Upcoming Teacher Workshops

Summer 2026

LASTEM & LIGO - Energy Workshop June 1^st- 5^th, 2026

Strengthen your students’ curiosity of energy by deepening your own in this immersive, weeklong workshop for middle and high school educators. Explore energy transformations, potential and kinetic energy, and related core concepts through hands-on investigations.

Participants will collaborate with peers and leave with standards-aligned, classroom-ready lessons and inquiry-based strategies to support meaningful student learning.

When: Monday, June 1 - Friday, June 5, 2026
Where: LIGO Observatory in Livingston, LA
Benefits: $100/day stipend and mileage reimbursement, classroom materials kits, priority booking for field trips, and bus reimbursement for field trips.
Apply Here: https://tinyurl.com/LASTEMLIGO2026
Application due: Friday, April 17, 2026 and applicants will be notified by May 1, 2026

GNOSTEM & LIGO - Physical Science Workshop July 13^th - 17^th, 2026

Reinvigorate your teaching in this weeklong workshop for middle and high school educators. Through hands-on experiments and collaborative activities, participants explore core concepts in matter, motion, energy, and waves.

Educators will strengthen content knowledge, develop NGSS-aligned lessons, and leave with classroom material kits and practical strategies to support student engagement and understanding.

When: Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 17, 2026
Where: University of New Orleans in New Orleans, LA & LIGO Observatory, Livingston, LA
Benefits: $100/day stipend and mileage reimbursement, classroom materials kits, priority booking for field trips, and bus reimbursement for field trips.
Apply Here: https://tinyurl.com/GNOSTEMLIGO2026
Application due: Friday, April 17, 2026 and applicants will be notified by May 1, 2026

Conference workshop sessions

The LIGO Science Education Center staff likely present workshop sessions and host exhibitor booths at the following annual conferences:

Mississippi Science Teacher Association Conference (MSTA)
Louisiana Science Teacher Association/Louisiana Association of Math Teachers Joint Conference (LSTA)

Interested in having LIGO come to your school/district/charter network?

LIGO Science Education Center partners with other institutions to offer teacher workshops, as well as offering some "stand-alone" style workshops. If you're an administrator interested in enlisting LIGO staff to conduct a workshop at your school, fill out this form and request a workshop customized to your school or district.