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Lesson Plan: Can Driverless Cars Predict How Pedestrians Will Behave?
As self-driving cars move closer to becoming a reality on streets and highways, can engineers create software able to predict human behavior and keep pedestrians safe? Researchers at the University of Michigan are working on a solution that may one day revolutionize how passengers get from point A to point B. They’re teaching algorithms that run self-driving cars to analyze pedestrian behavior to predict where a person will move next. Being able to accurately predict a person’s whole trajectory remains a challenge.
Posted inU.S. History
Lesson Plan: The Space Race — the Challenger Tragedy
Students will learn about the development of the nation’s space program, including a seminal event during Ronald Reagan’s presidency: the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and its lasting aftermath.
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Lesson Plan: Updating ‘GMO Food Fears and the First Test Tube Tomato’ (QFT)
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.
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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.
