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K-12 Curriculum for Mobile STEM Labs & Laboratory Settings

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Finding My Dance

Finding My Dance

Students will engage in a STEM challenge to build instruments in 25 minutes, create a rhythm to communicate choreography.

Grade Level: Grades K-2

Subject: Engineering

Curriculum Unit: Waves and their Applications

Flood Barriers

Flood Barriers

Students will engage in a STEM challenge to design solutions to help their community and limit the amount of water seeping into their property.

Grade Level: Grades 3-4, 7

Subject: Engineering , Environmental Science

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Genetic Transformation
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Genetic Transformation

Students explore the process of moving genes from one organism to another using genetic transformation.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12)

Subject: Biology and Life Sciences

Curriculum Unit: Biological Evolution , From Molecules to Organisms

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Students will engage in a STEM challenge to build a chair for the Bear family’s guest in 25 minutes.

Grade Level: Grades K-2

Subject: Engineering

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Students will engage in a STEM challenge to build a chair for the Bear family’s guest in 25 minutes.

Grade Level: Grades K-2

Subject: Engineering

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

How Water Moves

How Water Moves

Students will use an Augmented Reality (AR) sandbox to see how water flows over landforms and how the motion changes when the landscape changes.

Grade Level: Middle School (6 - 8)

Subject: Earth & Space Science

Curriculum Unit: Earth's Systems

Hypersonics
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Hypersonics

Students explore thermodynamics and the importance of heat transfer as it relates to speeds over Mach 5.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12)

Subject: Chemistry , Physics

Curriculum Unit: Energy

Identifying Lung Cancer with Biomarkers
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Identifying Lung Cancer with Biomarkers

Students use Biomarkers to Identify Lung Cancer Subtypes and discover how ELISA tests can diagnose different types of lung cancer.

Grade Level: Middle School (6 - 8)

Subject: Biology and Life Sciences

Curriculum Unit: Biological Evolution

It’s All in Your Head
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It’s All in Your Head

Students discover the mechanics of concussions, test and evaluate different helmet materials, and walk away with a better understanding of how future technologies can make athletic play safer.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12) , Middle School (6 - 8)

Subject: Physics

Curriculum Unit: Forces and Interactions

Jack and the Beanstalk
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Jack and the Beanstalk

Students will engage in a STEM challenge to build the tallest structure in 25 minutes that can hold a toy figure (Jack) for one minute.

Grade Level: Grades K-2

Subject: Engineering

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Jack and the Beanstalk
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Jack and the Beanstalk

Students will engage in a STEM challenge to build the tallest structure in 25 minutes that can hold a toy figure (Jack) for one minute.

Grade Level: Grades K-2

Subject: Engineering

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Lean Manufacturing
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Lean Manufacturing

Improve an out-of-date airplane assembly plant to learn about process improvement, kaizen, and push/pull assembly flow.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12)

Subject: Manufacturing

Looking Into Lactase
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Looking Into Lactase

Students explore enzymatic activity by investigating the mechanism behind lactose intolerance.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12)

Subject: Biology and Life Sciences

Curriculum Unit: From Molecules to Organisms

Magnets Push, Magnets Pull

Magnets Push, Magnets Pull

Students learn about how magnets work and design a solveable magnet maze!

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Subject: Engineering , Physics

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Maintaining a Balance
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Maintaining a Balance

Students will put on their engineering hats to assist in maintaining species populations within an ecosystem.

Grade Level: Grades 3-8

Subject: Engineering , Environmental Science

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Maintaining a Balance
students demonstrating maintaining a balance

Maintaining a Balance

Students will put on their engineering hats to assist in maintaining species populations within an ecosystem.

Grade Level: Grades 3-5

Subject: Engineering , Environmental Science

Curriculum Unit: Engineering Design

Making Medicine
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Making Medicine

Students will perform protein purification using column chromatography to gain a greater understanding of the biomanufacturing process of going from a cell to a protein to a product.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12)

Subject: Biology and Life Sciences , Chemistry

Curriculum Unit: From Molecules to Organisms , Matter and its Interactions

Metrology: The Science of Measurement
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Metrology: The Science of Measurement

Students will learn the difference between precision and accuracy while using tools like rulers and calipers to measure items and calculate standard deviations.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12)

Subject: Manufacturing

Micropipette Challenge
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Micropipette Challenge

This activity introduces students to micropipettes, a commonly-used laboratory tool.

Grade Level: Middle School (6 - 8)

Subject: Chemistry

Mixing Things Up
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Mixing Things Up

Students are challenged to determine if powdered drink mixes like Gatorade combine with water to create a mixture or chemically react to create a new substance called Gatorade.

Grade Level: Middle School (6 - 8)

Subject: Chemistry , Physical Science

Curriculum Unit: Matter and its Interactions

Mystery of the Crooked Cell
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Mystery of the Crooked Cell

Students explore genetic diseases and tracing genetics through the use of Punnett squares and gel electrophoresis.

Grade Level: High School (9 - 12) , Middle School (6 - 8)

Subject: Biology and Life Sciences

Curriculum Unit: From Molecules to Organisms , Heredity

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