During this 10-day summer course, teachers will go into the field in Mexico with the Center for Latin American Studies. Participants will work with scientists on research projects focusing on ecology, sustainability, and conservation science at Los Tuxtlas Tropical Biology Station in Veracruz, Mexico. Teachers will have the opportunity to work with science educators from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education's Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET) to develop unit plans, lessons, or units for use in their classrooms. Throughout the following year, teachers will reconnect to present classroom outcomes of their projects at follow-up coaching sessions with CSET science educators. These sessions will take place at Stanford University and Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, with teachers outside the Bay Area connecting remotely.

Location: Veracruz, Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Tropical Research Station (Instituto de Biología, UNAM) and Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa

Cost:  $2,000 + airfare

Eligibility:  High school & community college STEM and Social Science teachers