In the age of AI, data literacy is one of the most critical skills we can teach our students. As a STEM educator, data analysis is a constant thread in both my professional and personal life.
This lesson introduces students to polymers and cutting-edge 3D printing technologies (CLIP and iCLIP). Students engage with research papers, compare techniques, and explore applications in biomedical and electronics manufacturing while developing literature review and analysis skills.
This ETP helps teachers integrate art-based innovation into their classrooms as an accessible entry point to STEM.
Students will be able to write a grant proposal, using elements of argumentative writing such as creating a solid claim, addressing counterclaims, and using evidence.
Students will explore the connections between water access, race, and environmental justice by conducting academic research, analyzing sources, and writing a practice research paragraph that prepares them for a larger Social Justice Research Paper.
After completing our unit on rocks and soil, this lesson will show students how to identify food waste from their lunches that can be composted in the school’s compost bin.
Having students end our Human Impact unit by creating a model of their own usage of water at home or even throughout the day/week. Students will design a solution to better conserve water themselves or their community by analyzing the date from the model they created.
Students will work in teams to "treat" a model of "sewage" with different processes and materials.
Purifying water with household materials to explore the process and effort of removing pollutants.