Professional DevelopmentWorkshops

INFORMATION & OUTCOMES

SUMMER 2019

Dr. Natalie KuldellFounder and Executive Director of The BioBuilder EducationalFoundation, Natalie has taught for more than a dozen years in theDepartment of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology. She studied Chemistry as an undergraduate atCornell, completed her doctoral and post-doctoral work at HarvardMedical School, and taught at Wellesley College before joining thefaculty at MIT in 2003.

A mixture of classroom,laboratory and designactivities provide a 3-dayprofessional developmentexperience that is bothaccessible and inspiring. Teachers leave with ready-to-teach lessons that bringengineering into biologyclassrooms, labs or scienceclubs. Workshops are co-led by auniversity-level scientist and aMaster BioBuilder high schoolteacher.

A typical workshop day includes an openingactivity, a few hours of interactive lecture, alunchtime activity or speaker, and several hours oflaboratory work where teachers learn how toperform as well as teach the BioBuilder materials.

In addition to summer PDprograms, BioBuilder offerscustomized workshopsthroughout the year, includingconference workshops, half-day programs, advancedtraining, and events for school administrators.

INTERACTIVE

LAB & CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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Teachers attended from:

High Impact60.4%

Moderate Impact35.4%

Low Impact4.2%

Extremely Likely56.3%

Very Likely37.5%

Somewhat Likely6.3%

Likelihood to integrate workshop materialinto future work

ATTENDEE DATA & OUTCOMES

CaliforniaConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaIndianaMassachusettsNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaTexasUtahWashington DCMexico

Extent that enthusiasm for teaching syntheticbiology changed following workshop

5,000Estimate number of studentsthat participants will teach nextacademic year

"I just wanted to thank you once more forthis great workshop. It was a lot of funand quite challenging. Everything wasincredibly well designed and organizedand the manipulatives amazing. I amlooking forward to using some in myclasses this year."

LabCentral-Cambridge, MAUniversity of California San DiegoUniversity of North Carolina Chapel HillOxbridge Academy-West Palm Beach, FLFirstHand-Philadelphia, PA

Summer 2019 Workshopswere held at:

"I have more confidencein bringing these conceptsand materials into myclasses." "I hope to start aBioBuilderClub at myschool, and incorporatepart of the BioDesign intomy science researchprogram." "So engaging and richwith great information!" "Great job! Very welldone! Very inspiring!"

What have you gained from this workshop?

Most of the Teachers surveyedIndicated that they were very satisfied with this PDexperience

Expressed interest in further training that brings moreBioBuilder content and teaching opportunities

OUTCOMES & TESTIMONIALS

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New classroom content

New lab content

New after-school content

New direction for research

Training in a new field

Professional contacts

BioBuilder gratefully acknowledges our partners for theirsupport of the Professional Development Workshops.

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