Lesson: Solar Cooking

(Provided courtesy of Teachers’ Domain, WGBH Educational Foundation and WPSU) In this series of lessons for grades 6-8, students first experiment with a virtual solar cooker to discover the mathematical relationship among reflection, transmission and absorption. Then they apply their knowledge to building and testing a solar cooker of their own invention. In an extension, [...]

Activity: Prevent Shore Erosion

(Provided courtesy of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology) In this activity for grades 6-12, students design a seawall to protect a major coastal highway from erosion by ocean waves and address these questions: Erosion–can you fight it? How much energy is involved with waves and erosion? Can [...]