Principles guiding program and resource design
Our programs and resources conform to a core set of design principles aimed at placing students at the nexus of nature, science, and technology
Early engagement in research with important societal implications
Early exposure to the scientific
model-building enterprise
Early immersion in learning experiences and hands-on workflows that integrate concepts and methods from a diversity of science domains
Early membership into the scientific
research community as real data contributors
Early opportunities to explore science as a collaborative social enterprise that spans a diversity of dimensions and scales
A multidisciplinary approach to science
teaching and learning
Collaboration is the linchpin of our success. Since its inception, the Integrative Biosciences Program has leveraged the collective expertise of research scientists, education researchers, in-service science teachers, teacher educators, nationally recognized evaluators, bioinformaticians and data specialists, and science media and communication experts.
