Students will learn how the rise of genetically modified food sparked controversy and transformed modern agriculture. They will also consider how the video could be updated to reflect more recent developments.
Technology
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Lesson Plan: Future of Money
Students will learn about the ancient stones on a tiny Pacific island and what they can teach us about Bitcoin, blockchains and the future of money.
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Lesson Plan: Future of Work
Students will learn about historical examples of change in the labor force and how artificial intelligence can potentially impact the economy.
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Lesson Plan: Future of College
Students will learn how online education is changing and examine what that might mean for their own future.
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Lesson Plan: Online All the Time? Researchers Predicted It.
Students will learn about behaviorism and the method of learning called operant conditioning that was developed by B.F. Skinner in the 1960s, and will explore why social media psychology makes that work highly relevant today.
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Lesson Plan: Are Robots Really Taking Over?
Students will learn about the legendary 1997 face off between a supercomputer and chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov; using the match to explore some of A.I.’s toughest questions.
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Lesson Plan: Lessons From the Challenger Tragedy
Students will examine the causes of the Challenger and Columbia accidents and the responses to the disasters by NASA.
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Lesson Plan: The Rise of Political Memes
Students will learn about political cartoons and how today’s version — memes — are being used across social media.
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Lesson Plan: How the Cold War Arms Race Fueled a Sprint to the Moon
Students will learn how the United States space program was fueled by Cold War rivalry, and how the U.S. government leveraged the program’s success in its public relations battle with the Soviet Union.
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Lesson Plan: A Bridge Fuel for the 21st Century – Nuclear Power or Hydraulic Fracturing?
Students will learn how nuclear energy’s prospects were dimmed by accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, and how modern concerns over climate change have sparked a complex debate about the future of nuclear energy.
