Everything for the year comes to a head with the designing of the Solar Car. Groups can use their communication skills, their research skills, their teamwork, and their knowledge of history to create a design of a car that could really work. All aspects of this unit have huge implications for the future. Not to […]
Electricity is a big mystery to people. They hear it is dangerous, they know that they can flip on a switch to get it, but very few know what happens once that switch or circuit is now open. What is Ohm’s law? How does a switch work? How about you create a game that allows […]
Investigating STEM Skills students are introduced to a wide variety of baseline employability skills as well as specific career pathways. Engineering, Food Science, Sustainability, Energy, Medical, Agricultural and Biotechnologies, Manufacturing and Transportation are all areas covered during this course. UNITS: Teamwork; Systems and Optimization; Problem Solving; Design and Modeling; Exploring Engineering; History of Engineering; Introduction to Sustainability; Energy; Food Science and Sustainability; Medical Technologies Design; Agriculture and Related Biotechnologies; Manufacturing Technologies; Transportation Technologies; Underwater ROV Challenges (Sea Perch Challenges).
Designing with STEM introduces students to the fun and powerful tools of designing and problem solving. The activities and academic applications engage the learner to embrace Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics while they examine each of the integral steps of critical design and problem solving.
This unit investigates how engineering is used within the medical field. Students investigate advancements in medical technologies, sanitation, and genetic engineering. Students get to design and construct their own medical instruments, track a virus being spread in the classroom, and grow bacteria in petri dishes. Time: 4 Hours
This unit introduces students to the history of engineering by highlighting major discoveries and famous engineers and inventors. Students reflect on these ground breakers and write a report on the greatest engineer. They get a chance to model a historical weapon by designing and creating their own catapults. Time: 10-14 Hours
This unit introduces sustainability and helps students reflect on their own impacts on the environment. Students research sustainability and come up with a vision for their future highlighting the importance of sustainability. They distinguish the difference between needs and wants and participate in simulations. Students use an online tool to calculate their personal ecological footprint […]
Almost everything around us has been manufactured. This unit explores types of manufacturing, manufacturing processes and materials, automation and computers in manufacturing, and chemical technologies. Students make business decisions in a mining simulation, design and evaluate solutions by constructing a cup, and investigate the marketing side of manufacturing through making an advertisement. Time: 3-6 Hours
Students learn about different forms of energy, energy sources, how energy is measured, and the first two laws of thermodynamics. This unit explores how energy is used in the US and what types are used around the world. Students investigate and measure how they use energy at home and school and create a proposal for […]
This unit explores changes in birth and death rates, factors that determine the relative well-being of a region, impacts of inequitable resource distribution, and the production of food. Students investigate how the production of food, ingredients in their food, and their own food choices impacts others while growing and experimenting with their own mutant corn. […]
