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Innovating with Form and Function
Lessons
Students use their understanding of form and function to design an innovative object or device.
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Exploring Career Sectors and Skills
Lessons
Students will explore STEM career sectors and the skills required for a variety of STEM careers.
![Stethoscope on globe](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-09/stethoscope_on_globe.jpg?itok=2GWRZRTh)
STEAM Jobs Around the World
Lessons
Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.
![Lacey Rose](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-08/6207_14.jpg?itok=Wd9ih4JS)
Find a Career You Love
Lessons
Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.
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Testing the Waters
Lessons
Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.
![Girl dreaming about flying](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-09/child-pilot-aviator-with-airplane.jpg?itok=U7hmbBQd)
What do you want to DO when you grow up?
Lessons
Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.
![Girl reading an adventure book](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-08/choose_your_own_adventure.jpg?itok=DWGW2dHC)
Choose Your Own Adventure Autobiography
Lessons
Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.
![Casting hot iron](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-04/casting_hot_iron.jpg?itok=mE6eP_bv)
What Causes Hot Things to Glow?
STEM Explained
Getting electrons excited by heat can cause certain materials to give off visible light when heated - like filaments in light bulbs.
![A variety of lava lamps](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/Assortment_of_lava_lamps.jpg?itok=IsXk69sI)
Lava Lamps
STEM Explained
Lava lamps are very interesting to look at. But they are also interesting examples of buoyancy, heat transfer and solubility!
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Where Do Hurricanes Come From?
STEM Explained
Hurricanes are a kind of tropical cyclone. But where do they come from? And why do they cause so much damage? This article will answer all your storm-related questions!
![A melting world-shaped glacier](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-11/melting_world-shaped_glacier.jpg?itok=-lrMUAJG)
What is Ocean Warming and Why Does It Matter?
STEM Explained
Oceans absorb the greatest amount of solar radiation on Earth. Ocean warming can lead to glaciers melting and ocean acidification.
![What is an exothermic reaction?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/what-is-an-exothermic-reaction.jpg)
What is an exothermic reaction?
Hands-on Activities
Things are heating up! Explore the temperature change that occurs in an exothermic reaction and the role of catalysts is this chemistry activity.
![Thermal images of people and objects](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/Thermal_images_of_people_and_objects.png?itok=5vLkf21V)
Thermopower and the Body Heat-Powered Flashlight
STEM Explained
Can your body be a source of electricity generation? Maybe, if you understand heat transfer. Explore this concept through a 2013 invention by a Canadian teen.
![Digital Baking Thermometer Digital Baking Thermometer](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/Digital_thermometer_in_vegan_bread_%285024088168%29.jpg?itok=aPKkzWen)
Tools: Thermometers
Picture Collections
6 images of some instruments such as clinical and baking thermometers that have been designed to measure temperature for specific purposes
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Tapping Underground Energy with Heat Pumps
STEM Explained
Using the heat of the Earth’s interior, you can heat your home with a ground source heat pump. This kind of heating is cheaper and better for the environment!