Thands-on experience in a research environment. This first-hand research experience, coupled with its social implications, provides an exciting environment for the students to learn and grow. The P2P program is ideally suited to achieve the following goals: (i) introduce high school students to a genuine scientific research environment to encourage careers in science, engineering, and technology; (ii) demonstrate how scientific problems can be addressed effectively from a multidisciplinary approach, (iii) provide a concrete example of how science and technology can be used to address problems with social significance (iv) provide an opportunity for high school students to interact with undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors in order to foster open discourse about pursuing higher education and the value of science degrees and careers in science and technology and (v) develop leadership and mentoring skills among undergraduate students who are considering careers in science, engineering, and technology. We believe that the experimental modules described herein are highly versatile and easily incorporated into similar outreach programs, as well as current high school and undergraduate curriculums. By bridging the fields of chemisty and biology in a socially relevant research endeavor, we are confident that high school students will develop an early appreciation of the scientific discipline, which will serve to increase student participation in STEM fields as outlined in the objectives of the NAS.'''''''
M ASSOCIATED CONTENT Supporting Information Detailed experimental protocols for each of the modules project evaluation forms. This material is available via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org. M AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Authors E-mail: eranthie@bc.edu E-mail: jeffery byers@bc.edu. Notes The authors declare no competing financial interest. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank graduate student affiliates of the P2P program for assistance with the program: Ashley Biernesser, Jessica Drake, Lisa Stankee, and Julianne Martell.