The Day the Lights Went Out
In a post-apocalyptic world, a solar storm has disabled all microelectronics, students document and create fictional narratives describing this world and their critical use of limited microelectronics found in radiation-hardened boxes for survival.
Core Content: English Language Arts
Grade Level: Middle/High School
ME Connection: Radiation Hardening, block coding, programming, ME Careers
Engineering Design Project: Program and build a protection device to help survivors who have lost access to microelectronics due to radiation storms