Current STEM Module Topics
The Sunday Academy program held at tribal colleges in North Dakota are designed to spark interest in the middle and high school students and help with their transition to college level math, science, and engineering studies at tribal colleges.
2023-2024 Schedule by activity
2023-2024 Schedule by tribal college site
2023-2024
- Visual Perception
By: Ben Balas (NDSU)
- Electromagnetic Train
By: Shuvashis Dey (NDSU)
- Plant Microbes
By: Barney Geddes (both NDSU)
- Bat Ecology
By: Erin Gillam (NDSU)
- Sugars Are More Than Sweet
By: Binglin Sui (UND)
- Green Chemistry
By: Zhongyu Yang
- DNA
All sites activity
- Wind
All sites activity
If you are designing a new Sunday Academy activity, please use the ND EPSCoR STEM learning module template for instructors.
Previous STEM Activities (Listed by NSF Research Area)
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES:
- All about winter weather 2019-2020
Activity Plan PowerPoint Education Portal curriculum resources Winter weather pattern matching exercise
- Climate Instrumentation 2015-2016
* Center for Regional Climate Studies (CRCS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Gretchen Mullendore and Daniel Burtch (UND)
Activity Plan Education Portal curriculum materials PowerPoint in pdf format
*** PPT includes videos; is too large to post; contact us to send you PowerPoint, ndepscor@ndus.edu
- Global Climate Change 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Weather Versus Climate 2014-2015
Activity Plan PowerPoint
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:
- Adaptation and Climate Change 2018-2019
Activity Plan PowerPoint Education Portal curriculum materials Activity 1 Cards
- Aflatoxin in Corn 2014-2015
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Candyland Ecology 2014-2015
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Evolution on the Wing 2016-2017
Activity Plan
- Food Safety and Farms 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint in pdf format
*** PPT too large to post; contact us to email you the PowerPoint, ndepscor@ndus.edu
- Influenza Outbreak! 2018-2019
Activity Plan PowerPoint Worksheet
* Also falls under Math
- Insulin Signaling 2022-2023
Activity Plan Hormone Signaling Pong Diabetes Case Study
- Life Cycle Assessment 2021-2022
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Mechanisms of Evolution 2014-2015
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Perspectives of Conservation 2017-2018
* Replacement activity for CRCS 'Drinking Water Treatment' topic
Activity Plan PowerPoint A PowerPoint B
- Phylogeny Activity 2015-2016
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Senses and perception in nature 2019-2020
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Small Things Can Be A Big Deal (Microbiology) 2020-2021
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- The Forensics of Blood 2011-2012
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- The Spectacular Cell 2021-2022
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Three Sisters 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Understanding the anatomy of the eye 2018-2019
Activity Plan Activity 1 Instructions Activity 2 Instructions
* Also falls under Math
- What lives in wetlands? 2019-2020
Activity Plan PowerPoint
CHEMISTRY:
- Bio-Based Materials 2016-2017
* Center for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Jayaraman Sivaguru (NDSU)
Activity Plan PDF of PowerPoint
Please email us to request the PPT file
- Breaking Proteins (Protein Denaturation) 2020-2021
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Clean It Up 2017-2018
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Making slime and bouncy balls using household materials 2022-2023
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Mercury 2011-2012
Activity Plan
- Oxygen sensing in water 2019-2020
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Polymer Synthesis from Common Materials 2018-2019, 2022-2023
* Center for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Alex Parent (NDSU)
2018-2019 Activity Plan Education Portal curriculum materials PowerPoint
2022-2023 Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Recycling Bioplastics 2017-2018
* Center for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Alex Parent (NDSU)
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Synthesis of gold nanoparticles 2019-2020
Activity Plan PowerPoint
COMPUTER SCIENCES:
- Bioinformatics 2021-2022
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Computer Networks 2012-2013
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Computer Security 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Intelligent Computing Circuits and Systems 2017-2018
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Morse Code 2012-2013
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- PANDA Programming Language 2016-2017
Activity Plan
ENGINEERING:
- Buckling and Structures 2011-2012
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Candy Engineering 2020-2021
Activity Plan part 1 Activity Plan part 2 Activity Plan part 3 Activity Plan part 4 Activity Plan part 5
- Communication Signals and Receivers 2014-2015
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Composites in Sporting Goods 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Engineered Building Products 2012-2013
Activity Plan Education Portal curriculum materials PowerPoint
- Engineered Composite Building Products 2015-2016
* Center for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Dilpreet Bajwa (NDSU)
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- From Carpet Cleaning to 3D Printing 2016-2017
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Sustainable Materials for Electronics 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint Activities
- The Dynamics of Catapults versus Trebuchets 2012-2013
Activity Plan
- Truss Design 2014-2015
Activity Plan PowerPoint
EARTH and OCEAN SCIENCES:
- Drinking Water Treatment 2017-2018
* Emerging Areas Seed topic
Lead instructor of module: Feng (Frank) Xiao (UND)
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- The Water Cycle 2016-2017
* Center for Regional Climate Studies (CRCS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Aaron Kennedy (UND)
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Water Flows Through the Red River During Flooding 2022-2023
Activity Plan PowerPoint
MATHEMATICS:
- Boolean Algebra 2011-2012
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Counting Equilibrium 2021-2022
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Game Theory
2017-2018 Activity Plan PowerPoint
2022-2023 Activity Plan Activity Plan-Instr. Version PowerPoint
- Hypothesis and Product Testing 2018-2019
Activity Plan-Instructor Activity Plan-Student PowerPoint
Materials List Rubber Band Write-Up
- Sentiment Analysis 2018-2019
Activity Plan PowerPoint
Sentiment Example 1 Sentiment Example 2 Handout for MH problem
Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Worksheet 3 Worksheet 4 Worksheet 5
- Still Floating 2011-2012
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Tessellations
2016-2017 Activity Plan PowerPoint
2022-2023 Activity Plan PowerPoint
- The Math and Science of Advertising
2015-2016 Activity Plan PowerPoint
2020-2021 Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Variability and its Impact 2012-2013
Activity Plan PowerPoint
PHYSICS:
- Insulate and Waterproof Construction 2017-2018
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Lemon Circuits and Flashlights 2020-2021
Activity Plan part 1 Activity Plan part 2 Activity Plan part 3 Activity Plan part 4 Activity plan part 5
- Light and Color 2016-2017
Activity Plan Experiments
- Light Energy 2012-2013
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Meat Safety and Preservation 2012-2013
Activity Plan Education Portal curriculum materials PowerPoint
- Phase Change of Materials 2013-2014
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Preservation by Multiple Methods 2011-2012
Activity Plan
- Purification of Water with Biobased Materials 2015-2016
* Center for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Jayaraman Sivaguru (NDSU)
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Reactions With Light 2014-2015
* Center for Sustainable Materials Science (CSMS) topic
Lead instructor of module: Jayaraman Sivaguru and Mukund Sibi (NDSU)
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Water is life 2019-2020
Activity Plan PowerPoint
TECHNOLOGY:
- Clean Energy 2015-2016
Activity Plan Education Portal curriculum materials PowerPoint
- Digital Preservation of Natural and Cultural Resources 2018-2019
Activity Plan Education Portal curriculum materials
- Enter or Not Enter a Building After Fire 2021-2022
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- Nanobot Challenge 2022-2023
Activity Plan Nanobot Challenge PPT Nanobot Challenge Materials Wobblebot Scramble Nanobot Challenge Puzzles
- Nanoscience and Biotechnology 2015-2016
Activity Plan PowerPoint Pt1 PowerPoint Pt2
- Smart PIGS in Pipes 2021-2022
Activity Plan PowerPoint
- The Optics of Cameras 2011-2012
Activity Plan PowerPoint