September 14, 2017 | ‘Lifting’ Classroom Instruction By Amneris Solano As a Kenan Fellow I spent my summer working at the Hyster-Yale Group manufacturing plant in Greenville, NC. Hyster-Yale Group produces on average about 160...
September 8, 2017 | ATTACK of the APHIDS! By Amneris Solano This lesson/project explores exponential and logistic models by investigating population growth (both uninhibited and inhibited) of Aphids, a common plant pest. Author Jasmine Frantz
September 8, 2017 | Comparing Decimals to the Thousandths By Amneris Solano This lesson teaches comparing decimals to the thousandths and uses rainfall data from Snow Hill, N.C. to help students understand the weather conditions where they live. To...
August 18, 2016 | Man vs. Beast: The Calculus of Animal Movement By Amneris Solano This project is designed to help students understand the relationship between the graphs of a function and its first and second derivatives and how to...
August 18, 2016 | How do Wing Area, Wing Angle and Wing Camber Affect Lift? By Amneris Solano This lesson will allow students to use FoilSim software to explore how wing area, wing shape and wing angle affects the force of lift and...
August 18, 2016 | What are the Forces that Affect Flight? By Amneris Solano This lesson will give students the basic knowledge needed to understand airplanes and the forces that allow them to fly. Students will learn to calculate...