How to use digital simulations to enhance learning
Learn how digital simulations can better engage students and enhance learning outcomes through free interactive simulations.
Family Design Challenges (x25 in English/x25 in Spanish)
These family-friendly activities for all ages will unlock your creativity to explore, design and test solutions for real-world problems. The challenges use everyday household items but you can switch them…
What’s Lurking in Your Fast Food?
In this lesson, students will learn about the building blocks of life – carbohydrates, lipids and proteins – by conducting a series of chemical tests. They will then conduct research…
Video Game Design
In this lesson, students will learn about the fundamental principles of game design, then learn basic logic and coding concepts before collaborating with peers to storyboard and practice building their…
Sensitive Delivery
In this lesson, students will be presented with a real-world program and apply learned science and engineering concepts and practices to design a package that utilizes self-heating and self-cooling technology.
Project Pipeline
In this lesson, students will use the engineering design process to design and construct a model pipeline that can carry water from one location to another. Along the way, students…
Magnetic Migration
In this lesson, students will build their understanding of magnetic properties, then explore Earth’s magnetic fields and build a working compass. They will then participate in research teams and explore…
Geometric Building Design
In this lesson, students will use mapping software to visualize the relationship between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. They will then create 2-D and 3-D scale building models before they present…
Entomology Explorations
Students in this lesson will learn how insects are classified as well as collection techniques. They will then collect data about insect species in their local environment, before being introduced…
Digital Transmission
Students in this lesson will learn the science behind photography as they explore manipulating shutter speed to capture light motion trails. Throughout, students will learn about the properties of light…
