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Fiber Connections

by | Feb 25, 2024 | North Carolina

Corning
What do zeroes, ones, light and glass have to do with communication and games? Hailey visits Corning to learn how glass fiber, not much larger than human hair, is made and used in everday life.
8-NI-01 Anaylze different ways that data is transferred across a network and the role of protocols in transmitting data.
8-CS-03 Systematically identify and fix problems with computing devices and components

Textiles and Design

by | Feb 25, 2024 | North Carolina

NC A&T State University
From math in clothing design to technology in designing prints on the fabric, we wear STEM everyday! Today Brielle tries her hand at textile design at NC A&T State University.
68-CS-02 Design projects thatcombine hardware and softwarecomponents to collect and exchangedata.

Light

by | Feb 25, 2024 | North Carolina

NC State University
How does light carry information? Today at NC State University, Zion bends light and learns about multiple types of light, its benefits, dangers and uses.
6.P.1.2 Explain the relationship among visible light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and sight.

Glades and Conservation

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Missouri

Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center
Visit the only Chert Glade in the world with us today to learn about this desert type environment and its inhabitants.
“LS2 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
A. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems”

Growing plants Vertically and Rocket Launching

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Missouri

Discovery Center in Springfield

Up! Up! Up! From growing plants in towers to building and launching rockets, today’s science is totally up in the air.
“6-8.LS1.C Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
LO.1.A.8.a Recognize that most plants and animals require food and oxygen (needed to release the energy from that food) ME.2.D.7 c. Explain that a change in motion is the result of an unbalanced force acting upon an object
d. Explain how the acceleration of a moving object is affected by the amount of net force applied and the mass of the object ME.F.2.8.a Identify the evidence of different energy transformations (e.g., explosion of light, heat, and sound, temperature change, electrical charge) that may occur as chemical energy is released during a chemical reaction”