Electric Motors and Generators
In this lesson by Wisconsin’s KEEP program, students will build an electric motor, identify household items that use electric motors, and reflect on the role that generators play in this system.
Stanford Biomimicry Challenge: Crisis Interrupt
The goal of this ETP is to expose students to the Biomimicry process of using innovation from nature to solve problems.
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Neighborhood Mapping
We rely on a complex infrastructure of tunnels, pipes, and pumps to bring us the water and power we need in order to live and to clean our wastewater. What are the different utilities and services used by our communities and how do these services impact our communities on broader social levels?
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All About Me- explainer video
While I consulted with management at Silicon Valley Bank I was enlightened on the importance of keeping up with technology to attain the maximum attention from your audience.
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Coral Bleaching: Responding to Stress Factors
Climate change and symbiotic relationships are important elements of the work in my fellowship position with the John R.
Introduction to Cause and Effect
In this learning segment, students will build an understanding of how controlling for a single variable in an experiment can help determine a cause and effect relationship in that situation. Students will first practice identifying causes and effects in everyday life situations.
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What cause the Schistosomiasis outbreak in Senegal?
How can human-caused changes to the environment impact human health?
This ETP was inspired by the research from Susanne Sokolow and Giulio De Leo along with other members of the De Leo Lab.
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Are You Ready to Rock?! Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation in Water and Soil
The contamination of water and soil by heavy metals poses a serious environmental problem with severe consequences for health.
How Heavy is Oil
Fractionation is an important part in refining petroleum into gasoline or any other petroleum based product. Oil refineries separate petroleum based on their densities. There is both light oil and heavy oil processing units in a refinery.