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:


BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:


CHEMISTRY:


COMPUTER SCIENCES:


    ENGINEERING:


        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:


        PHYSICS:


        TECHNOLOGY: