From Here to There is an interactive touch-based application that allows students to dynamically interact with numbers and expressions. Rather than solving a problem by hand and typing in the answer, students can transform expressions or equations by dragging or breaking apart the number. These activities provide access to the rewarding and playful challenges of algebra and equation solving.
Large oil spills have been a common environmental problem for decades affecting wildlife, beaches and water sources. Environmental engineers have come up with many creative solutions to clean up these spills. WPI Engineering Ambassadors will tell you about some of these solutions and then you can try to clean up your own oil spill at home
We have some algebra problems for 7th to 12th graders to solve! In this one-hour study, students will solve some algebra problems, find errors in worked examples, and judge whether two expressions are mathematically equivalent. Through this research, we hope to learn how to better design algebra problems to support student learning. Thank you so much for supporting our research!
Want to learn more about physics from the comfort of your own home? All you need is a ruler and your thinking cap! Watch Professor Kafle demonstrate this interesting phenomenon that seems like magic but is actually just physics. All you need to participate is a ruler with a smooth surface.
Have you ever looked at a complicated math problem and asked yourself, “Where do I start?” The goal of our project is to see how websites should show online math problems in ways that are easy to understand for students. With your help, we can get closer to answering this question.
Would you like to be a treasure hunter? In this game, you will find the right combination of numbers to unlock treasure chests! As you play the game, you will visit the penny plains, wealthy wonderland, big bucks beach, fortune forest, diamond desert, cash canyon, and profit plateau. As you will move through worlds, you will open bigger treasure chests and earn more golds.
This exhibit highlights the creation of a short film starring Gompei the Goat, Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s mascot, exploring campus during the time of the covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, this video gives life to the “Proud Goat” bronze statue overlooking the WPI Quadrangle and imagines him reminiscing on the pre-pandemic times of campus bustling with activity. Being unaware of the covid-19 pandemic due to the lack of a respiratory system, statue-Gompei is wandering campus with curiosity as to where everyone went.
Participants will be creating a recreation of a vascular stent using aluminum foil. They will use a balloon on the end of a straw to simulate the balloon angioplasty and catheter procedure used to help fix clogged arteries. The cardboard tube will act as their tissue model that they can test different stent designs with.
In this challenge from Design Squad, design a structure that can survive an earthquake- then put it to the test!
WPI Engineering Ambassadors want to spark your interest in electricity. Two of our electrical and computer engineering students teach you all about electrical circuits and the devices that are powered by them. Try being an electrical engineer yourself as you design your own flashlight.
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