Seattle's Masonic Lodge for Science Education

Science Education

Since 2006, Eureka Lodge has focused our charitable work on improving science education, which clarifies our own purpose and helps us build a stimulating community of interest within our lodge membership over time.

Center for Inquiry Science

Starting in 2008, we've sponsored the Center for Inquiry Science (CIS) at the Institute for Systems Biology, whose vision is to bring the experience of inquiry-based science learning to all students in Washington State.

We sponsored the keynote presentation at CIS Summer Academy 2008 by Andrew W Shouse, PhD, which was attended by over 60 science teachers and administrators from school districts across Washington State. Dr Shouse discussed key research findings and classroom ideas from his co-authored book, Ready, Set, Science!

Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF)

Since 2007, we've sponsored one of the most prominent science fairs in our state, the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF).

In 2008, Gordon Guthrie of Eureka Lodge was Co-Emcee of the awards ceremony, and is shown here presenting awards to Silver Medalist Emily Liu, Gold Medalist Ashiyah Cays Vesterby and Bronze Medalist Erik Foss. Brother Al Smith (not shown here) also attended the fair and has been instrumental in our partnership with the WSSEF.

In 2007, Eureka brothers Tom Eastman Jr, Dan Williams, and Al Smith helped by judging the the entrants in the psychology category. Eureka Lodge sponsorship covered the awards budget for all students participating in the fair.

Live longer - join a club!

"Over the last twenty years more than a dozen large studies in the United States, Scandinavia, and Japan have shown that people who are socially disconnected are between two and five times more likely to die from all causes, compared with matched individuals who have close ties with family, friends, and the community."

Bowling Alone, by Robert Putnam

A secret of Freemasonry

If you're wondering why you've never been asked to join a Masonic Lodge, that's because we're supposed to wait for you to ask us! Now that you know the secret, you know how to petition to join our lodge.

Petition to join Eureka Lodge

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