High School 9-12

🎨 STEAM Project — Thread 1 Solar Geometry: Topographic Mapping — hand-survey land with an A-frame level, slope = rise/run, 3D clay contour model.

🎨 STEAM Project — Thread 1 Solar Geometry: Sovereign Solar Food Dehydrator — build a passive solar dehydrator from local materials, tilt the collector to your latitude (θ = φ + 15°), preserve food off-grid.

🧩 STEAM Project — Thread 3 Analog Logic & Algorithms: The Fluid Logic Computer — wire PVC pipe and ball valves into AND/OR logic gates; open and close valves to watch Boolean logic flow as water. One weekend, no electricity.

⚙ STEAM Project — Thread 4 Mechanics & the Physics of Work: The Force Multiplier — rig a real block-and-tackle system; feel 4:1 mechanical advantage; calculate theoretical vs real-world performance before you rig a rope.

⚙ STEAM Project — Thread 4 Mechanics & the Physics of Work: The Gravity-Powered Kinetic Battery — lift a weight, store energy as PE = mgh, release through gears to run a small load — same equation as pumped-storage hydropower at grid scale.

🌱 STEAM Project — Thread 5 Seed Sovereignty & the Living Engine: The Living Jar — Lacto-Fermentation — salt selects for Lactobacillus on fresh vegetables; pH drops from 6 to 3.1–3.7; self-preserving food. 1–2 weeks.