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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Great Algae Race

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a multi-week experiment, student groups gather data from the photobioreactors that they build to investigate growth conditions that make algae thrive best.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Composting Competition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a multi-week experiment, students monitor the core temperatures of two compost piles, one control and one tended, to see how air and water affect microbial activity.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dome It Challenge Scenario Cards

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Student teams find solutions to hypothetical challenge scenarios that require them to sustainably manage both resources and wastes.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dome It Challenge

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students brainstorm, identify, and explore the pathways where their food, water, and energy originate, and where wastewater and solid waste go. They learn that resources are interdependent and that recycling wastes into resources is key...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digest Your Food!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In a multi-week experiment, student teams gather biogas data from the mini-anaerobic digesters that they build to break down different types of food waste with microbes. They compare methane gas production from decomposing hot dogs,...