Grade levels: Senior High (10-12)

  • The Kite Wing

    Kite Winging is an action sport combined with an environmental source of energy and it can be performed almost anywhere on almost any surface.

  • Milltown Dam

    Removal of the Milltown Dam and the contaminated soil around it has become a massive engineering and environmetal challenge.

  • Sea Urchins

    Sea urchins may hold the key to understanding global warming and the oceans of the future.

  • Fact of the Matter: Golf Ball Dimples

    Physicist Marcello Pavan demonstrates why golf balls are dimpled rather than smooth.

  • The Orcadian Wreck

    Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville use some sneaky tactics and high-tech equipment to search for the Canadian schooner at the bottom of Lake Ontario.

  • Solar Xylophone

    Rory Nugent didn’t let a lack of musical ability stop him from inventing a xylaphone that’s played by the sun.

  • Tulum Caves

    Divers Steve Bogaerts and Robbie Schmittner are shining new light on the mysterious realm of the longest underwater cave system in the world.

  • Oxygen on Mars

    The Phoenix Lander makes an unexpected disovery that should help future manned missions to Mars.

  • Date Palm Seed

    Medicinal plant specialist Elaine Solowey attempts t bring a 2,000-year-old seed back to life to resurrect an extinct date palm tree.

  • Artificial Tutor

    The Learning Companion is digital teacher that attempts to attend to the learner’s emotional state while they are learning and integrate affective strategies into the lesson to motivate the student.