Discovery
20 Results
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Robotics Engineer
The video describes Jonathan Clark's research and his award. Clark is a robotics engineer, and this video describes his work to students.
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Growing Bacteria
Students will be able to recognize areas in the classroom where bacteria are growing, and they will record the growth of the bacteria over the course of a week. After the growth week,…
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Leaf Classification
This lesson plan introduces leaf and tree classification to high school students. Students will learn about leaves, and then they will go collect their own and classify them based on …
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How GPS Systems Work
Students will learn how GPS systems work. They will use Excel Spreadsheets to document results.
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Robot Dog
This article describes a robot dog created by Google!
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Biometric Security App
The article describes biometric technology which will be used for app security. It also discusses the difficulties involved with this!
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3D Printed Legs
The article describes the process that engineers at The University of Toronto have been going through to create 3D printed legs for children in Uganda. They have printed four legs sin…
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Rubber Band Racer
From this activity, students will learn about the concepts of force, speed, and acceleration. They will also explore the engineering design process!
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Build an Earthquake-Proof Structure
Students will construct a structure out of drinking straws to see if it can withstand an earthquake. Students will learn about the concepts of force and engineering design to accurate…
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Reversing Arrows
This activity allows students to explore the properties of light and learn what refraction is. They will draw an arrow, put it behind a glass of water, and will see the arrow turn aro…
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New Robot PAL
The article describes a new robot created by the PAL Robotics company. This new robot is perfect for a research environment as it allows for movement around laboratories.
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Cabbage Chemistry
This activity teaches students about the differences between acids and bases, and it also gives them a way to test different materials and see which substances are acids, and which su…
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Dancing Valentines Day Hearts!
This activity allows students to explore the concepts of carbonation and chemical reactions. They will use Valentine's Day candy and explore scientific concepts!
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Self-Driving Cars
The article describes the possibility of self-driving cars! This may create the possibility of reducing the amount of cars per household to one!
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Raining Milk!
The article describes the different colored rain in Washington and Oregon last week. It describes the different hypotheses from the scientists, and it discusses that they will continu…
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How Many Licks Does it Take to Get to the Center of a Tootsie Pop?
This article describes the answer to every child's question, "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?" The article describes that scientists decided to crea…
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Flower Dissection
This activity teaches students about the different parts of a flower. Students will dissect a flower, and they will learn about the plant and the processes that go on inside the plant…
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Cloud Spotted on Mars
This article discusses the cloud that was discovered on Mars! It discusses how the cloud was discovered, and what scientists think about it!
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Directions in Space!
This article describes how astronauts navigate and give directions in space! A NASA engineer explains it all!
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Dogs Understand Your Mood
Scientists conducted an experiment that tested whether or not dogs could recognize facial expressions and tell if you were happy or angry! They found that the dogs were able to read f…
