As it is used in teaching, the phrase “be a guide on the side, not the sage on the stage,” refers to the idea that the teacher functions as an informative facilitator, and allows students to actively interact with new information by working with one another.
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?
In this lesson developed by Northwestern’s Reach for the Stars program, students will explore the basics of a battery, measure the voltage of batteries, look at energy transformation and how it fits into the larger system of an electric vehicle.
Complex organizations like Lockheed Martin gather large amounts of data from various sources. While data collection has been automated, data analysis and communication still requires human capital.
As a summative assessment, students will design their own research question and implement the research. In pairs, they will present their research project in a scientific poster to faculty and community members.
In today’s increasingly digital world, we produce (and continue to produce) large amounts of data about things ranging from test scores, to social media posts that we “Like” or “Comment”, to online shopping recommendations, to how safe (or not) a new engineering design could be, to self-driving c
The purpose of this ETP is to develop an open-ended process for students to learn physics and coding in python. This process will include four steps. The first step will be to learn the physics concepts by direct instruction: given the principles, examples and exercises.
At Amazon Lab 126, my primary focus is to help employees find readily accessible training opportunities, so that they can develop skills for their own positions, but to also learn about the different components of the operations and supply chain at Amazon.
The Lockheed Martin team utilizes a variety of systems to ensure that they can live up to their trademark: Mission Success.