For Teachers
FAST 2008 Presentation
Participants in the 2008 Florida Association of Science Teachers conference can download The Mag Lab: Magnets Is What We Do! (PowerPoint, 3.7 MB), for your use in the classroom.
We offer a variety of professional development programs and teacher resources to help K-12 science teachers grow professionally and better serve their students. Also see our For Students page for science activities and other resources.
Professional Development
Teacher Workshops
Our workshops provide K-12 science educators practice with hands-on, inquiry-based activities.
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
This six-week summer residential program gives K-12 teachers the chance to do real-world research.
Project MagLab Recertification
Science teachers seeking recertification in Florida will find helpful resources here pertaining to magnets and electricity.
Ambassador Program
This program brings together in a single network more than 100 teachers and administrators from across North Florida and South Georgia.
Teacher Resources
Classroom Outreach
Invite the expertise and research tools of the Mag Lab right into your own classroom.
On-site Outreach and Tours
During your visit, you and your class will talk to scientists, observe research in progress, and do hands-on science.
Comet Tales
These NASA-funded programs address comets and other astronomical questions.
Science in Literature
Check out these books that will kindle in your students a new appreciation for the sciences.
Curricula
Curricula covering magnets, isotopes, optics and more.
Absolute Zero
This educational program, based on the PBS series, covers the frigid wonders of low-temperature physics. For grades 5 to 8.
EmergentLabs
Teachers and scientists from the lab's Condensed Matter Science program and Applied Superconductivity Center provide lectures and hands-on training to middle and high school science teachers.
Electricity and Magnetism: A to Z
Good science Web sites for kids.
