Education
Research Experience for Teachers

In the MRL RET program secondary school teachers participate in MRL laboratory research under the mentorship of MRL graduate, post-doctoral and faculty researchers. Teachers work collaboratively to translate their research experiences into the development of new investigative lab projects for science classrooms.

RET 1 Teachers, Summer 2011

For the second summer of participation (RET2), teachers work for 4 weeks developing a science curriculum for publication and presentation to their colleagues. The goal of these investigative units will be to encourage students to collect scientific data, make responsible conclusions about their meaning and communicate their findings to other students.

RET 1 Teachers, Summer 2011

The investigative teaching resources developed by the teachers will be presented at annual workshops for science teachers throughout the Santa Barbara County area. The next workshop will be in March 2013.

An Education Project at the Materials Research Laboratory
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? PLEASE CONTACT Frank Kinnaman by email,
or call (805) 893-7928