Teacher Training

Bringing Sea Perch to a school requires that at least one teacher be trained by MIT Sea Grant educational staff or another qualified trainer. Trainings can be set up for individual schools, for school districts, or other groups defined by shared interest or geography. For more info, or contact: kingperch@seaperch.mit.edu.

Workshops are generally two days long. During the two days, teachers are taught to build the basic Sea Perch ROV. Teachers not only learn specific skills, such as drilling and soldering, but they also learn the best methods for teaching these skills to their students. The workshops give teachers the support and resources to build Sea Perches, teach the supporting curriculum, obtain materials, and ideas for resources and funding.

Sea Perch-trained teachers and informal educators then return to their classrooms/organizations and guide their students and the public in building their own Sea Perches and deploying them on research missions in nearby bodies of water. The hands-on Sea Perch experience is a gateway to further study and careers in robotics, engineering, marine sciences and more.