Sometimes the best ideas come from a combination of strategy and serendipity. Discover how seemingly unrelated events - a missing cat, a twisted ankle, and a sunbeam – has a direct application to the process of creative social innovation and inspires the idea for an emergency classroom kit.
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Having developed a more informed understanding of the water situation in Malawi, the #GlobalProblemSolvers take an inventory of their skills and experience: What can they each contribute to developing an innovative solution? Pooling their talents, the Global Problem Solvers invent a network of sensors to determine when each well requires maintenance and start implementing their strategy in a small-scale test. But not everything works as anticipated.
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The #GlobalProblemSolvers use their special powers to start building a network of sensors for the wells of one of Malawi’s twenty-eight districts. First, they use their special skills to solve a problem resulting from how their sensors interact with the surrounding physical environment— namely, Lake Malawi. Then, the team encounters issues resulting from how local residents, including the technicians themselves, are responding to the new technology. The team is inspired to solve this problem by…
This episode sets out a problem for the team to solve, analyze and articulate, i.e., contaminated well water in the home community of #GlobalProblemSolvers team-member Kelile. In Malawi, the team explores the cause of the broken well, the conditions that led to the problem, and the impact it is having on the local community.
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Unsure of what the steps of the scientific method are? Not sure how to apply the scientific method? Watch how we use the scientific method to explore the science of popping boba – fun juice filled balls that pop in your mouth. You can find more information about each step of the scientific method at https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair/steps-of-the-scientific-method?ytid=Xxm_beTs2LU&ytsrc=description
Science Buddies also hosts a library of instructions for over…
Back in the airship, the #GlobalProblemSolvers discuss an issue that is essential to their venture’s success: Who will implement their solution when they’re gone? They develop a business plan for their well sensor network that addresses key considerations, such as material resources, funding, profitability, marketing, social impact, and local connections. To fulfill this plan, they visit a factory in Malawi that manufactures similar sensor technology and persuade the owner to see how…
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Science Buddies also hosts a library of instructions for over 1,500 other hands-on science projects, lesson plans, and fun activities for K-12 parents, students, and teachers! Visit us at https://www.sciencebuddies.org/?ytid=fQNwPLl7kQY&ytsrc=description to learn more.
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Arduino kit available from our partner Home Science Tools®: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/science-buddies-electronics-kit-for-arduino/?aff=SB1
Parts list, code, circuit diagram, and link to Tinkercad circuit all available here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/SpaceEx_p067/space-exploration/satellite-attitude-control-reaction-wheel?ytid=j6XKsEPyX3o&ytsrc=description
Science Buddies also hosts a library of instructions for over 1,500 other hands-on…
Buy the kit with pre-printed templates! https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/paper-roller-coaster-kit/?aff=SB1
Classroom kit also available: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/paper-roller-coaster-classroom-kit/?aff=SB1
Build marble roller coasters from paper in this fun activity! You can find written instructions and materials for the project on the Science Buddies website: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/paper-roller-coaster?ytid=U7XYzPfutBs&ytsrc=description
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In this episode, we meet the six members of the #GlobalProblemSolvers super-team. Each member exemplifies one of six attributes important to creating innovative solutions to social problems. Putri, the team leader, whose special power is teamwork, calls the teens together aboard an airship to see if the combination of their skills can solve a real-world issue.
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