Prof. Bat-Sheva Eylon heads the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science and also heads the Physics Group and the Science and Technology Group in the department’s Junior High School division. Prof. Eylon serves as an academic advisor to national teacher centers in these fields. Prof. Eylon is also the pedagogic director of the Rothschild-Weizmann master's degree program at Weizmann Institute for outstanding science and mathematics secondary school teachers, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Prof. Eylon's main areas of research interest are the study and instruction of physics in grades 7 to 12 and continuing teacher development for both teachers and teacher educators of physics and the sciences. Prof. Eylon holds a PhD degree in Science Education from the University of California, Berkeley.