Generating Electricity: Hydroelectric Power
STEM Explained
Learn how moving water can be used to generate electricity. This is called hydroelectric power generation.
Solar Storms: Exploring the Sun's Explosive Outbursts
Backgrounders
Learn about solar storms and how they impact Earth.
Introduction to Green Chemistry
STEM Explained
Green chemistry is a field that looks at the sustainability of products and processes designed by people.
Mauro Marongiu
Career Profiles
Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
Evaline Warmels
Career Profiles
Mechatronic Engineer
How Vehicles Pollute the Air
Backgrounders
Learn how vehicles affect air quality, including their contribution to smog.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Backgrounders
Learn about vehicles that use hydrogen for fuel.
Up, Up and Away: Careers in Flight
Lessons
Students will learn about the wide variety of jobs related to the aviation industry.
Testing Aircraft Wings
Lessons
Students will explore how wing design affects lift using a testing device similar to a wind tunnel.
Evaline Warmels (Video)
Career Profiles
Mechatronical Engineer
Green Energy
Backgrounders
An overview of environmentally-friendly ways to generate electricity and power
Making Waves with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how the radar works, the history and its many real life applications.
Testing for Aviation Safety
Backgrounders
Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.
Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings
Backgrounders
Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.
A History of How Humans Learned to Fly
Backgrounders
Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!