MIT NAE Challenges

Introduction

3 times a year there is a challenge released by MIT for NAE students and staff. Here I will place any resources or promote the challenge so you can see what is happening at a glance. Links are provided where possible, and there is an archive for you to plunder here: https://globalcampus.nae.school/course/view.php?id=910 

Summer 2022 - 

Spring 2022 - Alien Life

https://globalcampus.nae.school/course/view.php?id=1125 and our outcomes can be seen here - https://sites.google.com/bisvietnam.com/exoplanets/home 

Autumn 2022 - Cellfie life

Click here for more details about cellfie life. 

If we all start out as one cell dividing, why are we trillions of cells, of hundreds of different specialized types, and not just a bucket of cells? MIT Biology Professor Yukiko Yamashita is curious about cell diversification and she has a challenge for you! Bring your curiosity! …and your tennis racquet? 

Previous Challenges

Extreme Weather

Research happening on MIT's campus right now is shaping how we think about the past, present, and future of weather and climate change. Meet three MIT experts who want YOUR ideas! What’s the best way to inform the public of a pending weather emergency? What’s the ocean’s role in weather across all of Earth’s climates? How do shared stories and physical evidence help us understand future weather patterns?  See more details here. 

Into the Void

Meet three MIT experts conducting out of this world research. These experts are working on advancing and enabling human exploration of space, including human travel to Mars (and the equally important journey home to Earth). How can our exploration of space, the moon, and other planets be successful, sustainable, and responsible to humanity, Earth, and our universe? Our experts challenge you and your students to help produce oxygen on Mars, improve the human experience in space, and provide equitable and sustainable satellite resources.  See more details here. 

Reveal Challenge

Images are an essential part of the currency of the 21st century. But their importance extends far beyond YouTube and Instagram. At MIT, images are an integral part of science and discovery. Through Reveal, we highlight the work of three MIT experts—along with their graduate students and research teams—for Nord Anglia to use as inspiration for developing its own ways to see the world in new ways. See more details here. 

Steam Superheroes

Superheroes are a mainstay of popular culture. The fantasy and science fiction associated with superheroes is alive and thriving on the MIT campus. High-tech gadgets, wearables, animal-inspired technology, and life-saving innovations are being developed in labs and applied to some of the most critical world problems. In STEAM Superheroes, we highlight the research of three MIT professors—and their sidekick graduate student researchers—for Nord Anglia to use as inspiration for developing their own superhero powers, devices, identities, and more. See more details here. 

Navigating Tomorrow

Transportation inspires hundreds of MIT professors, researchers, and students to solve global problems including climate change. Three professors and their labs are featured in Navigating Tomorrow: Daniela Rus teaches your students about self-driving cars and artificial intelligence, and their potential impact on our cities and lives; Karen Willcox challenges your students to design the aircrafts of the future that can meet the dramatic projected increase in demand for air travel while reducing impact on the environment; and Kristala Prather’s work helps your students discover ways in which biofuels are part of an energy solution.  See more details here.

Curiosity Challenge

Curiosity is what makes scientists, engineers, and inventors successful. They want to know how and why things behave the way they do, and how to make things better. Your students have that same curiosity inside of them and this challenge will help them harness it to their advantage. Intentionally broad, this challenge is designed to stimulate inquisitive thinking, questioning, and exploration. Curious? Check out this challenge here.