K-12 Student and Teacher Programs

The mission of the Scripps Florida Education and Outreach Program is to advance bioscience education and awareness throughout the state of Florida. This is accomplished by promoting career opportunities in the biosciences for middle and high school students and undergraduates, assisting middle and high school teachers with bioscience education, and fostering an understanding among the general public of the basic ties that exist between biomedical research and human health.

The program is made possible through the generous support from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, the Mary and Robert Pew Public Education Fund, the Quantum Foundation as well as the Admiral's Cove Cares Charitable Foundation, the BallenIsles Charities Foundation, and the Berlin Family Foundation.

Scripps Florida offers the following Educational Outreach Programs:

Programs for High School Students

• "Neuroscience Saturday" – NEW PROGRAM For Title 1 Schools Only
  Learn about brain function and dysfunction! Held at Scripps Florida with scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and Max Planck Florida. (grades 9-10)
• Science Career Panels
  Students discuss the “how” and “why” of becoming a scientist with Scripps Research Institute Ph.D. students, then tour a working laboratory. (grades 11-12)
• Summer Research Internships
  Six-week biomedical research experience in a working laboratory for rising high school juniors and seniors in Palm Beach County. (grades 11-12)

Programs for High School Teachers

• Summer Research Internships
  High school teachers from Palm Beach County schools experience six weeks of biomedical research, including current laboratory techniques and procedures.
• InSPIRE Teacher Workshops
  Join fellow teachers and Scripps Research Institute scientists at this three-day workshop reviewing basic science skills with advanced laboratory-based instruction and instrumentation.

Public Programs

• "CELLebrate" Science!
  Meet the scientists and try fun, family-friendly science activities at this annual one-day event inside The Gardens Mall. Special curriculum will be made available to middle school science teachers to encourage students to attend with their families. (early February)

 Programs in Development

• Genomics lesson for middle school classrooms presented by past Scripps Florida high school summer interns
• Spanish-language presentations of Scripps Florida’s “Introduction to Science” lesson for middle schools
• Math, Engineering & Robotics workshops held at Scripps Florida during the District’s annual Middle School Science Teacher Summer Academy