Single Lessons
These single lessons, designed by teachers, engage students in STEM through hands-on, authentic challenges. Each lesson focuses on a specific engineering concept, giving students the opportunity to explore real-world problems and develop creative solutions in a single class period. Ideal for easy classroom integration, these lessons offer practical applications while helping educators make meaningful engineering connections across subjects.
Core Content: Integrated Curriculum
Grade Levels: K-12
Time Required: Dependent upon length of lesson (typically 1-3 class periods
ME Career Connections: Students engage in hands-on activities using circuits, microcontrollers, or programmable devices to explore how microelectronics power everyday technologies. Through problem-solving and design, they build an understanding of how skills like coding, circuitry, and systems thinking connect to real-world microelectronics careers.
Feed the Robot
Discover engineering and coding challenges as students program robots to complete tasks in this hands-on lesson plan.
Navigating the Skies with Precision: Flying Orbs
Explore physics and engineering concepts through flight-based problem solving in a science activity focused on navigation precision.
micro:bit Masters: Control the Game
Teach coding fundamentals with micro:bit as students build and control games, improving logic and computer science skills.
Hummingbird Hardware
Introduce students to robotics engineering using Hummingbird hardware, combining creative design with hands-on tech learning.
Digging In: Finding the RIGHT Information
Build critical research skills with lessons on locating, evaluating, and using high-quality information effectively.
Wafer Measurement & Statistics
Teach measurement and statistics using real metrics from microelectronics wafers to connect math with engineering contexts.
Rocket Tracking
Integrate math and science as students model and track rockets to strengthen algebra and data analysis skills.
micro:bit Stoplight
Students code micro:bit stoplights to learn sequencing, logic, and basic embedded computing concepts.
Microelectronics: Hardware vs. Software
Clarify hardware vs. software with engaging examples and activities that connect computer science to microelectronics.
Is It Acidic or Just Basic?
Reinforce acids and bases through a chemistry lesson tied to real-world applications and STEM connections.