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Community Resource Report: Center for Inquiry Science at the Institute of Systems Biology
The Institute of Systems Biology is a nonprofit research organization based out of north Seattle that brings scientists from different backgrounds and fields to collaborate and tackle problems related to health and the environment. Part of their mission is to prepare the next generation of scientists that will take their place. To do this, the ISB has several programs, including paid research opportunities for high school students to go to the research labs and learn how to be a scientists. For K-8 students, the ISB offers a program called the Center for Inquiry Science, which is designed to support educators through sustained professional development opportunities. The Center trains teachers in the current methodologies of the profession, and supplies them with the tools to teach students these methods through inquiry based science curriculum. Students with teachers trained by the Center for Inquiry Science can show up to a 44% improvement on standardized science tests.

For more information of how to participate in the Center of Inquiry Science, visit their resource website, Celebrating Science, where you can read more about what ISB does, and how inquiry science can be taught., you can email .

The ISB won KCTS 9's Golden Apple Award in 2010. Follow the link to watch the video and learn more about how the Center for Inquiry Science is changing education and lives.

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