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History shows that our world is interconnected. Whether your class is learning from the past or examining the economics and politics of the present, these lessons provide a real-world STEM connection.
Lessons marked with an orange gear icon address engineering within the Next Generation Science Standards.
Looking to the Past to Build the Future
Grades K-2
Apply knowledge of homes from the past to design and construct a home that can withstand a windstorm. 
Lesson: Three to five 50-minute sessions
Irrigation Situation
Grades 3-5
Use the design process to create a hillside garden irrigation system that maximizes water efficiency. (Lab Connection: Down the Drain)
Lesson: 90 minutes
Unit: 150 minutes
Cyber Forensics: Digital Footprints
Grades 4-6
Students will take on the role of digital forensic investigators who have been tasked with investigating a recent store robbery.
Lesson: 45-55 minutes
Creating a Digital Ecosystem
Grades 4-8
After learning about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, consider how to create a digital ecosystem that collects environmental data by designing an app for global good.
Lesson: 4 sessions (45-60 minutes each)
AI Inclusiveness
Grades 6-8
Explore the problem of bias in artificial intelligence through design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, AI4ALL.
Lesson: 190 minutes
Medical Supply Availability
Grades 6-8
Explore the problem of medical supply availability through design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Zipline.
Lesson: 180 minutes
Organizing Activism
Grades 6-8
Explore the role of the internet in an individuals’ ability to create change. Includes design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Amandla.mobi.
Lesson: 190 minutes
The World’s Water Problem
Grades 6-8
Investigate global water issues through design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Solvatten.
Lesson: 180 minutes
Connecting with Climate
Grades 6-12
Explore how to problem-solve when approaching large-scale, multidimensional issues like climate change. (Lab Connection: Down the Drain)
Lesson: 90 minutes
Circular Economy Challenge
Grades 7-12
Consider the challenge of developing a circular economy. Each team of learners develops and presents ideas for sustainable approaches to how items are made and used.
Lesson: Four sessions, 60 minutes each
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Data Challenge
Grades 7-12
Analyze how The Tech for Global Good laureates use data as a tool to solve problems and affect change. As a team create a plan for collecting and using data to address a problem in your own sphere of influence.
Lesson: 90 minutes
Emerging Technologies
Grades 7-12
Examine environmental issues through the lens of four emerging technologies. Working in teams, students consider the challenges these technologies might face if they were adopted in their own communities.
Lesson: Three 60-minute sessions
Save the Species Challenge
Grades 7-12
Develop a solution that assists governments in protecting species in designated areas.
Lesson: Four sessions, 60 minutes each
Vaccine Distribution Challenge
Grades 7-12
Consider the complexities of infrastructure, public health and sociocultural landscapes in designing a solution to distribute a life saving vaccine.
Lesson: Four sessions, 60 minutes each
Analyzing Patterns in Voter Data
Grades 9-12
Analyze, map and graph voter data in this data science and computational thinking lesson. Then take on the role of data journalists to share the story of your data with others.
Lesson: 90 minutes
Redistricting Unplugged
Grades 9-12
Students apply computational thinking to the real-world problem of redistricting as they use abstraction to redraw a series of maps.
Lesson: 60 minutes