Sun Curve Design Challenge Curriculum Matrix
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Design
Resources on OER Commons: Click on the title to access the resource
- Introduction to Civil Engineering Design Course MIT OpenCourseWare
- The Tofte Project SERC
- What is the Design Process? Teachers Domain
Other Usefull Websites:
Environmental Science
- AP Environmental Science Course Monterey Institute for Technology and Education and University of California
- The Goldilocks Zone Challenger Center for Space Science Education
- Natural Resources, the Environment, and Ecosystems University of Illinois Extension
- Quantitative Environmental Learning Project
Agriculture
- Biodome WikiEducator
- Sustainable Agriculture Resources and Programs for K-12 Youth Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
- Thinking green? Grown your own!: linking agriculture, gardening, and technology Ohio State University
- Landed Learning Project Podcast University of British Columbia
Botany
- The Great Plant Escape University of Illinois Extension
- It's Not Just a Bug: Simulating Invasive Insect Predation on a Plant Population New York Times Learning Network
- Inka's Wall Garden List
Soil
- Soil Judging NASA
Irrigation
- Sprinkle & Trickle Irrigation Utah State University
Energy
- Clean Energy: Converting Light to Energy National Center for Learning and Teaching
- Energy Technology WikiEducator
- Cooking with the Sun: Creating a Solar Oven Techtronics Program, Duke University
- Using Heat from the Sun Techtronics Program, Duke University
- Exploring Solar Power Techtronics Program, Duke University
- Solar Cooking Learn NC Lesson Plans
- How to Make a Solar Oven Noah Cohen
Water
- Barrels and Buckets: Access to Water Peace Corps
- Rivers of the World Elaine Bahr
Ichthyology
The study of fish
Nutrition
- Nutritional Health, Food Production, and the Environment Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Social Sciences
- Knowledge in Action: Save the World MIT Highlights for High School
- CREA website Balancing People and Nature
Art
- Project Zero's Studio Thinking Framework: Eight Habits of Mind Harvard University
- Primary Colors, Plasma, and Visual Effects Kiki Jewell
Articles
- Newsom's fresh idea: mandates on healthier food SF Chronicle
- Street Farmer NY Times
- Greening the Ghetto New Yorker
Teacher Curriculum Ideas
- Kiki's Sun Curve curricula by Kiki Jewell, Golden Oak Montessori, Hayward
- Curriculum for Inka Sun Curve project by Wade Leschyn, Westmoor High School, Daly City
- Elaine's Sun Curve Curriculum by Elaine Bahr, Pescadero Middle School, Pescadero
- Renewable Energy Curriculum by Noah Cohen, Burlingame Intermediate School, Burlingame
- Brainstorm: Sun Curve Challenge by Katie Gibbons, Synapse Institute, Palo Alto
