Learn about Newton's Laws of Motion through the game of baseball.
Technology
Dinosaur Fossils: Lesson Plan
In 2013, NC scientists discovered dinosaur fossils in Utah. Find out more about these ancient bones with this introductory lesson plan.
Alternative Energy: Lesson Plan
Learn about nonrenewable and renewable energy sources currently available in North Carolina, and then find out how scientists in the state are testing strategies for harvesting renewable energy from the Atlantic Ocean.
Electromagnetics
Electromagnetic energy travels through space in the form of electrical and magnetic waves.
Just a Spoonful of Soybeans: Lesson Plan
Learn about the techniques and outcomes of genetic technology, and discover how North Carolina scientists are using genetic technology to turn soybeans into vaccines.
Pharma Quest: Lesson Plan
Learn about how biotechnology is used to affect living organisms, especially in the pharmaceutical, agricultural and alternative energy industries. Then explore how scientists in North Carolina are using biotechnology to develop new pharmaceutical drugs that will better treat diseases such as diabetes.
Turning Wastewater into Energy: Lesson Plan
The industrial biotechnology company Novozymes has developed a groundbreaking biogas plant that turns wastewater from its Franklinton plant into energy to help power the plant.
3-D Frontiers: Lesson Plan
The new frontier for design and manufacturing is in three dimensions. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, opens up a new world of design never before possible.
Art Under a New Wavelength: Lesson Plan
When the inventor that designed a laser to detect pigments in skin cancer was visiting an art museum, he had an idea: Why not turn the laser on artwork to understand the layering of pigments? When the museum's discovered lasers could be used to probe pigments, they asked if lasers could be used to clean pigments. Watch how parts of a solution for one problem were used to solve another.
Biltmore Science: Lesson Plan
Learn about the sustainable energy that powers America's largest home, Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.