The 2014 RET program is scheduled to run June 16 to July 25. For more information including proposed summer 2014 dates and stipend information please see the "Summer 2014 RET info" pdf to the right.
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.
For the first summer of the MRL RET program (RET1), teachers are placed as interns in research groups for 6 weeks. 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.
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.
INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? PLEASE CONTACT Frank Kinnaman.
An Education Project at the Materials Research Laboratory
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation