Georgia Tech nanotechnology lab program sends teachers back to class with new lessons for students
Two high school teachers spent time doing nanotechnology research at Georgia Tech through a National Science Foundation funded program, then brought lessons from the experience back to their classrooms.
Robin Osborn, who teaches ecology at Meadowcreek High School in Gwinnett County, and David Battle, who teaches at the statewide virtual Georgia Cyber Academy, each spent time in Georgia Tech labs through the Research Experiences for Teachers program at the Institute for Matter and Systems. Osborn learned to operate a scanning electron microscope and now spends more class time on hands-on lessons, while Battle worked with flexible electronics and electrochemical transistors and now encourages students to seek out research opportunities. The program, supported by the National Science Foundation, has involved 28 teachers since 2021.
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Programs like this give Georgia teachers direct research experience they can carry back into classrooms, which is a concrete way science literacy reaches students statewide.