Science Education

Formerly known as European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences

Our inspiring educational experiences share the scientific discoveries of EMBL with young learners aged 10-19 years and teachers in Europe and beyond. We belong to EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement office.

Save the date: ELLS course on eTwinning platform

First ELLS online teacher training course on the eTwinning platform.

Between 25 September and 6 October 2017, ELLS will run it’s first online course for teachers with the European Schoolnet on the eTwinning platform.

The course entitled “The Power of DNA Technology” is aimed at secondary school science teachers and will be held in the English language. As part of the eTwinning Learning Events, ELLS will offer insights into the most recent developments of genetic engineering, and provide participants with exciting ideas on how to bring these topics to a classroom setting. The online course will also explore the implications of new DNA technologies for research, medicine and our society.

If you are interested in participating, please save the date. The call for applications will open a few weeks before the course and will be announced via the ELLS website and the eTwinning page.

The course will be open to all registered eTwinning teachers. To become a member of eTwinning, register here for free (external link).

For more information on Learning Events run by eTwinning, please visit the eTwinning page (external link).