Dirty Water Reboot
Teams of students will investigate, develop, and test an apparatus that cleans a dirty water sample and describe how it works.
How Oakland Gets Safe & Plentiful Drinking Water
Students will answer some guiding questions (by doing internet research or being given a short reading) and then draw an annotated diagram of the process that yields safe and dependable drinking water in Oakland.
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Modeling Ecological Impacts: Stakeholder Perspectives in the Bay-Delta Ecosystem
Students work in stakeholder teams to analyze a shared Bay-Delta food web model and build science-based arguments—through environmental and economic lenses—about how proposed water flow changes affect ecosystems and community livelihoods in preparation for a town hall debate.
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Pharmacoethics
Students will explore pharmacokinetics and the ethical dimensions of drug development by analyzing drug efficacy and toxicity data, connecting biotechnology concepts to real-world issues like healthcare access and equity.
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Sustainable Careers
Students will research sustainable careers in the area. A list of local companies and careers will be provided to students who will then fill out a Google slides template explaining the career. Students will then present their slideshow to their classmates.
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A Menu of Activities to teach about Computational Practices
This project translates complex research in statistical mechanics and AI from the Rotskoff Group at Stanford into accessible, hands-on learning experiences for high school students.
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AI Learning Assistant Project
Students use a large language model to build an AI app that generates customized explanations of academic concepts at different complexity levels, supporting personalized and accessible learning for all students.
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Making AI Accessible
Interested in incorporating AI into your classroom? Hear from Meredith Zhang (Illumination Works) and Elizabeth Metzler (Ohlone College) about language-based AI tools and techniques to make computer science accessible to all students.
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Service to Strategy: IT and EV
Jacob González, IT Strategist at Lucid Motors, shares his unconventional journey from the Air Force to a career in electric vehicles.