Jam Bingo For Sciences Speed Mentoring

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find someone who works in biotech and ask what their company makes+
• Find someone who teaches science and ask what grade or level+
• Find someone who published a paper and ask the topic+
• Find a student studying a different science and guess which+
• Find someone who did undergraduate research and ask about the lab+
• Find someone with an internship tip and write it down+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask a mentor who works outside a lab what their day looks like+
• Ask someone who went to med or grad school how they decided+
• Ask someone who switched out of science what made them change+
• Ask someone in healthcare what they wish students knew about the field+
• Ask someone how they found their first research position+
• Ask someone which science class they still use at work+
• Ask a student which career they're considering and why+
• Ask someone what skill outside science helped their career most+
• Ask someone what the biggest surprise was in their first job+
• Ask someone how they keep up with new research+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask a mentor about an experiment that failed and what they learned+
• Challenge a student to explain their research or interest in 30 seconds+
• Ask a mentor which career paths most science students never hear about+
• Ask someone what they'd do differently if they were a student again+
• Challenge a mentor to give a student one step to take this month+
• Ask someone how they decided between research, industry, and medicine+
• Ask someone about a mentor who changed their path+
• Ask someone what made their internship application stand out+
• Challenge someone to name three jobs a degree in your science leads to+
• Ask a mentor what question they wish students asked them+
• Ask a mentor who works outside a lab what their day looks like+
• Ask someone who went to med or grad school how they decided+
• Ask someone who switched out of science what made them change+
• Ask someone in healthcare what they wish students knew about the field+
• Ask someone how they found their first research position+
• Ask someone which science class they still use at work+
• Ask a student which career they're considering and why+
• Ask someone what skill outside science helped their career most+
• Ask someone what the biggest surprise was in their first job+
• Ask someone how they keep up with new research+