"Providing Teachers With a Real World Context to Teach Science"

TThe Teacher Research Academy (TRA) offers middle school, high school and community college faculty unique professional development experiences at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). TRA teachers participate in a continuum of standards-based instruction, enabling them to progress from novice to mastery in exciting scientific disciplines while they experience the application of real world science in an environment teachers seldom experience.

Teacher Outcomes

Teachers who complete the TRA:

• Increase their understanding of science and technology.
• Gain experienced using scientific equipment to perform standards aligned experiments.
• Improve their ability to provide students a context to understand how science is applied.
• Improve their ability to guide student research.

TRA Activities

TRA provides you with opportunities that most science teachers never experience.

• Meet scientists.
• Visit research laboratories.
• Observe science being performed in the laboratory.
• Learn technical writing skills to better communicate scientific information.
• Experience the nature of science through direct involvement.
• Use science equipment, processes, practices found in research laboratories.
• Apply science to solve real problems.

Location

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Livermore, CA.

Fee Schedule

The TRA program is offered free of charge by LLNL. A registration fee of $20.00 per workshop is assessed to provide hospitality to participants.

Getting Started

• Review the TRA model to develop your understanding of the program.
• Choose the science content option best for you: 
  • Biotechnology (flyer Levels-I, II, III, IV) (flyer Level-V)
  • Climate Change and Possible Solutions (flyer)
  • Fusion and Astrophysics (flyer)
  • Computer Modeling & Simulation
  • Technical Communications
• Register on-line. You must be a U.S. Citizen to attend TRA.