Applications are now being accepted for the Exploratorium Summer Teacher Institute, a program for middle and high school science and mathematics teachers. Our institutes focus on physics, middle school science, life science or mathematics.
Some sections are specifically for middle school teachers while others are for high school teachers.
Descriptions and the schedule of the workshop offerings are here . During the institute, teachers work with each other and with staff physicists and biologists to learn more about science and mathematics teaching. On a typical day we interact with exhibits, do activities, build small versions of Exploratorium exhibits, and share teaching strategies. There are also opportunities to learn to use power tools for building things for the classroom. Each day consists of three and one half-hours of class and two hours of independent project or research time, and a break.