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High-School STEM Innovation in Action
High-School STEM Innovation in Action
Incubation Design Challenges (IDCs) are interdisciplinary STEM learning experiences where students use design thinking, learner-centered teaching, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to address real-world food systems challenges related to food security, safety, and sustainability.
What is an IDC? -> A collaborative framework connecting students with academic and industry professionals to solve complex, local agricultural problems based on empirical evidence.
Community Needs Assessment (Unit 1)
Community Needs Assessment (Unit 1)
The Community Needs Assessment & Problem Posing mini-unit grounds students in real-world agricultural and environmental inquiry by positioning them as active researchers. Using local data mining, survey fieldwork, and ecological mapping, high schoolers evaluate local food accessibility in their own neighborhood to calculate a custom Food Desert Index (FDI). This process uncovers systemic food security challenges and establishes a clear, data-driven rationale for engineered local solutions.
IDC-1_Community Needs Assessment & Problem Posing.docx.pdfFDI Worksheet and Rubric.docx.pdfSmart Microgreens as an Exemplar Design Challenge (Units 2–4)
Smart Microgreens as an Exemplar Design Challenge (Units 2–4)
The Smart Microgreens curriculum serves as a direct, hands-on example of how students apply STEM and physical computing to solve the specific community challenges identified in Unit 1. Using BBC micro:bit microprocessors, environmental sensors, and automated actuators, students design, program, and scale an IoT-enabled indoor growing system. This project demonstrates how data-driven, controlled-environment agriculture can bypass local supply chain and transit barriers to produce fresh, high-density nutrition year-round.
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