# Summer Workshop for Teachers

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/summer-workshop/
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/

*Teachers*

# Summer Workshop for Teachers

A one-week workshop that combines lectures and related hands-on laboratory courses and culminates in a session on science curriculum development for grades 8-12.

### Ken Bateman

Over the years, I’ve been able to use the biology I learned during the summer workshops to build curricula for my own classroom. Most memorable were the years where we looked at bacterial growth, biofuels and neuroscience. I have my honors students do a long-term project on bacterial growth that has incorporated knowledge from the workshops, and I do a lesson on biofuels in my AP environmental science class. During the summers, I use the spiker boxes to measure action potentials in human muscle contractions.

[More Testimonials](https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/summer-workshop/summer-workshop-testimonials/)

## Who Should Apply

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 advanced placement science classes

## Program Details

**Please note the July 2020 program has been canceled.**

This 1-week program in mid July allows teachers to:

- Discuss new topics and new developments in the biomedical and biological sciences in an accessible format
- Practice new laboratory exercises covering topics relevant to the honor and AP biology curriculum
- Design new curriculum material for their class
- Network with other teachers

[Learn More](https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/summer-workshop/program-details-summer-workshop/)