Discovery Institute Intelligent Design Day for Students

Great Northern University
611 E Indiana Ave.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 8:30am - 3pm

We are excited to announce that the annual Intelligent Design Education Day is returning to Washington State (after a 3 year hiatus) with new speakers and sessions related to the theme of Tiny Tech. This free in-person event will be hosted by our friends at Great Northern University in Spokane, WA and is designed primarily for junior high and high school students from home and private schools (but also open to all ages).

First offered to the public in 2016, the annual ID Education Day represents a unique field trip opportunity where students can interact directly with scientists and learn about intelligent design. This year, following an introductory session on ID, our speakers will present on the extraordinary technology present in nature’s tiniest life forms – from single-celled bacteria to creepy-crawly insects – and then share some exciting updates from the field of nanotechnology, where scientists and engineers often utilize biomimicry to advance human technologies inspired by nature.

Interactive sessions, videos, and activities will help students to see the connection between the intelligence required to create human technologies and the even greater intelligence evident in the origin of life and biodiversity. Students will also be challenged to think critically about Darwinian evolution, which has failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the beauty, complexity, and efficiency of nature’s tiniest technologies.

Details about the day's speakers and schedules, as well as a link to registration are here on Discovery's website: https://www.discovery.org/e/idday/