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This episode takes the #GlobalProblemSolvers to Tampa, where they get a direct look at the conditions that led Ivy to call for help. With trees and floodwaters blocking the roads, schools damaged, power lines not fully restored, and disaster aid dedicated to higher priorities, Tampa’s schools could benefit from an innovative approach to getting students back to class.
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A massive hurricane has hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Internet video star Ivy Stormcatcher enlists the help of her friends, the #GlobalProblemSolvers, to devise a solution for students whose schools have shut down as a result.
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Global Problem Solvers: The Series is an animated series highlighting a team of multi-talented teens…
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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Global Problem Solvers: The Series is an animated…
Can you build a ball run out of just paper and tape? How long can you make it take the ball to go through the ball run? Written instructions for this challenge and all the annual Science Buddies Engineering Challenges can be found at https://www.sciencebuddies.org/engineering-challenge?ytid=VW16rdv2LJs&ytsrc=description Eligibility restrictions apply for cash prize.
Science Buddies also hosts a library of instructions for over 1,500 other hands-on science projects, lesson plans, and fun…
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…
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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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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Installing new technology is only one part of solving a social problem. Even the most thought-out solution will require ongoing data collection, troubleshooting, and maintenance. In this episode, the #GlobalProblemSolvers enlist a team of technologically savvy Malawi teens to help respond to another of the country’s most difficult issues: seasonal flooding.
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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
Are you a teacher? Use this activity to teach about engineering design or kinetic and potential energy! See the classroom lesson plan version of the instructions:…
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