May 31, 2016 | Wear This: Your Life Depends on It By Amneris Solano Technology is giving us greater and greater control over our health. Today, people can download apps onto their cell phones to monitor some of their...
May 31, 2016 | Exotic Metals By Amneris Solano Thermoelectric Energy Generators could be one of the most promising forms of energy harvesting we’ve been able to perfect this century. The idea of thermoelectric...
May 31, 2016 | Pencil Circuits: Draw a Working Series and Parallel Circuit By Amneris Solano From the lamp on your nightstand to the complex smartphone in your pocket, electric circuits are all around us. In fact, without electricity, your body...
May 31, 2016 | Getting Started With Schoolyard Inquiries By Amneris Solano The lessons provide an easy-to-follow framework for getting started with inquiry-based instruction using the schoolyard as a classroom. Science and math objectives are integrated throughout...
May 31, 2016 | Nature’s Design: Using Biomimicry to Prevent Surface Icing By Amneris Solano This lesson plans uses student investigation to introduce self-cleaning and water repellant manufactured and natural products. Students will be introduced to the micro- and nanostructure...
May 31, 2016 | Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, and Compost to Save the Earth! By Amneris Solano This lesson sequence will introduce students to the idea of taking care of Earth through recycling, reusing, and reducing, as well as activities such as...