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This STEMonstration Is On Target!

How do engineers get their Mars rovers to go all the way into space and remotely conduct tasks? In this STEMonstration, we'll continue to investigate gravity, friction, and the physics behind launched objects, but make it a whole lot more challenging! Using simple materials, GPB educators will build and test a way to move a small ball down a zip-line string in less than four seconds AND release that ball onto a target.

This STEMonstration Is On Target!

From Professional Learning, Online Training - STEM
This STEMonstration Is On Target!

How do engineers get their Mars rovers to go all the way into space and remotely conduct tasks? In this STEMonstration, we'll continue to investigate gravity, friction, and the physics behind launched objects, but make it a whole lot more challenging! Using simple materials, GPB educators will build and test a way to move a small ball down a zip-line string in less than four seconds AND release that ball onto a target.

Support Materials

Resource List: Energy & Projectile Motion

Resource List: Energy & Projectile Motion

Professional Learning Segments

Online Training - STEM

STEM is more than Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM asks students to consider deep, real-world questions and collaborate with others to arrive at meaningful conclusions. Learning through interdisciplinary units of study challenges students and helps them develop the relevant skills for evolving and expanding careers. Join GPB Education as we explore our digital resources and instructional strategies that support STEM education and the P21 framework. Participants will come away with an expanded digital toolbox for better illustrating the knowledge their students need to thrive in the workplace and as citizens.

This STEMonstration is on Target! Exploring Energy and Projectiles

This STEMonstration Is On Target!

Zipping Through a STEMonstration: Exploring Balance and Projectiles

Zipping Through a STEMonstration

STEMonstration at Sea: Save the Aquanaut!

STEMonstration at Sea: Save the Aquanaut!

STEMonstration in Space: Save the Taternaut!

STEMonstration in Space: Save the Taternaut!

Movement-Based

Movement-Based Resources for PK-5 Math Instruction

Exploring GPB Resources for Strengthening Engineering and Design Thinking

Exploring GPB Resources for Engineering and Design

The Unbearable Relevance of STEM

The Unbearable Relevance of STEM

Stem to the Nth Power

GPB Education to the Nth Power: Virtual STEAM Explorations With NASA, NOVA, Nature

Crash Course into PBS LearningMedia for STEAM Exploration

Crash Course into PBS LearningMedia for STEAM Exploration

Digital Media Integration Strategies for STEAM Exploration

Digital Media Integration Strategies for STEAM Exploration

If You Build It, They Will Learn With PBS Lesson Builder

If You Build It, They Will Learn With PBS Lesson Builder

The STEM Educator’s Guide to the G-Force Galaxy With GPB & GALILEO

The STEM Educator’s Guide to the G-Force Galaxy With GPB & GALILEO

in living color

A STEMonstration in Living Color

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