In this lesson, students will arrange a time to meet with their end-user (in person or virtually) to show them their prototype. The end-user will interact with the prototype, and the student will capture their feedback in the activity worksheet. Finally, students will take the feedback and use it to improve their prototype.

Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Robotics Kit, Tablet, Video Editing Software.

In this lesson, students will finish their project, create a pitch video for their project, share their project with their peers, give/receive feedback on each other’s projects, export and submit their designs, and answer a series of reflection questions.

Estimated time required: 3-4 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Robotics Kit, Tablet, Video Editing Software.

In this lesson, students will learn how to create more advanced robotics by controlling the Sphero RVR with the micro:bit. Students will learn about sensors in robotics and explore the temperature sensor function of the micro:bit. They will learn how to add the RVR SDK extension to the micro:bit MakeCode programming environment.

Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Robotics Kit, Tablet.

In this lesson, students will learn how to use the RVR + littleBits to build a robotic aquatic creature that moves and makes noise! First, you'll think about real life aquatic animals that the New Horizon might have encountered, then you'll plan, design, build and program a RVR with littleBits sensors and actuators to simulate this animal's sound, movement and behaviors.

Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Robotics Kit, Tablet.

In “Plastic, Ahoy!” the New Horizon had to navigate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Central Gyre. The gyre is filled with plastic, debris, and lots of sea creatures! In this lesson, students will learn how to use the RVR + littleBits + micro:bit to build a Gyre Navigator Bot that can detect and avoid obstacles!

Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Robotics Kit, Tablet.

In this lesson, students will build on all the hardware and software they have used so far and take a deeper look at one specific component known as the servo motor. Students will build and test a Sample Label Bot using RVR, the littleBits servo and a micro:bit that can help the New Horizon researchers by labeling their water samples from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Robotics Kit, Tablet.

Our brains control every movement we make. Most of us take for granted our ability to pick up a cup or change the television station. However, for people who have lost a limb or become paralyzed, the inability to do these things means a loss of freedom and independence. This video segment from Greater Boston describes how neuroscientists and bioengineers have teamed up to create a system that allows people who have lost motor functions to control electronic devices through their thoughts alone. Grades 6-12

In this lesson, students will learn about Afrofuturism through exploring the Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures collection at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Students will complete an online scavenger hunt and engage in a discussion about the cultural significance, key ideas and themes, and impact of Afrofuturism. They will also compare and contrast Afrofuturism and Black Futures. As an extension, students might give input on any ideas regarding Kinfolk’s monuments of Sun Ra, P-Funk, and Octavia Butler.

Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Augmented Reality, Internet Connectivity, Laptop/Desktop, Smartphone, Tablet, Tablet or Smartphone.

Do you need proof that driving is a dangerous activity? More Americans have died in car crashes over the past 100 years than in all the wars the U.S. has ever fought combined. More than 40,000 Americans die each year on the nation's highways, most as the result of high-speed collisions. In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how engineers developed the air bag, an important automobile-safety device now found in most cars.
Recommended for: Grades 3-12

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make their own hovercraft and demonstrate how the air leaking out of a balloon can make a plastic plate hover above a table.

ArtCyclopedia offers a list of notable photographers from the formation of the media to the present--and links to biographies and works.

ArtCyclopedia offers a clickable list of printmakers from the formation of the media to the present--includes links to biographies and works.

ArtCyclopedia's list of sculptors begins with the 5th century BCE to the late 20th century. Includes links to the biographies and works.

Use this resource to promote an awareness of mathematics as it occurs in nature, science, technology and human culture. This series of articles and podcasts can be used as teaching resources.

Resource provides information about nuclear energy. Read about current events, radiation doses, radiation emergency kits, and more. Also contains a helpful glossary of radiation and nuclear energy terms. Parts of the site are for members only.

This activity is an indoor lab where students will make predictions of what a force vs time and acceleration vs time graph will look like for a ride in an elevator going down and up. Students will collect data remotely using a Force Plate and accelerometer and then download the data to the computer for further analysis.

Students develop an app for an Android device that utilizes its built-in internal sensors, specifically the accelerometer. The goal of this activity is to teach programming design and skills using MIT's App Inventor software (free to download from the Internet) as the vehicle for learning. The activity should be exciting for students who are interested in applying what they learn to writing other applications for Android devices. Students learn the steps of the engineering design process as they identify the problem, develop solutions, select and implement a possible solution, test the solution and redesign, as needed, to accomplish the design requirements.

After using the historical development of concepts of conserved motion to develop introductory understanding, students are directed to a series of activities to gain a better understanding of momentum, conservation of momenta, angular momentum, and conservation of angular momenta.

Antimatter, the charge reversed equivalent of matter, has captured the imaginations of science fiction fans for years as a perfectly efficient form of energy. While normal matter consists of atoms with negatively charged electrons orbiting positively charged nuclei, antimatter consists of positively charged positrons orbiting negatively charged anti-nuclei. When antimatter and matter meet, both substances are annihilated, creating massive amounts of energy. Instances in which antimatter is portrayed in science fiction stories (such as Star Trek) are examined, including their purposes (fuel source, weapons, alternate universes) and properties. Students compare and contrast matter and antimatter, learn how antimatter can be used as a form of energy, and consider potential engineering applications for antimatter.

This video segment adapted from Building Big illustrates the strength of the arch in bridge design and construction.