SEE is a student-teacher-scientist partnership program that was founded by Dr. Nitin S. Baliga at ISB in 2003.
SEE's mission is to cultivate interdisciplinary skills for solving complex problems. SEE does this by bringing together collaborative teams of people to learn and do science together. This happens during internships, ambassador programs, courses and workgroups. SEE teams then translate that scientific research into classroom-ready curriculum modules that teachers can use to guide middle and high school students through authentic STEM investigations.
In many cases, students themselves can move through these STEM investigations. When we field-tested instructional materials on computational modeling we learned that high school students were ready, now, no matter their math level to use our instructional materials. In fact, they were even ready to translate their own learning into NEW, more advanced materials, that others could learn from. This revelation began a cycle of learning and contributing that began in 2014 and continues today.
ISB was created in 2000 as the first-ever institute dedicated to systems biology.
ISB is a collaborative and cross-disciplinary nonprofit biomedical research organization based in Seattle. They focus on some of the most pressing issues in human health, including brain health, cancer, sepsis and aging, as well as many chronic and infectious diseases.
A focal point of ISB is making STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education a reality for every student regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic status. For over 20 years, ISB’s vision has been for all students to graduate ready to learn, thrive, work and engage in a STEM-rich society. ISB's programs nurture excitement and aspiration in teachers and their students, help students do authentic science around current and culturally relevant STEM content, and provide exemplary resources to support career trajectories and life pathways. As first and foremost a science research institute, we have a unique perspective on STEM education and offer the extremely relevant experience of our own STEM-professionals in all of our education work.
Claudia Ludwig Director, Systems Education Experiences
Rachel Calder Education Coordinator, SEE and ISB
Linda Yan Bellevue High School Student and Artist
Brooke Ury Brown University Undergraduate Student
Ellie Rider
North Kitsap High School Teacher
Dr. Nitin Baliga Professor & SVP Institute for Systems Biology
Andrew Liu, 2019-2020 High School & Undergraduate Intern, ISB
Anna Farrell-Sherman, 2014-2015 High School Intern, ISB
Anne Gillies Teacher Scholar, ISB
Dr. Dexter Chapin Teacher, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
Steve Roderick Teacher Scholar, ISB & Concord Consortium
Dr. Adrian Lopez Garcia de Lomana Research Scientist, ISB
Dr. David Reiss Senior Research Scientist, ISB & Concord Consortium
Learn more and/or contact us through email - see@isbscience.org or through our main websites - https://see.isbscience.org and https://isbscience.org.
Other Authors and Contributors include Anna Farrell-Sherman, William Wick, Michael Huang and Andrew Liu collaboratively created this resource with ISB scholars
Nitin Baliga - Professor and SVP, Institute for Systems Biology