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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture? As irrigation can double or even triple crop yields, technologies such as these laid the foundations for much of modern agriculture. On the other hand, climate change and competing uses for water outside agriculture impact the supply side.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. curricula for Chemistry and Physics that are NGSS-aligned. in a robotics and programming application (with PASCO’s ErgoBot). PASCO offers curricula in Chemistry and Physics, complete with textbooks, eBooks, and their own award-winning equipment.

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Best STEM Summer Camps in Baltimore 2024

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Subjects include space exploration, veterinary science, Minecraft game design, robotics, coding apps, and more. Students with some programming experience learn to control machines in their robotics class. Classes on engineering, robotics, agriculture, and environmental science are explored in the program.

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Fall STEM Activities

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Educational Benefit: Students will learn about the chemistry behind leaf colors and the concept of chromatography as a separation technique. Once complete, they can challenge their peers to navigate a small insect or toy through their maze, or even use simple coding robots if available.

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What Fields Are Included in STEM: A Comprehensive Overview

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In this article, we will delve into the fascinating worlds of Physics and Astronomy, Biology and Life Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry and Materials Science, as well as Computer Science and Information Technology. Chemistry allows me to understand how atoms and molecules interact with each other.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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© Gorodenkoff /Shutterstock.com Graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences Parisa Nazemi Ashani (left) and Wei-Shu Lin (right) are working on a project to support the Chesapeake Bay. Traditionally, it has focused on areas like agriculture and biomedicine, but it has since become much broader.

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50 Years of Earth Day! - How Environmental Engineers are helping the planet Vol.6 #15

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Environmental engineers use engineering skills and principles of biology, chemistry and soil science to improve things like, water and air pollution, recycling, reusing, and waste disposal. They are also designing robots to help them with this. What about Robots? For more information on these robots and more visit ,, Spectrum.1eee.org