August 24, 2018 | Bring STEM Into Your Curriculum By Amneris Solano How often do your students ask, “How will I use this in real life?” After becoming a Kenan Fellow, I gained many useful ideas from...
August 22, 2018 | Model Organisms: The Genes We Share By Amneris Solano Why spend millions of dollars and countless hours studying worms, yeast, fish, and mice? These creatures look and act so differently from us, yet we...
August 22, 2018 | Building for Future Severe Weather – A Design Thinking Approach By Amneris Solano Over a period of two days, students will complete a design challenge centered around sustainable exterior building products that are designed for high performance during...
August 22, 2018 | Camp Snoopy Redesign By Amneris Solano Scenario: Carowinds is redesigning Planet Snoopy (a kids’ play area in the theme park) for the upcoming season, and this is the students’ opportunity to...
August 13, 2018 | Is U.S. Air Pollution Getting Better or Worse – How and Why? By Amneris Solano In this project, students will be assigned one of 4 regions of the United States – Northeast, South, Midwest, or West. Within each regional group,...
August 13, 2018 | I Like to Move It Move It! By Amneris Solano Students create exercise/play equipment for a “pet-themed” playground based on animals that they have chosen and researched. Students will have an opportunity to move through Active...