The Earth and Space Research –Summer Institute (ESR-SI) is a four-week summer research experience where high school students in the Seattle area engage in mentored research projects in the geosciences with tangible, externally-visible outcomes (e.g., educational blog posts, presentations at regional and national conferences, peer-reviewed publications).
ESR – Summer Institute 2025
ESR-SI 2025, which ran from 23 June 2025 – 18 July 2025, focused on examining the Antarctic Ice Sheet using Satellite data. Read about the amazing work produced by this year’s high school students.
The Program, developed by the instructor, Dr. Michael Town, was piloted in 2018 and since then has been growing in both program content and its student cohort. Want to know more? Follow the link below:
Storytelling in the Sciences by Michael Town