BioBuilder | Innovation in Science & Engineering Education

Bringing tomorrow’s science into today’s classrooms

Created by an award-winning team at MIT, BioBuilder offers new ways to teach, learn, and explore cutting-edge science and engineering

We take the Museum of Science, Boston, on a virtual tour of BioBuilder. See what can be Built with Biology on this podcast!

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Explore the classroom and laboratory resources we offer and start taking an engineering approach to life sciences

FOR TEACHERS

Find detailed activities and guidance on BioBuilder’s curriculum ⎯ designed for teachers to engage students as problem solvers in areas of emerging science

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FOR STUDENTS

Explore ways you can use biology to solve today’s most pressing problems and bring your ideas to life

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BIOBUILDER ONLINE

An engaging opportunity for online bioengineering projects that will build social connection, teach real research skills and inspire ongoing interest in STEM

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BioBuilder's In Person Programs

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Learning Lab

Our state-of-the-art space in the heart of Cambridge that brings together students, educators, and entrepreneurs

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High School Apprenticeship Challenge

A specialized program to prepare high school students for paid summer internships in the sciences

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BioBuilderClub

An opportunity for high school inventors to combine engineering and science to design, build, and test their own ideas

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Professional Development Workshops

For STEM educators seeking cutting-edge science and engineering

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Education that Works

Thank you for sharing your ‘wonder’ and enthusiasm and knowledge with us and thus our students and colleagues. Your BioBuilder program is changing my approach to teaching and learning in an exciting way.
— Andrea Cobb, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology