Read about how the Denver Zoo helps to protect animals in Botswana in Africa. Includes audio narration in English, Chinese, Spanish, Setswana, and Turkish, with text in English.
Meet Adrienne LaChance, a Construction Engineer with Danis, who likes to build things and is part of a women-led team building a brand new hospital. Engineering Your Future shares real stories from young professionals who want to inform and inspire students about in-demand engineering careers.
Students use the robot paths they documented during the associated Robots on Ice Engineering Challenge activity to learn about and then make artwork. During the previous activity, students recorded the path of their robots through a maze in order to collect data during a remote research simulation. Now, they take a new look at the robot paths, seeing them from an art perspective as continuous line drawings. Students learn about Picasso’s famous works of art that used the same technique. Then they learn the artistic definition of a line and see examples of how it is used in different art pieces; they practice making continuous line drawings and then create sculptures of their drawings using colorful wire. A PowerPoint® presentation is provided to guide the activity.
Meet Melissa Bruno, a Control Engineer with E Tech Group, who uses her programming skills to teach machines to make things. She also makes amazing Halloween costumes for kids in wheelchairs! Engineering Your Future shares real stories from young professionals who want to inform and inspire students about in-demand engineering careers.
How does the shape of a cam affect the motion of a mechanism or machine? Explore the types of cam and follower mechanisms to identify how they transfer motion in machines. Engineering a mechanical device involves designing with a result in mind. This challenge will ask students to explore math, science and engineering design through the device of cam and follower.
This is a 4-hour lesson that includes a self-paced interactive module and classroom activities. The teacher guide includes a challenge sequence (timeline), relevance to standards, materials list, assessment, evaluation rubric, and learning extensions.
Lesson objectives: (1) Identify types of cam and follower and how they are connected to levers and mechanisms. (2) Differentiate the shapes of cams and the movement created. (3) Design, build and demonstrate your cam and follower mechanism.
Making dinner become a math challenge and science experiment with Bill Nye. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about dependent and independent variables to make a prediction about whether boiling water with the lid on or off the pot is a better choice and then requires completing the table to see if your prediction was accurate.
This Cornell Law School site describes the consumer protection acts that protect creditors, Uniform Credit Consumer Code and Consumer Protection Act.
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides a clear overview of Insurance Law. A great place to get the basics with links to more in depth resources and examples.
The resource provides an overview of secured credit obligations. Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code is also described.
How do shape and weight impact the performance of a fidget spinner? This challenge will explore how shapes, weight and force impact the performance of a fidget spinner. Engineering a mechanical device involves designing with a result in mind. This challenge will ask students to explore math, science and engineering design through the device of a fidget spinner.
This is a 3-hour lesson that includes a self-paced interactive module and classroom activities. The teacher guide includes a challenge sequence (timeline), relevance to standards, materials list, assessment, evaluation rubric, and learning extensions.
Lesson objectives: (1) Investigate the basic shapes that make up a fidget spinner. (2) Explore how a fidget spinner works. (3) Design, build and test your own fidget spinner.
Work in a group to create a study guide that helps you prepare for an upcoming test or assignment. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Receive a better understanding about the reverse teaching process and take advantage of student enthusiasm for 21st Century Technology. Delve into several free iPad and Google apps, as well as other Teacher Resources, that will enable you to transform your teaching.
Design, write, and format a professional resume that stands out. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Organize and track your goals, and improve your study skills using a spreadsheet. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Research demonstrates that positive relationships are linked to student engagement. When students recognize that instruction focuses on them personally, it bonds them to their school, teachers, and peers. Experiencing this bond, students engage positively with their learning. Let's learn how to integrate instructional techniques critical to engaging our students which, in turn, will contribute to their social emotional learning.
Creating a quiz in Google Classroom is a great way to get a temperature check on students. In this session, we will look at how easy it is to build a quiz in Google Classroom using Google Forms.
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that offers tools to authors and artists to create a "some rights reserved" copyright.
Credit can be a powerful tool in your financial toolbox if you understand how to use it wisely. In this module, you’ll learn about different types of credit and the costs associated with using credit. You’ll learn the importance of building strong credit by borrowing wisely and paying promptly, arranging credit for making major purchases like a car or home, avoiding common credit mistakes, and monitoring your own credit. You’ll also learn about credit reports, your credit score, and steps you can— and should— take to build your own credit cred! This content from Econ Lowdown also features alignment to national Financial Literacy and/or Economics standards.
This lesson is focused on Ecological Impacts of Growing our Food.
The YouTube Video Editor allows you to combine multiple videos and images, trim your video clips to custom lengths, add music from YouTube's library of approved tracks, and customize your clips with special tools and effects. Join us as we learn how to use this simple, intuitive video editor, publish and share videos, and explore additional ways YouTube videos can enhance your instruction!