ENVIRONMENT As climate change ups the risk of extreme weather, a student-built house that can withstand storms wins this year’s Solar Decathlon. (Nat Geo News) Use our resources to learn more about solar architecture. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Watch this super-short video to see the winning design from New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology. Discussion … Continue reading World’s Best Solar Homes
SCIENCE A new, cutting-edge concept for solar panels started with two tools: paper and scissors. (Nat Geo News) Watch our video to see how solar panels work. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Discussion Ideas According to Nat Geo News, the Japanese art of kirigami inspired a cutting-edge design for solar panels. What are solar panels? Watch … Continue reading Art Inspires Energy Efficiency
By Sara Zeglin This game comes to you from National Geographic Education! You’ll play as a new engineering employee—getting the basics of the engineering process, practicing robot construction, and leaning about the exciting ways in which robots are used outside the lab. Why It’s Cool Challenge: Robots! empowers players to make decisions in constructing robots. These decisions will directly determine whether or not your company’s robots … Continue reading Game of the Week—Challenge: Robots!
Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a National Geographic photographer or explorer? Find out this summer by participating in the 2015 Engineering Exploration (NGX) Challenge! From now through August 1, National Geographic is asking kids ages 6-18 around the world to solve up to three real-world challenges faced by our explorers in the field. The three challenges are: Animal … Continue reading The Engineering Exploration Challenge
SCIENCE Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider successfully turned it back on after two years of downtime. Proton beams will be accelerated, magnets will keep them on track, and the temperature will sink to almost-absolute zero. And then the fun will start. (Forbes) Use our resources to learn a little about the “biggest science experiment in the world.” Teachers, scroll down for a quick list … Continue reading ‘Biggest Science Experiment in the World’ Back in Action
