<p>I always hear about students getting involved with big-time research and internships and going abroad for these things. I've never had anything like that made available to me,the closest was a people to people student ambassador thing. I've tried researching, but there never seems to be anything that fits my situation.</p>
<p>try ur career center or ur guidance counselor at school. otherwise, you might want to look up these thing online by urself.</p>
<p>I think the easiest way is if you have a decent research university within a manageable car ride away. Most professors there are willing to sponsor a high school student (or at least let them work there for free) in their labs. The best way to go about it would be e-mail professors you're interested in working for. Tell them what you like about the work, what's interesting, and what you'd like to try and do over the summer.</p>
<p>If you're living somewhere without a good college near you, it's significantly more difficult. =/</p>