Cubit Curriculum
Cubit Curriculum
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STEM Education
The cross-disciplinary integration of Science Technology Engineering & Math is one of the most important approaches in today’s K-12 education.
STEM is driven by the vast majority of jobs that leverage varying disciplines and technologies. Though learning each discipline in a silo approach builds foundational skills, learning how to combine these disciplines empowers each student to achieve even greater outcomes. An ancient proverb accurately describes the breadth of STEM Education: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. At Cubit Education, each curriculum unit is designed with this integrated STEM approach in mind, so students not only learn about the different fields, but also how they interweave.
Take for example Cubit Education’s “Water Quality Tester” unit. Students learn the importance of testing water quality and create a filtration device to purify water samples. Students also create a water turbidity measuring device that allows them to measure the “cloudiness” of water samples; which also indicates the effectiveness of their filter designs.
All this is done with Cubit Education’s platform, allowing students to build using sensors and collect real-time data on Cubit’s software. Students analyze the collected data to calculate the efficiency of their filter designs to infer engineering improvements. In this unit alone, students experience and apply the entire gamut of STEM subjects while engaging in a fun and environmentally relevant activity!
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STEM Education Sample Project: Water Quality Tester
Life Science
Life Science is the study of natural life and processes of living organisms. It takes a look at structures, functions, adaptations, matter, and energy involved in living organisms and ecosystems.
In one of Cubit Education’s Life Science units, “Butterfly Wing Defenses”, students learn how different species of flying organisms have structures and methods that help them survive. Students research species of flying creatures to create a working model that flaps its wings and responds to different inputs. Students can use Cubit’s Ultrasonic Distance Sensor on their model creature to detect an approaching predator, causing it to switch wing patterns from flat to folded or to start flapping (away) like a butterfly would. Students model these behaviors as they learn how different living creatures survive under various environments and stressors.
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Life Science Sample Project: Butterfly Wing Defenses
Physical Science
Complementary to Life Science, Physical Science takes a look at the inorganic world through the study of chemical reactions, forces, interactions, energy, waves, and the properties of matter.
In one of Cubit Education’s popular Physical Science units, “Roller Coasters”, students test and collect energy data from a marble roller coaster that they construct. Using Cubit sensors and software, they graph and analyze test data where they learn to apply conservation of energy principles in order to design, construct and optimize a roller coaster for a specific purpose.
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Physical Science Sample Project: Roller Coasters
earth Science
The study of our home – planet Earth. Earth Science takes a look at the history of the Earth, Earth systems, weather, climate, human impact, and extends to space systems. Careful attention is paid to environmental impacts and ways to keep the Earth healthy and able to sustain life.
In one of Cubit Education’s Earth Science units, “Weather Station”, students gain an opportunity to collect and interpret weather data in their communities. Students use Cubit sensors to construct a device that will take temperature and light-intensity measurements. As students learn about the Earth’s climate systems, they are also immersed in the engineering design process which they use to design a Cubit weather station.
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Earth Science Sample Project: Weather Station
engineering
Engineering has become a popular term in education but what exactly is Engineering? To put it simply, Engineering is the method of finding solutions to problems using science and technology. It is the innovative application of science, math, and technology in order to create solutions using machines, materials, and processes.
Engineering is the practical application of the sciences where learners utilize iterative design and the optimization of materials and technologies in order to create new engineering solutions that solve problems in the practical world.
In Cubit Education’s popular “Natural Hazards (Shelter Testing)” unit, students gain an authentic use of engineering design by constructing a model shelter that is able to withstand natural hazards such as earthquakes. Students also use engineering design principles to construct a working shaketable capable of simulating earthquakes at various frequencies and magnitudes to test their model shelters. Using Cubit sensors and software, students engage in data collection, testing, designing, building, and practice inferring methods to further improve their shelters.
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Engineering Sample Project: Natural Hazards (Shelter Testing)
robotics & Computer Science
Perhaps one of the biggest buzz words in STEM Education – Robotics and Computer Science is a field which has grown and continues to grow at incredible rates. These subjects are interrelated in many fields as they go hand in hand in today’s industry.
Robotics is the study of automated machines whereas Computer Science is the study of automation processes – the methods, math, engineering, and science used to bring automation to the machines.
The inclusion of robotics and computer science curriculum in K12 education not only prepares students for a career in robotics, but also engages students in the classroom with tangible, physical interactions like movement, lights, sounds, and the vast interactivity of robotics curricula.
One of Cubit Education’s most comprehensive units, “Robotics for Unstable Environments”, gives students the ability to design a robot that would be used to help in a disaster situation or a robot that would be used to explore a planet inaccessible to humans. Research will help determine what conditions students should prepare for in their exciting designs and simulated testing scenarios.
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Robotics & Computer Sample Project: Robotics for Unstable Environments
Mathematics
Mathematics plays an essential role to lay a strong foundation in all aspects of STEM. The skills and understanding of math concepts are necessary to tie the cross-disciplinary nature of the Sciences and Engineering in STEM; with Math being the science and study of quantity, measurements, structure, space, change, and their relationships.
One of Cubit Education’s Math focused units, “Force and Motion”, gives students a highly engaging opportunity to assemble the Cubit Racer, a moving robotic car that students program to intelligently move and sort objects of different sizes. Students utilize mathematical formulas in physics such as D=RT to calculate the velocity, force, and vector of the Cubit Racer as it changes positions and moves objects of different masses.
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Mathematics Sample Project: Force and Motion
