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A site, powered by Discovery Education, focusing on getting students involved with STEM by trying to find alternative fuel source.

From High Tech High, San Diego
In the project "Maxed Out," students spent six weeks learning about the credit card industry. They derived formulas to model credit card debt, and also researched various tactics employed by credit card companies to recruit and deceive customers. Each group of 2 to 4 students then chose how to create public awareness of the potential dangers of credit cards.

The final projects are very diverse, ranging from websites to films to rap videos. Below are links to each project. Please follow each link to see some of the fantastic work samples, and also maybe to educate yourself about credit cards as well. You may be suprised what you find out!

tool for math and science teachers. TIME Kits, Tools for Integrating Math and Engineering are standards based curriculum units that integrate a real-world engineering problem into the math and science curriculum.

'The duration of these activities may range from days to weeks, or longer. The teacher acts as a facilitator of the exercise, as students work together usually in pairs or small groups. The students may have different roles to fill and gain specific expertise in these team building events. Social interactions plays an important part. '