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Interested in Field Testing our New Modeling Curriculum?
Please join us as at NSTA in Chicago on March 13th, 2015! Two of our team members will be presenting a draft version of our latest modeling curriculum. We will walk teachers through this cross-disciplinary curriculum that teaches students how dynamic systems models are developed, evaluated, and applied to understand complex scientific issues such as cancer and the environment. Since 2003, we have been using NSF funds to translate our STEM,…
FREE Summer Systems Science Workshop for Science, Math and CTE Teachers
Back by Popular Demand – A full 5 day workshop to learn about implementing systems science in your classroom! Teacher Testimonial about the 2013 Workshop: “…the best teacher workshop I have ever been to, and I’m generally very critical of these things. The summer workshop was such an eye opener and the students have been so engaged, I have nothing but positive things to say about it!” – George Bechara, Harry…
Join us for a full summer of lab and curriculum work!
Posted: March 14, 2014 The Baliga Lab at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) is currently hiring two high school teachers to work full time for approximately 8 weeks during the summer of 2014. Since 2004, the Baliga Lab has joined teachers with researchers, engineers, programmers, and student interns to develop standards-, research- and inquiry-based education modules for science classrooms that bring exciting new scientific concepts and techniques to high…
FREE Summer Workshop for High School Science and CTE Teachers
Have you ever wondered… …what’s happening in current research labs? …what systems biology really is? …what STEM professionals do? …how people become STEM professionals? Have you ever wondered how you can EASILY incorporate… …interdisciplinary, hands-on science in your high school classroom? …systems science AND systems thinking into your high school curriculum? Then this workshop is for you! We invite you to join us for 5 days to: Learn about systems…
Baliga Lab Receives Two MJ Murdock Awards
The Baliga Lab at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) is the winner of two grants in the amounts of $15,000 each from the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust for its 2013 Partners In Science Program. Each of these two year grants will enable two high school teachers to collaborate with scientists in conducting research projects in ISB‘s laboratories. ISB’s faculty and research scientists will work in tandem with the teachers…
ISB Recieves $1.8M Grant for Ocean Acidification Research
Congratulations to Dr. Mónica Orellana and Dr. Nitin Baliga on their new grant for $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation. The project title is “Ocean Acidification: A Systems Biology Approach to Characterize Diatom Response to Ocean Acidification and Climate Change.” Abstract from the proposal: Diatoms account for approximately 40 percent of primary production in the world’s oceans and are the most productive marine phytoplankton group. They form the basis…