Santa Fe Institute Summer Program Returns to Groton
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI), a top science research center, once again will bring its selective science immersion program to Groton School, July 28 through August 9.
The Santa Fe Institute's Complex Systems Summer Camp, hosted by Groton School, will introduce a select number of high school students from around the nation to the cutting-edge field known as “complexity science scholarship.” Through individual projects, computer simulation activities, analysis of ecological data, lectures, seminars, and related weekend activities, students will conduct research that helps scientists understand the theoretical foundations and patterns underlying the systems most critical to our future—economies, ecosystems, conflict, disease, human social institutions, and the global condition.
"Groton School's partnership with the Santa Fe Institute provides an important connection to the cutting edge of STEM education,” said Groton science teacher and SFI program coordinator David Black, Jr., referring to an interdisciplinary curriculum melding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. He will lead the faculty team this summer, joined by a transdisciplinary team of complexity scholar/teachers from SFI. “Having this program on our campus brings new techniques in math and science instruction to our doorstep, and participation by members of our community pushes these ideas into our curriculum.”
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"Groton School's partnership with the Santa Fe Institute provides an important connection to the cutting edge of STEM education,” said Groton science teacher and SFI program coordinator David Black, Jr., referring to an interdisciplinary curriculum melding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. He will lead the faculty team this summer, joined by a transdisciplinary team of complexity scholar/teachers from SFI. “Having this program on our campus brings new techniques in math and science instruction to our doorstep, and participation by members of our community pushes these ideas into our curriculum.”
For more than 25 years, the Santa Fe Institute has challenged and equipped the next generation’s brightest scholars to take on complex problems through schools, fellowships, and youth educational curricula serving students and educators of all ages and backgrounds. SFI Complexity Scholarship programs include instruction by, and interaction with, SFI scientists.
The intensive, two-week residential program is designed to broaden students’ scientific horizons and accelerate academic and personal development within a supportive community of scholars. The academic program is demanding: lectures and curricula in complexity science, collection and analysis of ecological data, mathematics, and computer programming are taught at the college level. Enrollment is limited to 20 students, from rising sophomores to rising seniors. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. For more information, visit the program’s website or email dblack@groton.org or education@santafe.edu.
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