Johnson Control Center

Ann Marie visits Johnson Control Center to learn about fire suppression systems

Systems 23. Design a digital artifact to propose a solution for a content-related problem. Example: Create a presentation outlining how to create a cost-efficient method to melt snow on roads during the winter.

AIDB

Mitch visits the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind STEM bus and builds his own game and programs a robot

Block-based programming language – Any predefined code that lets users create programs by manipulating “blocks” or graphical programming elements, rather than writing code using text with specific syntax rules, sometimes called visual coding, drag-and-drop programming, or graphical programming blocks.

Vertical Growing-Auburn

Mitch visits a mobile farm that travels the state behind an 18-wheeler to learn about hydroponics and vertical farming.

Objective SCI.7.9.2: Investigate various agricultural techniques that promote soil
conservation (e.g. composting, replanting, alternating crops, and notill farming).

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Mitch learns to identify vertebrates and invertebrates that live the ocean and the role of phytoplankton

Objective SCI.7.15.1: Define anatomical structure, fossil record, and chronological order. Objective SCI.7.5.2: Explain the role of photosynthesis and respiration in the symbiotic relationship between plants and animals.

McDonald’s

Anderson visits McDonalds to see how technology is making fast food even faster

As Citizens of a Digital Culture, students verbalize the impact of computing in a global society while safely, securely, ethically, and legally interacting with digital environments and protecting their digital identities.

UAB Criminal Justice Forensics

Anderson learns about fingerprints and fracture matching at UAB

Analyze and interpret data