Upcoming Events For Students

The 2013 Whale of a Mystery Summer Program for middle school students has been announced.

Click on the link above for more information. 

Both sessions are now full.  If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email Maura Whittemore at mwhittemore@bridgew.edu

Upcoming Events For Teachers

Teacher Training Workshop:

Hands-On Classroom Experiences Through a Whale of a Mystery

Join us for this fun, hands-on workshop that can be modified for in class projects and supported by Lending Labs from BSU CityLab.  During the workshop, attendees will become familiar with the basic concepts and biology that underlie the Whale of a Mystery curriculum and the process of science.  Participants will gain and practice some basic laboratory skills used in modern biology and biomedicine and gain insight into this exciting inquiry-based curriculum for potential introduction into the middle school classroom.

Date: June 6, 2013

Time: 4 - 8PM

Where:  CityLab at Bridgewater State University

Cost:  FREE

To register:  Contact Kim McCoy at          

                                 kmccoy@bridgew.edu

For additional information click here

CASE Conference 2013 was a great success.  Thank you to all that attended.  Click on the link above for more information. 

For Teachers

Are you a high school or middle school teacher interested in hands-on, inquiry-based activities in biotechnology?

If so, consider a visit to BSU's CityLab program with your students.

We are pleased to open our doors to another year of biotechnology enrichment for your students.

• For additional information on our program offerings, click BSU CityLab Visits
• To schedule a visit for your students, take a look at our calendar, pick an available date and contact Kim McCoy at kmccoy@bridgew.edu or call 508-531-2630 to set up the visit.

BSU CityLab is a biotechnology learning laboratory for students and teachers, located on the campus of Bridgewater State University (BSU) in Bridgewater, MA.  It was first established as one of several satellites of the original CityLab at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). 

Throughout the school year, BSU CityLab hosts middle and high school classes from area school districts for science outreach programs on topics ranging from health and disease to forensics.  The program modules provide hands-on, inquiry-based laboratory activities using equipment and techniques not often available to pre-University students. 

BSU CityLab is transformed each summer into the Bridgewater Animal Forensic Laboratory (BAFL), the site of a week-long summer program, Whale of a Mystery, for individual middle school age students entering grades six, seven, eight or nine.

Initial funding for BSU CityLab, including development and dissemination of the curriculum modules, has been provided by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Additional financial support comes from the Bridgewater State University administration through its Center for the Advancement of Science Exploration (CASE) and from BSU CityLab's partner school districts.

You are invited to explore this site to learn more about the programs of Bridgewater State University’s CityLab. If you have questions or comments, or you would like to be added to the mailing list, please Contact Us.

This page was updated on September 8, 2011