With today’s rapidly changing workplace, emerging technologies and new scientific issues, K–12 educators are challenged to prepare themselves and their students for the future.
Since 1994, NCABR’s Rx for Science Literacy workshops have helped more than 5,618 educators from 97 of North Carolina’s 100 counties do just that.
At the workshops, educators tour a research facility, hear from scientists about their latest research advances and take home a free curriculum and other bioscience education materials.
Each workshop is completely free to attend. You may attend as many workshops as you like.
The Rx for Science Literacy series is open to all K–12 science teachers and administrators in North Carolina as well as preservice teachers actively pursuing a degree in education.
Weight Management: The State-of-the-Science,
Obesity, Weight Loss Medications and More
Friday, December 5, 2025
Duke University
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rx for Science Literacy is partnering with the Duke University School of Medicine to present Weight Management: The State-of-the-Science, Obesity, Weight Loss Medications and More, a one-day workshop featuring the updated and expanded Rx for Science Literacy curriculum at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham.
About the Workshop: This workshop will provide an overview of the Rx for Science Literacy curriculum manual, and Duke scientists will address the latest weight management research with a focus on obesity and weight loss medications. Each attendee will receive a copy of the updated Rx for Science Literacy curriculum manual at no cost (a $178 value).
About the Curriculum: With generous support from the Biogen Foundation, NCABR and a team of science writers, biomedical researchers and curriculum developers comprehensively updated and expanded the Rx for Science Literacy curriculum manual in 2020. The updated curriculum includes a comprehensive update of all content, statistics and charts. The manual also includes a variety of new activities, resources, interviews with real world scientists and a new section on CRISPR and CRISPR technology. The manual includes chapters on nanobiotechnology, regenerative medicine and vaccines and is accompanied by resources, including a curriculum crosswalk that shows connections to the 2023 North Carolina science standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and a reading guide aligned to the Common Core standards.
Funding for this workshop has been made possible by:
UNC Cancer Research and Clinical Pathology Day
Thursday, December 11, 2025
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Come step into medical school for a day with Rx for Science Literacy, which is partnering with The UNC School of Medicine to present UNC Cancer Research and Clinical Pathology Day, a one-day, in-person workshop at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.
About the Workshop: UNC scientists will discuss:
Cancer Fundamentals:
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- What is cancer and how do we define it?
- The importance of identifying specific subtypes of cancer
- Cancer categories: Hereditary, Chemical/environmental/radiation, Sporadic, Inflammatory/immunosuppression, Oncogenic virus, Hormone imbalances
- Therapy overview: Surgery, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Hormone therapy, Targeted Therapy
- Examples: Solid tumor and hematologic malignancy
Novel Cancer Research Methodologies:
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- Introduction to molecular/clinical genetics (diagnostic applications)
- Spatial analysis & proteomics (exciting new research methods, non-diagnostic)
Pathology Careers through a Panel Discussion, to Include:
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- Veterinary Pathology
- Pathology PA
- Clinical Lab Scientist
- Pathologist
- Research
The workshop also will include small group, hands-on activities with scientists, and a brief overview of the updated Rx for Science Literacy curriculum manual, which will be provided to all attendees at no cost (a $178 value).
About the Curriculum: With generous support from the Biogen Foundation, NCABR and a team of science writers, biomedical researchers and curriculum developers comprehensively updated and expanded the Rx for Science Literacy curriculum manual in 2020. The updated curriculum includes a comprehensive update of all content, statistics and charts. The manual also includes a variety of new activities, resources, interviews with real world scientists and a new section on CRISPR and CRISPR technology. The manual includes chapters on nanobiotechnology, regenerative medicine and vaccines and is accompanied by resources, including a curriculum crosswalk that shows connections to the 2023 North Carolina science standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and a reading guide aligned to the Common Core standards.
Funding for this workshop has been made possible by:
