campus! Students rotated between two activities: solar panel building and project pitches + fire extinguisher demo!
Session 6
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Elevator Pitches 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 2:15: Group sharing activ...
Session 5
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Lab Notebook and Literature Search 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 2:15: G...
Session 4
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Workshop: Project Planning 1:30 - 1:45: Mentor/Student Outcomes Survey 1:45 - 4:30: Project work (with ...
Session 3
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:30: Science Fair & College Essays workshop 1:30 - 2:30: Speed Mentoring 2:30 - 2:45: Break 2:45 - 3:3...
Session 2
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:45: Lunch 12:45 - 1:45: General Announcements & College/Financial Aid Workshop 1:45 - 2:30: Rotation 1 2:30 - 2:45: Break ...
Session 1
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:30: Lunch 12:45 - 1:00: Safety Presentation 1:00 - 1:45: Rotation 1 1:45 - 2:00: Break / Clean Up 2:00 - 2:45: Rotation 2 2...
Session 0
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:30: Lunch 12:30 - 1:15: Intro to FAST presentation 1:15 - 3:15: Rotation activities (elephant toothpaste, paper circuits, and UV ...
2021-22
Symposium 2022
On April 12, 2022, we held the 6th Annual FAST Symposium at Stanford!
Session 6
Schedule: 12:00 - 12:15: Mentors arrive at Sapp 12:15 - 1:00: Lunch 1:00 - 1:45: Photo Scavenger Hunt 1:45 - 2:10: Worksheet, introduce projects to ...
Session 5
Schedule: 11:45 - 12:30: Mentors arrive at Sapp 12:30 - 1:00: Lunch 1:00 - 2:00: Alumni Panel 2:00 - 4:00: Project Work 4:00 - 4:15: Survey
2024-25
Session 1
Schedule: 12 - 12:30 Lunch 12:30 - 1:00 Welcome to FAST 1:00 - 3:45 Rotations (Paper Circuits, Soil Microscopy, and Scientist Spotlights) 4:00 - 4:3...
Session 0
Schedule: 12 - 12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 1:00 Intro to FAST + announcements from CPOs 1:00 - 3:15 Icebreakers and rotation activities (Strawberry DNA, CuZn ...