Santa Fe Institute

Middle and Secondary

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)

Secondary Award for Scientific Excellence

Complex Systems Summer Camp

Education News

2012 at SFI: Asking big questions that matter
Jan. 3, 2012 -

SFI President Jerry Sabloff tells readers of the Santa Fe New Mexican what the Institute does, and why 2012 is ...

Video: Can conflicts in animal societies be studied as computations?
Dec. 2, 2011 -

SFI Omidyar Fellow Simon DeDeo describes his interest in "natural computation" -- in particular whether researchers can describe and analyze conflicts ...

Audio: 'Science symphony’ combines Bach and brain science
Nov. 3, 2011 -

On Sunday, October 30, in Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Institute and the Santa Fe Symphony collaborated to produce a ...

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