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SCALING STEM WORKSHOP - FEBRUARY 18, 2014

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 * * == Race to the Top Curriculum ==

[|Full Curriculum] [|Feedback]: comments etc. on specific lessons || * 4 Strands
 * - Agriscience and Biotechnology
 * - Aerospace, Automation and Security
 * - Energy and Sustainability
 * - Health and Life Science
 * ~130 hours of classroom content/year/strand
 * STEM-focused with engineering emphasis
 * Digitally rich content
 * Career information
 * * == Energy and Sustainability Strand ==
 * * == Energy and Sustainability Strand ==

// From the NGO, The Natural Step: //

|| * Year 1 - introduction to Energy & Sustainability- ||
 * Passive solar scaled house design capstone
 * Year 2 - biology/ecology and adapting natural systems-
 * Rain Garden/Cistern design capstone
 * Year 3 - chemistry and engineering and built environment -
 * Energy efficient campus design capstone
 * Year 4 - international, economics, smart energy grid and systems thinking -
 * [|World Climate Exercise] capstone
 * * == Finding these lesson plans == || * Samples on demo wiki : ncssm-snackbook.wikispaces.com

.......//.// // Population Dynamics and Carbon Cycles //
 * Complete set, all strands:
 * [|Full Curriculum]
 * [|Feedback]: comments etc. on specific lessons
 * = 1. Systems Thinking - Pass the Candy =
 * = 1. Systems Thinking - Pass the Candy =

|| * What is sustainability? ..... // Feedback Loops and Engineering Design //
 * The Natural Step Video
 * Mathematics of Sustainability
 * Pass the Candy Activity
 * What is a system?
 * Tools for systems thinking learning
 * [|STELLA]
 * [|Vensim]
 * spreadsheets (and visual notation)
 * Follow up Lessons
 * Comparing Pass the Candy and Carbon Cycle ||
 * = 2. An Arduino Thermostat =

|| * Link to lesson materials
 * Parts of the Arduino system
 * Programming
 * Feedback loop - physical model (Thermostat)
 * Can be operated from a 9V battery for power supply
 * Follow-up Lessons ||
 * = 3. Careers and Sustainability =

|| * Careers - Lesson plan link || * Energy Cocktail Lesson plan link ||
 * Video - Wind/Research
 * Video - Organic Farmer
 * Video - Petroleum Engineer ||
 * = 4. Selecting a Future Energy Cocktail =