Advanced Content for Teachers of Advanced Students: Science Grades 6-12
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This session will focus on a variety alternate energy applications and currently new efforts in sustainability. How does one build a house based on methods used by termites in arid regions? What is the role of black ice in glacier melting? These questions and many other sustainability issues will be discussed.
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