Science as taught at the middle and high school levels is still being presented as a collection of discrete subjects, whereas understanding and solving the problems we face today requires interdisciplinary methodologies that are not yet widely perceived.
The scientist of the next century must be fluent with the complex systems concepts and modeling and simulation technologies emerging at the junction of computer science and historically discrete disciplines. SFI programs are addressing this need at its root, with education programs designed to foster a regard for complex adaptive systems.
Project GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically)
The economics status quo isn't working; it's time for a rethink. SFI and the Krasnow Institute present "The ...
In the Huffington Post, SFI's Dan Rockmore and David Krakauer imagine a vastly different university of the future -- decentralized ...
This summer, SFI and George Mason University are offering an intensive two-week Complexity and Modeling Program (CAMP) for high school ...