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Choosing a STEM Career

Choosing a STEM Career

Students will view video clips about graduate and middle school students with interests in STEM careers and compare technologies from yesterday with today. They will explore careers on-line before writing about their futures as STEM professionals.

6-12

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Design and Build a Tangle-Free Headphone Holder

Design and Build a Tangle-Free Headphone Holder

In this lesson, students follow the engineering design process to build a tool that stores headphones for a portable music listening device, such as an MP3 player, without the wires getting tangled. As they work through this process, students learn about the engineer's role in finding solutions to meet human needs.

6-8

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Design and Construct a Road Sign Support

Design and Construct a Road Sign Support

Students use simple materials to design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs.

6-12

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How Engineering Affects Your Life

How Engineering Affects Your Life

Students explore the engineering that impacts their day-to-day life.

K-2

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Shapes That Make Structures Strong

Shapes That Make Structures Strong

Students explore the various shapes engineers choose to make structures strong -- in particular, triangles, arches, and domes.

6-8

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Solar Cooking

Solar Cooking

Warming Up to the Properties of Solar Radiation and Its Uses in Our Homes

6-8

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Solar Racing

Solar Racing

The Design, Construction and Evaluation of a Solar-Powered Car

6-8

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What Is a Robot?

What Is a Robot?

In this lesson, students are introduced to robots, including ones that exist in their everyday lives. They learn about the kinds of things that robots do, the excitement that goes with designing and testing, and what inspires ideas for different robots.

3-5

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Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work

Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work

Students use simple materials to build their own windmills and learn how wind can be used to help get work done.

2

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