Robot Gears

Students conduct extensive activities in relation to computers and robots.  In this hands-on lesson, students explore how electronics work, create robots, and study binary codes.

From the start of the Industrial Revolution, it only took 147 years for someone to invent plastic. This may seem like a long time, but in the history of inventing or discovering new materials, this is incredibly fast. An informative and...

Learners compete in a Lego Robot Competition. In this after school instructional activity, students design and compete in the Lego Robot Competition. This instructional activity includes time-lines and guidelines for an after-school club.

In a series of activities, high schoolers research and compare batteries of different chemistries (such as nickel-cadmium), measure current and voltage, and use multimeters and math to compute their capacities. In the end, they try to...

Focus on the science in a science fiction unit with a lesson based on the technology in Star Wars. Small groups work together to design spacecraft, choose items for a galactic sale, work on a space station hotel room, and decide what...

Students examine the problems of the continued development of aquaculture. They also brainstorm ideas that people in this field would need to be successful.

Hold your breath. The video and interactive website introduce the class to spacewalking and spacesuits. Using oxygen data from two astronauts, individuals determine a mathematical model to fit the data. Using that mathematical model, the...

Students research the history of the development of electronics. For this physics lesson, students differentiate between active and passive electronics components and discuss other types of electronic systems.

Does a spider spin its web differently in space? What other ways might microgravity affect an arachnid? Pick a topic to research, plan an investigation, and follow astronauts on the International Space Station as they perform some of the...

Learners research the regenerative capabilities of certain organisms. They present their findings at a student regeneration symposium aimed at exploring the possibilities of human regeneration.