Unit Title	Author
2021
What Happens After the Water Leaves the Sky?	Aisha Kittrell
Keywords: hydrologic cycle, stormwater, storm drain, the water cycle, water quality, water pollution, water filtration, run-off
Humans and the Environment: How Water Pollution and Littering Affect Health	Chelsea Maher
Keywords: littering, pollution, environment, engineering, Health, world, waterways, water, urban
Freshwater In Our World: Philadelphia’s Freshwater Supply and the Role We Each Play in its Future	Phyllis Hurwitz
Keywords: hydrologic cycle, philadelphia middle school science, impermeable sources, water pollution, water, urban watershed, distribution of water, climate change
Changing Technology for a Changing Climate: Knowledge is not always power, but power is rarely ignorant	Chloe Glynn
Keywords: fossil fuels, environment, hands-on experiments, greenhouse gases, green technology, geopolitics, renewable energy, power, social media, critical minerals, climate change
Sustainable? Systemic Dis-illusions?	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: sustainability, systems, rare earth metals, critical metals
2017
Life on Spinning Rocks	Maya Bhagat
Keywords: geology, planets, alien, astronomy, Earth Science
The Truth Is Out There: Finding Exoplanets	Klint Kanopka
Keywords: Math, Physical Science, Space Science, Science
The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture	Chanelle Harley
Keywords: History, writing, Reading, social studies
Minerals in Society	Cristobal Carambo
Keywords: geology, rock cycle, Chemistry
Extracting Earth’s Elements	Eual A. Phillips
Keywords: minerals, Math, ionic, molecular geometry, physics, Environmental Science, endangered elements, green chemistry, Chemistry, earth, crystals, covalent, coordination, compounds
2016
When Batteries Die, Do They Go to Heaven?	Bruce S. Karpe
Keywords: Physical Science, Environmental Science, High School, Electronic Waste, sustainability, trash, recycling, Science, batteries, Chemistry
Climate Change and My World	Jaimie Piotrowicz
Keywords: Natural resources, emissions, greenhouse gas, pollution, temperature, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, climate change
Nuclear Fusion in the Cosmos and the Chemistry Curriculum	Alex Leed
Keywords: Physical Science, Fusion, High School, stellar evolution, astronomy, Chemistry
2015
The Electrochemistry of Cell Phone Batteries	Joseph L. Hill, Jr.
Keywords: lithium ion, oxidation, voltaic cell, reduction, Electrochemistry, batteries, battery, Danielson
What Did that Cell Phone Really Cost?	Alena Newpher-Lockard
Keywords: energy, Technology, sustainability, cell phones
The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on 18th Century Philadelphia	Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: Middle school social studies, literature of Haitian Revolution, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Philadelphia 18th century history, petty whites, petits blancs, ninth grade World History, French slaves in Philadelphia, French negroes in Philadelphia, free people of color, francophone, Exclusif, gens de couleur libres, eleventh grade American History, Haitian Revolution, high school history, Haitians in Philadelphia, Haitian rebellion, Haiti, grands blancs, Global Studies, tenth grade African American History, Stephen Girard, Sonthonax, Societie des Amis des Noir, world history, Polverel, Saint Domingue rebellion, Saint Domingue civil war, Saint Dominguan slaves in Philadelphia, Saint Domingue slave revolution, Saint Domingue refugees in Philadelphia, small whites, slave uprising, Girondists, 18th century Philadelphia merchants, 18th century Philadelphia, affranchise, African American History, American History, big whites, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Code Noir of 1685, class division in Saint Domingue
The Panama Canal: Path to Global Destiny	Patrick Naughton
Keywords: yellow fever, Panama Canal, engineering, Empire, Geography, Socratic Seminar, Roosevelt, American History
“Moving on Up”: The Causes and the Impact of the Great Migration on African Americans	Tonya R. Oniyama
Keywords: inquiry-based learning, ninth grade, eleventh grade, tenth grade, The Great Migration, world history, African American History
Teaching Math Using Electronics	Cara Wallin
Keywords: STEM, Robots, Algebraic Equations, circuits, Conversions
2014
Introduction to Coding: Computer Programming and Robotics	Ambra Hook
Keywords: Mindstorm, Lego, NXT, gaming, STEM, robotics, programming sprites, Scratch, coding