The Silicon in SIlicon Valley
Students will explore the properties of metalloids and explain why silicon is the most commonly used element in semiconductors.
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Semiconductors
Automation for the People
Students will investigate machine learning by participating in a short simulation, and then will run through a series of station activities including building a microchip, and a coding activity.
Matrices and Semiconductors
Students will use semiconductors to perform mathematical operations which helps to solve their matrices.
Semiconductor Career Research
Students will select one company involved in Apple's iPhone supply chain, and will investigate careers available at that company, and the education path that could lead them to that career.
Biomimicks aren't Gimmicks
Students will learn how biomimicry is used to create devices to assist in mitigating climate change, and will develop a model showing how smart manufacturing and biomimicry could create a sustainable solution.
Robots vs Cancer
Students will conduct research on current nanotechnologies utilized in cancer treatment and then will create a simulated nanotechnology to bind--and cure--cancer cells.
Think Fast! Comparing Human Reactions
Students will compare the information processing capabilities of a human brain and a computer in order to explore why computers seem to have faster reaction times.
Let's go Solar!
Students will learn how solar cells are manufactured and how they capture energy, as well as how to angle a solar panel to capture the most amount of energy possible.
What are Semiconductors?
Students will create copper sulfate crystals, then develop a model at the molecular level to apply their observations to other substances. In doing so, students will learn about how semiconductors are produced, and be exposed to other industrial and commercial uses for these materials.