The world around us, you, me, and everything in between is made up of atoms. Atoms are the building blocks of our world, and they come in all sorts of “flavors”. We call these flavors “elements”, which includes the likes of Carbon, Oxygen, Iron, Sodium, and many more.
Read MoreBeyond even the smallest component level lies the material science and physics that underlies and ties our universe together.
Read MoreOur students today completed their interstellar spaceship models.
Read MoreThe focus of today's session was to show how complex machines and devices are formed from ever smaller modules: connected printed circuit boards (PCB) and integrated circuits (IC) all the way down to the lowly transistors and resistors.
Read MoreWhat a joy to see your kids ending a 3 session project and lunching their ships using self built parachutes!
Read MoreToday our students finished designing their ships! At the start of class we touched on how many humans would be necessary to maintain a healthy gene pool on a multi-generational ship.
Read MoreToday our students became spaceship engineers.
Read MoreOur students continued their on-paper design of their spaceship.
Read MoreData capture is an important part of any scientist’s research.
Read MoreThe students opened class with a question “How do machines think?”
Read MoreLast class we sent "probes" to "distant solar systems", mimicking the goals of the Breakthrough Starshot program, in order to gather vital information for potentially settling those planets.
Read MoreWe continued with analyzing a Ted talk by David Christian on Big History, History of the World in 18 minutes. I very much encourage you to view to it too!
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