MIT Department Biology :: Science Outreach: Summer Workshops for HS Teachers

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The HHMI Teachers' Workshop is offered in the summer (one week in July) to high school science teachers from the greater Boston area, and is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Biology at MIT.

This annual workshop is specifically designed to provide both new and experienced teachers a dynamic setting in which they can gain new insight into modern biology, and the opportunity to develop and integrate new curriculum material into their science classes. The one-week workshop combines lectures and related hands-on laboratory courses and culminates in a session on science curriculum development for grades 8-12. See eligibility requirements below. Space is limited to 16 participants.

Lecture topics and photos from previous summer workshops are linked below.

Eligibility:

To be eligible, applicants must be:

Full-time science teachers
Currently employed in a school in the greater Boston area (within daily commuting range)
Teaching honors and/or advance placement science classes.

The workshop is limited to 16 participants and provides an excellent opportunity for science teachers to:

Learn about new topics and new developments in the biomedical and biological sciences in an accessible format.
Learn new laboratory exercises covering topics relevant to the honor and AP biology curriculum .
Design new curriculum material for their class.
Network with their colleagues.

Participants receive:

A stipend
Up to 40 professional development points per week
Materials and reagents to take back to their school;
Free parking
Breakfast and lunch
An opportunity to enroll their class in other science outreach programs sponsored by the Biology Department during the school year.

Teachers from schools with low MCAS scores in science are encouraged to apply. There is a limit of two teachers per school.

The 2011 workshop "microbial communities that live on cheese and in the gut." took place on July 25-29. The 2012 workshop will take place in mid-July, 2012. The topic will be on bioengineering.

Lectures, hands-on labs and pictures from past workshop are at these links:



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