Build Your Own Water Turbine
Students will build turbines from pre-determined supplies to demonstrate how water can be used to transfer energy and be used for power.
Teaching Polymers and Applications through 3D-Printing Microporous Structures
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.
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Art-Based Innovation as a Low-Risk Entry Point to STEM Education
This ETP helps teachers integrate art-based innovation into their classrooms as an accessible entry point to STEM.
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Brisking Through Student Writing
This ETP introduces teachers to Brisk, an AI-powered tool for evaluating student writing. Through hands-on sessions, teachers learn to provide targeted, efficient feedback using rubrics, streamlining the writing assessment process while supporting student growth.
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Teachers as active participants in the scientific community
This ETP provides high school science teachers with a structured framework to connect with the local STEM community, engage in content- or industry-specific training, and collaboratively translate new scientific practices into actionable classroom strategies.
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From Sand to Smartphones: Exploring Microchips
Students investigate how microchips are made from sand, how they function in our devices, and how they are produced in nearby facilities.
Glassbrook Creek Clean Up & Conservation Project
Students will be able to make observations about the trash in a creek behind our playground and collect data on the type of trash in the creek. Does it come from homes or is it wrappers from students’ snacks?
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How's My Waterway
In this lesson, students learn to identify factors affecting aquatic ecosystem health by collecting and analyzing chemical and physical data from a digital source in preparation for testing actual local water samples.
Inspiring Water Sustainable Practices
In this interactive STEM challenge, students will work in teams to design and build their own water filtration systems using simple materials while exploring the real-world concepts of microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet light.