The TI offers a rich mix of hands-on activities based on Exploratorium exhibits, content-based discussions, classroom materials, web-based teaching resources, and machine shop experiences.

We offer Summer Institutes and district-wide in-services for both new and experienced teachers. Our growing family of alumni may also attend a variety of Saturday workshops. All program participants are provided with stipends for attending our institutes and workshops.

Enhance your knowledge of science while learning how to bring the Exploratorium's hands-on philosophy of teaching into your classroom. For more information, check out our New Teacher Program webpage.

The Teacher Institute currently has three podcast series for science teachers that will inform and entertain you.

Teacher Institute Teaching Tips
A series of almost 70 five-minute episodes that include activities, science history, pedagogy tips, and “first year” teaching stories.

TI’s Summer Institute
Hear about the Summer Institute experience from the directors of TI and from participating teachers.

SmallTalk
SmallTalk is a series of five episodes about nanotechnology featuring leading scientists, writers, and visionaries. Each episode is about 20–30 minutes long.

UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS WITH US!
Haven't heard from us in a while? Please make sure we have your correct email and address! Email Karen at kdrachler@exploratorium.edu

Alumni 2009 Spring Workshops:
Sign up here for a spring alumni workshop.

The Classic Summer Institute 2009 application is now online.
The dates for the Summer Institute 2009 are from June 22nd to July 17th. This year's applications are due back to us soon (Application deadline extend to April 15th).
Classic Summer Institute

NSTA Conference in New Orleans
Please join us at NSTA. Our booth number is 833. For handouts from the conference, please click here.

Geometry Playground Pathways
The Exploratorium is developing a new mathematics exhibition called Geometry Playground. During each of the three years of this project, we will be producing one third of the exhibition. A set of classroom activities, or Pathways, will accompany each year’s exhibits.

The Pathways for Year One can be found on the Exploratorium’s main Pathways Website

The Pathways for Year Two are available below.

Each Pathway contains activities to do before, during, and after a field trip to the Geometry Playground exhibit. The Pathways are designed for three different grade spans:

Kindergarten–Grade 2

Grade 3–Grade 5

Grade 6–Grade 8

Geometry Playground is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Want to know more about the Teacher Institute's Summer Institute for educators? Then listen to our podcasts! Whether you're a teacher interested in applying to our Classic Summer Institute or you've already been accepted into it, you'll find detailed descriptions of the summer experience in these audio programs.

Full Version: 26 minutes. 9.2 MB
"Lite" Version: 11 minutes, 3.9 MB