Catapults -Conducting Fair Tests to Guide the Engineering Design Process
The main objective of the lesson is to provide 4th grade students with an opportunity to experience the engineering design process.
Day in the Life of Materials Engineer
For two crazy months in the summer of 2020, Miss D was an Ignited Teacher Fellow at Lockheed Martin, Space’s PMP Lab.
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.
High Tech U Elective Course
In this semester-long elective using activities created by SEMI High Tech U, students will explore diverse education and career pathways related to high tech industries with a focus on semiconductors. In the course students will build professional skills, personal skills and make connections.
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Material Properties
Matter is all around us. Many students intuitively know that wood is harder than dough. This lesson gives them the starting foundation for understanding how scientists look at materials and decide what category they fit into.
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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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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Guide on the Side
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.
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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