Educational Resources
Resources
Educational Resources Related:
Archive Teacher Workshops from the previous SEPA projects
Positively Aging teacher workshop
Teacher Institute for the Experience of Science teacher activities
Teacher Workshops in Educational Resources
Currently Funded Projects
- BiomedicineWorks: How Doctors Use Evidence - Based Medicine
Foundation for Blood Research, Scarborough, ME
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: teacher institutes & workshops
Cost: contact program
- Biotech for Students & Teachers - Phase II
Bridgewater State College (BSC), Bridgewater, MA
Grade level:
Resource: professional development
Cost: contact program
- Biotechnology / Bioinformatics Discovery! - Phase II
Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK
Grade level: 6-12
Resource: Professional Development Opportunities
Cost: contact program
- Birmingham Science Education Partnership (BSEP): Middle School Inquiry Based Learning
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Grade level:
Resource: programs for teachers on genetics and microbiology
Cost: contact program
- Building Bridges to Health Science Literacy
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
Grade level:
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Caltech-Exploratorium Summer Teacher Institute in the Life Sciences
Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
Grade level: 6-12
Resource: teacher institute
Cost: contact program
- Cellular Universe: The Promise of Stem Cells
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD
Grade level:
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Choice, Control and Change: An Inquiry-Based Science Education Program for Children Overweight
Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY
Grade level: K-8
Resource: Workshops for teachers
Cost: contact program
- Collaborations to Understand Research and Ethics (CURE)
Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, Seattle, WA
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: Summer workshop focused on biomedical research ethics. In Y1-3, the program is 2 weeks long and includes both residential and experiential components. In Y4-5, a shorter program is offered. Follow-up dates occur throughout the year.
Cost:
- Collaborations to Understand Research and Ethics (CURE)
Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, Seattle, WA
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: An online course in Research Ethics, offered through the University of Washington Extension. The course is designed primarily for secondary science teachers and explores both concepts in research ethics as well as strategies for teaching those concepts.
Cost:
- Educating High School Students and Their Families about Clinical Research
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Grade level:
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Education for Community Genomic Awareness - Phase I/II
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: teacher professional development
Cost: contact program
- Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Museum Exhibition/Program, Phase I/II
Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
Grade level: K-12
Resource: Week long summer institutes for middle and high school teachers, an infectious disease lecture series for teachers and a teacher guide for visiting the Disease Detectives exhibition.
Cost: contact program
- From Bench to Bedside: Molecular Stories of Research-Based Health Care
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: teacher professional development
Cost: contact program
- Genome Science for Health: Web-Based Curricula for Biology, Phase I & II
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Grade level: 6-12
Resource: courses focused on basic genetics, genome science and/or biotechnology
Cost: charge for workshop
- Health Education and Discovering Science while Unlocking Potential (Phase II)
The University of Texas School of Public Health - Austin Regional Campus, Austin, TX
Grade level: 6-12
Resource: Teacher Summer Science Institute
Cost: contact program
- Health Science Research: Educating the Public - Phase II
Columbia University, New York, NY
Grade level: 6-12
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community (Phase II)
Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, Oakland, CA
Grade level: 4-5
Resource: Educator workshops to enhance the skills of teachers and after school personnel to teach scientific investigation and to incorporate the latest findings in biomedical science across the curriculum.
Cost: contact program
- HealthRICH: Health Risks, Information, and Choices (Phase II)
Miami University Oxford, Oxford, OH
Grade level:
Resource: graduate-credit online courses for teachers
Cost:
- Impacting K-12 Learning Environments
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Grade level:
Resource: teacher training
Cost: contact program
- Jackson State University Science Education Partnership Program
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Life Sciences Learning Center: Strengthening Connections Between Scientists and Classroom Learning (Phase I & II)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Grade level:
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- MIDAS Project: Models of Implementation and Dissemination of Environmental Health and Science Across Subjects
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX
Grade level: K-12
Resource: educator professional development offering workshops on integrating environmental health and science topics across subjects.
Cost: contact program
- Mind Project's Cutting Edge Health Science Initiative
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Grade level: 6-12
Resource: professional development
Cost: contact program
- Nationwide Dissemination of Inside Cancer, a SEPA-Funded Internet Site for Teachers
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Grade level:
Resource: Inside Cancer teacher workshops
Cost:
- North Star (Phase I and II)
Anchorage Museum - Imaginarium Discovery Center, Anchorage, AK
Grade level: 8-12
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Opening the Pipeline for Native High Schools
Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA
Grade level:
Resource: teacher programs
Cost: contact program
- Partnership in Biomedical Discovery
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: Summer programs for teachers
Cost: contact program
- Positively Aging: Optimizing Mobility Across the Lifespan
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Grade level: K-12
Resource: Teacher Professional Development Opportunities offered every summer
Cost: free
- PowerPlay: Kids Measuring Their Bodies' Responses to Physical Challenges
Children's Museum of Houston, Houston, TX
Grade level:
Resource: virtual teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Project ARISE: Advancing Rhode Island Science Education
Brown University, Providence, RI
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Research, Education, And Linking Science Careers: REAL Science Careers
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC
Grade level: K-12
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Science Posse: Enhancing Biomedical Science Awareness and Understanding in Wyoming
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Grade level: 7-8
Resource: teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
- Science Promotion in Rural Middle Schools
Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
Grade level: 6-8
Resource: professional development for teachers
Cost:
- TRY-IT - Translating Research to Youth through information Technology
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Grade level:
Resource: science enrichment program for teachers
Cost: contact program
- Teacher Institute for the Experience of Science
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Grade level: 6-8
Resource: 3-week immersion experience for teachers into the world of scientific research
Cost: contact program
- West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) Student Design Public Health Clinical Trials
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Grade level: 9-12
Resource: teacher graduate courses & teacher workshops
Cost: contact program
