Bioeconomy: Methane to Materials
Explore how methane can be transformed into eco-friendly materials!
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Productive Failure - Building a Paper Table
Students must create a table that can hold at least one class textbook using only paper and tape.
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How Oakland Gets Safe & Plentiful Drinking Water
Students will answer some guiding questions (by doing internet research or being given a short reading) and then draw an annotated diagram of the process that yields safe and dependable drinking water in Oakland.
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GIS Mapping of Water Infrastructure Systems
This lesson connects students to real-world engineering practices by exploring how water is collected, treated, stored, and distributed to homes and businesses.
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Flip the Switch
In this tabletop game, students play the role of professional research scientists in the Bent Lab @ Stanford University, they choose a big, global problem that transistor technology is related to, and their goal is to improve transistor technology, using experimentation related to materials and s
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Autonomous Vehicles in Oakland
This ETP lays the groundwork for an eight-week project-based learning curriculum unit to explore the complexities of solving an engineering problem that combines technical challenges and ethical considerations.
Gone with the Wind- Building a Sailcar
Students will learn about wind as a type of renewable energy--and how its kinetic energy can be transferred to another object--by building a wind-powered car.
Storytelling & Insights with Data
In this ETP, students will analyze presented data to evaluate and propose solutions to complex real-world problems. Specifically, they will review data and technical considerations related to the design of battery modules.
Virtual World Brief
“The incredible thing about the [VR/AR] technology is that you feel like you’re actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it’s different from anything they’ve ever experienced in their lives.” Mark Zuckerberg.