Students will explore human impact on climate change and the importance of purified water (what it is and how it embodies climate resilience). In groups, they will brainstorm and design a nature-based/sustainable alternative to plastic water bottles in order to value purified water.
In the "Magic Bean Water Race" experiment, students explore how different types of water affect plant growth by planting three bean seeds and watering them daily with purified water, tap water, and sugar water.
In this lesson from Energy is Everything, students will explore energy efficiency by learning to read an electric meter, touring their school campus to evaluate energy-efficiency and discuss their findings.
This lesson connects students to real-world engineering practices by exploring how water is collected, treated, stored, and distributed to homes and businesses.
Students explore how grief and ethics shape innovation in fiction, then connect fictional tech to real careers after frontloading film terms (semiconductors, AI, robotics, microbots) and watching Big Hero 6.
Students will use and analyze an authentic informational article from Nextflex to discuss gender representation in STEM. Students will use related vocabulary and structures to explore and discuss their own fields of experience or interest.
This lesson engages students in analyzing how urbanization and business decisions impact the carbon cycle. In small groups, students evaluate the placement of a company, consider tradeoffs, and apply Project Drawdown solutions to propose strategies for reducing environmental impact.
Students will use math and critical thinking to design a wastewater treatment plan that balances capacity, cost, and sustainability goals.
Students will build turbines from pre-determined supplies to demonstrate how water can be used to transfer energy and be used for power.