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\nTeachEngineering: Android Acceleration Application\n

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\nIntroduce young engineers to the software development design process used in app building. After watching a video tutorial, groups are challenged to build an accelerometer app for an Android device and design an app utilizing the GPS...\n
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\nEvolution and Speciation\n

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\nA collection of five Nature League videos explores evolution and speciation. Four evolution types, in-breeding, out-breeding, and how engineers have designed technology, household items, and medicines inspired by nature. Host Britt...\n
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\nDesign Squad Event Guide\n

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\nEverything you need to plan an event for young engineers can be found here, including activities, an event checklist, tips for working with youth and volunteers, signage, certificates, and an evaluation form. Kids make a rubber...\n
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\nThe Physics of Fluid Mechanics\n

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\nIn this collection, Pascal’s law, Archimedes’ Principle, and Bernoulli’s Principle aid young engineers in understanding the physics of fluid mechanics. Armed with the knowledge of how forces are applied to fluids, scholars design...\n
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\nSolar Updraft Towers\n

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\nGet young scientists energized about all the different energy sources with a five-lesson unit that combines research, direct observations, and hands-on investigation. To begin, scholars investigate a renewable or non-renewable energy...\n
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\nWeather and Atmosphere\n

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\nWeather engineers have come a long way in designing technology that provides advanced warnings of severe weather. Six lessons and six activities make up a collection of resources that teach middle schoolers about weather and weather...\n
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\nThe Tech Challenge 2016 lessons\n

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\nChallenge young flight engineers to design a flying device for Ant-Man, balloon crafts with neutral buoyancy, paper airplanes from different paper types, hoop gliders, and a launcher for ping pong balls. Although designed for the 2016...\n
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\nTeachEngineering: Photovoltaic Efficiency\n

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\nMany factors affect the power output of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. Four lessons and activities provide young engineers with the background information they need to design, build, and test photovoltaic systems.\n
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\nRockets Educator Guide\n

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\nThe 17 resources in NASA’s Rockets Educator Guide allow young scientists and engineers to engage in experiments as they examine images of more than 2,00 years of rockets. Scholars then read articles that provide an overview of the next...\n
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\nThe Science of Food\n

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\nAlchemy in the kitchen? A collection explains the science behind the food chain. Videos and support materials cover everything from yummy things like cheese, to chocolate, to sourdough bread, from science topics like genetically...\n
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\nCrash Course Navigating Digital Information\n

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\nIn an age when so much information is delivered online, media literacy skills are essential. John Green's Crash Course on Navigating Digital Information provides 21st-century learners with the skills they need to help them evaluate the...\n
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\nSustainable Design and Biomimicry in a Desert Ecosystem\n

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\nChallenge young engineers to design a sustainable guest village in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. A collection of four lessons and five activities provide designers with all the information they need to complete the challenge of living...\n
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\nSummer Brain Games: Explore STEM in the City!\n

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\nChicago’s Museum of Science+Industry presents hands-on science activities designed to keep young brains engaged over the summer. The projects, which use readily available items, include engineering a skyscraper, a gravity sewer, and...\n
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\nMixtures and Solutions\n

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\nEngineers must consider the properties of matter when designing new things like synthetic materials, medicines, cleaning solutions, devices, and structures. To prepare for this new world, brave young engineers examine the fundamentals of...\n
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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nTeachEngineering: Electromagnet Design Challenge - Clean Up This Mess\n

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\nYoung engineers are challenged to design an electromagnet that can separate steel from aluminum. Taking on the role of recycling plant managers, groups research the properties of metals, magnets, magnet fields, and electric circuits. The...\n
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\nEarthquakes Living Lab: Geology and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake\n

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\nClass members look at two historical earthquakes: San Francisco, California, and Kobe, Japan. Pairs compare the two earthquakes and their impacts, then determine how engineers may use the information gleaned from previous earthquakes to...\n
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\nTeachEngineering: Floaters and Sinkers\n

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\nWhy do some objects sink while others float? That’s the question young engineers tackle in a unit module of two lessons and three activities. With some help from Archimedes (and his principle) and the principle of buoyancy, scholars...\n
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\nEarthquakes Living Lab: The Theory of Plate Tectonics\n

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\nClass members research the theory of continental drift, examine evidence of plate tectonics, connect this information to engineering, then write an essay on whether they support the theory of continental drift.\n
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\nTeachEngineering: Air Quality InQuiry (AQ-IQ)\n

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\nOne lesson and five activities provide scholars with the background and skills they need to conduct air quality research projects on topics they choose. Class members are introduced to air quality science, data collection, analysis, and...\n
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\nEarthquakes Living Lab: Finding Epicenters & Measuring Magnitudes\n

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\nPairs use an online simulation to determine the epicenter and magnitude of an earthquake. Using actual data about the earthquake's maximum S wave amplitudes, they then determine the magnitude. \n
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\nEarthquakes Living Lab: FAQs about P Waves, S Waves and More\n

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\nUsing the Internet, pupils research what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, their locations, and their effects. \n
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\nEarthquakes Living Lab: Locating Earthquakes\n

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\nPairs research current earthquakes to see if there are any patterns. They determine the mean, median, and mode of the earthquake data, along with the maximum and minimum. Using that information, they make earthquake predictions for a year.\n
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\nScienceWeb Australia: Years 9-10\n

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\nScience Web Australia presents a collection of three units designed for English speaking high schoolers and utilizing resources available online. The first unit focuses on ecosystems, the second on plate tectonics, and the third on the...\n
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