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  • Overhead view of a cargo ship with colorful containers.

    Building Sustainable Ships

    Students design and test a ship structure that must be both...

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  • Glowing cluster of pink and blue crystals on dark rock.

    Economic Geology: Managing Critical Resources in a Changing World

    Students investigate Earth’s critical minerals and responsible resource use.

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  • Submerged Systems Submarine Science & Engineering

    Submerged Systems: Submarine Science & Engineering

    Students investigate how submarines use science and engineering to explore the...

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  • Exploring Heat Transfer by Conduction

    Exploring Heat Transfer by Conduction

    Students explore how heat transfer depends on both material thermal conductivity...

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  • Exploring Nondestructive Testing

    Exploring Nondestructive Testing

    This lesson plan introduces students to Nondestructive Testing (NDT) technology, including...

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  • Made in Space Manufacturing in Microgravity (1)

    Made in Space: Manufacturing in Microgravity

    Students investigate how space-based manufacturing in microgravity improves material quality.

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  • Exploring Oceans Deep Nature-Inspired Engineering

    Exploring Oceans Deep: Nature-Inspired Engineering

    Students explore manta ray-inspired AUV design, research, and present their findings...

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  • Earth to Orbit Materials in Extremes

    Earth to Orbit: Materials in Extremes

    Students explore material properties connected to their performance in extreme settings.

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  • Engineering Stronger, Smarter Materials

    Engineering Stronger, Smarter Materials

    Students explore how structure impacts material properties through data analysis and...

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  • STEM Career Exploration

    STEM Career Explorations

    In this lesson, students will explore various career opportunities in STEM...

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  • Optics in Action Shaping the Future

    Optics in Action: Shaping the Future

    Students explore optics to infer how light behavior drives technological advances

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  • the Neuroscience of Addiction (1)

    Neuroscience and Mental Illness

    Students explore brain signals, AI emotion decoding, mental illness, and neuroethics.

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