All of these challenges address engineering within the Next Generation Science Standards.
AI Inclusiveness*
In this lesson, students will 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.
Duration: 190 minutes
Grades: 6-8
Lesson Plan Video Clips
Connecting With Climate*
Learners will explore how to problem-solve when approaching large-scale, multidimensional issues like climate change.
Duration: 90 minutes
Grades: 6-12
Lesson Plan
Data Challenge*
Analyze how The Tech for Global Good laureates use data as a tool to solve problems and effect change. Students will then work in groups to create a plan for collecting and using data to address a problem in their own sphere of influence.
Duration: 90 minutes
Grades: 7-12
Lesson Plan and Videos
Emerging Technologies*
Examine environmental issues through the lens of four emerging technologies. Then, students will consider the challenges these technologies might face if they were adopted in their own communities. Working in teams, students will develop both a potential solution and a pitch to address possible challenges.
Duration: Three 60-minute sessions
Grades: 7-12
Lesson Plan
Medical Supply Availability*
In this lesson, students will explore the problem of medical supply availability through design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Zipline.
Duration: 180 minutes
Grades: 6-8
Lesson Plan Video Clips
Organizing Activism*
In this lesson, students will explore the role the Internet plays in global campaigns and the effects of the digital divide on individuals’ ability to create change. Learners will do design activities and view a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Amandla.mobi.
Duration: 190 minutes
Grades: 6-8
Lesson Plan Video Clips
Save the Species Challenge*
Develop a solution that assists governments in protecting species in designated areas.
Duration: Four sessions, 60 minutes each
Grades: 7-12
Lesson Plan and Videos
Vaccine Distribution Challenge*
Consider the complexities of infrastructure, public health and sociocultural landscapes in designing a solution to distribute a life saving vaccine.
Duration: Four sessions, 60 minutes each
Grades: 7-12
Lesson Plan and Videos
The World’s Water Problem*
In this lesson, students will investigate global water issues through design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Solvatten.
Duration: 180 minutes
Grades: 6-8
Lesson Plan Video Clips
Systems Design Challenges present learners with a real-world problem that is part of a complex system. Whether they are delivering a vaccine to a remote area or determining the viability of a new green tech product in their local community, students experience how their decisions have ripple effects. 
