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Hands-on research experiences and project-based learning allow students and teachers to make real-world connections to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and they provide for a richer appreciation for the scientific process of discovery and how that process impacts our world.

A collaboration between Caltech and the Oak Crest Institute of Science, the Summer Research Connection (SRC) creates small student-teacher collaborative groups and places them in research laboratories at either Oak Crest or Caltech where they perform scientific research under the guidance of research mentors.

The goals of the SRC include to give students and teachers a deeper understanding of the nature of science and the scientific process through participation in an authentic research experience; and to give students and teachers the ability to conduct school-based research to present in their classrooms and districts, and in competitions such as the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.