About the Sawtooth Science Institute

Dedicated to the Promotion of Conservation Education

Located in the heart of Central Idaho at the Ketchum/Sun Valley Heritage and Ski Museum, the Sawtooth Science Institute (SSI) is an outreach field study center of Idaho State University’s College of Education and the Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH). The Institute is dedicated to the study of the natural history of the northern Rockies. The Institute’s workshops are site-specific and hands-on, where students enjoy unique learning experiences with the great outdoors as their classroom.

In collaboration with the Ketchum/Sun Valley Historical Society, the Institute has established a Teaching and Learning Center for the study of "People and their Environment". Our goals:

To serve the needs of teachers, students, community groups, and other students of natural history.
To provide site-specific natural history information, materials and resources.
To integrate locally relevant cultural and natural history across disciplines.
To help facilitate a reconnection with the natural environment.