• Why should the staff of my laboratory spend time with undergraduates who may not even be majoring in the sciences or engineering?
• Won’t participating in these workshops slow down the primary work of my laboratory?

• What do SERTS workshops add to my course?
• How do I begin to incorporate workshops into my class?
• Do I have to modify my lectures or conform to a particular pedagogical style?
• How do I let students know I am offering a SERTS class?
• How do I go about finding workshop leaders for my class?
• How do I select good workshop leaders?
• How are the workshop leaders trained?
• Will my colleagues be upset when a bunch of students shows up unannounced in their laboratory?
• How are workshops scheduled?

No. Presumably, if you are interested in teaching a course as part of the SERTS program, you are already interested in designing a course that will help enhance students’ scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. It is not the goal of SERTS to micromanage your course. The goal of SERTS is to introduce students to the process and culture of basic research through the use of the research-based workshops. You will need to take a few minutes out of a couple of lectures to explain what the SERTS workshops are and what is expected of the students.