A SMILE Teacher sent us an article to share with all – scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can slowly digest polyethylene terephalate (PET), a common plastic that is in polyester fabrics and water bottles. It was previously believed that this material was not biodegradable and no microbes could break it down. This may be an important breakthrough in reducing pollution and cleaning up our oceans.
Check out the full article here!
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We have compiled the activities that we facilitated during the workshop as well as a few others from the Teaching Tolerance resources (http://www.tolerance.org/). We hope that you incorporate one or more of these activities into your club meetings as a way of preparing for the upcoming Challenge events!
Strengthening Communication Activities – This is an overview of the activities we did during the workshop and a few more you might be interested in.
Happening Handshake Activity Slips – These are the slips for the first activity.
Communication Activity Handout Slips – These are the slips for the nonverbal communication activity.
]]>Thanks to Brain Hartman from the College of Education for sharing this bioenergy activity with us at the workshop.
It All Comes Down to Glucose Lesson Plan
It’s All About Glucose Powerpoint Presentation
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Thanks to Assistant Professor Dr. George Waldbusser and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Annaliese Hettinger, from the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences for partnering with SMILE and sharing the following activity with teachers at the workshop:
Ocean Acidification Lesson Plan
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Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Powerpoint Presentation
]]>Here are the Wave Power Lesson Plan, Wave Energy Engineering powerpoint presentation, and Wave Energy Converter Diagram from the Wave Power Generators session at the workshop. Thanks to Kyle and Emily from Precollege Programs!
Wave Energy Engineering Presentation
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Brewing for Bioenergy Lesson Plan
Brewing for Bioenergy Presentation – This is the powerpoint that Brian Hartman shared during the session
]]>Here are the materials shared with you during the Mechanical Engineering session. Make sure to share the ME video with your students prior to the Challenge!
Mechanical Engineering Powerpoint Presentation
Looking forward to seeing you and all your students at the Middle School Challenges!
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