TRAILS 2.0 offers a place-based learning context that enables students to explore their local environment and connect with STEM professionals from their region.

Lesson focuses on students creating a working model of an ecological concept, the River Continuum Concept and demonstrating how human impacts change insect ecology. Students design a working model that shows river flow and compares and contrasts a natural ecosystem
Using principles of ecosystem interactions and buoyancy, students will design and 3D print real fishing lures that imitate the behaviors of aquatic insects.
Lesson focuses on teams of students using nature-derived inspiration to design a functioning solar panel that can charge a cell phone. Students study the need for renewable energy production and use knowledge of folding patterns in nature to create their
Students will be working in groups to create a 3-d printed drone pollination applicator that can be used to pollinate flowers. They will also develop a product and use a persuasive Shark Tank style presentation to try and convince a

This project is supported by the National Science Foundation, award # DRL – 2148781 (Purdue University) / 2148782 (University of Hawaii). Any opinions, and findings expressed in this material are the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.

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