Unit Title	Author
2025
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Robotics: Engineering the Future of Recovery	Alyson Iovacchini
Keywords: 3-D printed design, assistive devices, assistive technology, biomechanics, CAD software, coding, computer programming, data analysis, Energy Transfer, engineering, engineering design process, Equity, ethics, experimental design, experimentation, forces and motion, hands-on learning, human anatomy, injury, Investigation, joints, levers, mobility, movement, physical therapy, problem solving, project based learning, prototypes, real-world application, recovery, rehabilitation robotics, Research, robotics, role-playing, Scientific inquiry, simulation, Technology, wearable devices
Should We Publicly Insure Robotic Physical Therapy for Disabled Individuals?	Ariel Coff
Keywords: adaptations, artificial intelligence, collaboration, communication, creativity, disability, electromagnetism, electronic imaging, energy waves, engineering design, forces and motion, Healthcare, reflection, Research, robotics, Science, social justice, socio-scientific issue, Technology
Soft Robotics	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: engineering design, origami, soft robots
How Does Assistive Technology Make Life Easier?	Jennifer Disque
Keywords: Assessments, Assistive Technology (AT), Concept, disability, environment, force, Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) Model, Human Centered Design (HCD), Machine, power, prototype, Stakeholder, Work
Communication, Cognition, and Connection in the Environment	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: Cognitive Science, communication, connection, Ecology, Keywords: Environmental Science, social behavior, social-emotional learning
Using Cognitive Science to Teach & Learn about Healthy Food Choices	Anna Herman
Keywords: Agriculture and Food Systems, Behavioral Economics, Choice Architecture, Community Health, environmental justice, Food & Nutrition, Food Insecurity, Mindful Eating, One Health, sustainability, Ultra-Processed Foods
2024
Economics, Abundance, and Value, or How Much Is Too Much Salami?	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: agriculture, choice, economics, environmental, environmentalism, History, meat, Politics, responsibility, value
Mind-Less Meditation	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: Asian Meditation, Emotional Support, mental health, Multicultural Science, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Well-being
Teaching Literacy to Second Language Learners through Multi-Cultural Books	Michelle Jackson
Keywords: ELA, ELL, fiction books, Literature, LSS, Science, writing
2023
Natural Tendencies	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: Lenape, Philadelphia, Place-based, sustainability
Where Does All the Water Go?	John Daniel Hartzog
Keywords: global warming, Green Infrastructure, sustainability, Urban Landscape, water cycle
Sustainability is the Name of the Game!	Alima McKnight
Keywords: climate change, digital native, elementary, engagement, game based theory, gamification, motivation, pollution, solution, sustainability
Building an Environmentally Equitable Community One School at Time	Tia Graves
Keywords: Climate Justice/Racism, environmental justice, Environmental Racism, Equity, green stormwater infrastructure, Mitigation, resilience, Sea Level Rise, Urban Heat Island Adaptation
The Power of Sustainability: Growing Climate Problem Solvers	Anna Herman
Keywords: climate change, climate optimism, food security, food systems, food waste, sustainability, urban agriculture, urban foodshed, Wicked Problem
“Rare Ability and Devotion”: Elizabeth Tyler, first visiting Black nurse of Philadelphia, as Counter-Narrative	Danina Garcia
Keywords: African American History, Henrietta Lacks, Medical History, Medicine, Nursing History, Philadelphia, Tuberculosis
Music History from Philadelphia and the Emotional Being and Effect of Music on the Brain	Michelle Jackson
Keywords: brain, Emotional Being, local artists, local history, Music, Music History, Philadelphia, public schools
Equipping the Canary to be an Agent of Change: Educating Students to be Activists	Alima McKnight
Keywords: ADVOCATE, CHANGE AGENT, lead, lead poisoning
A Healthy Me is a Better Me	Marie P. Clarke
Keywords: airways, allergy, asthma, pollution, respiratory, triggers, wheezing asthma attack
Exposure: Lead in Philadelphia	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: children’s health, environmental hazards, environmental justice, exposure model of disease, industrial disease, lead, Philadelphia history
Hey, hey, ho, ho, Childhood Asthma needs to go!	Jillian Howden
Keywords: asthma, childhood, childhood development, Health, prevention