Spy Science

Students become technical operations officers on a mission to support an agent in the field. From the biological reactions stirred up in a polygraph interrogation to the physics and materials science required in technical gadgetry, this workshop will support your students' grasp of STEM concepts.

Key Concepts and Skills:

• Materials Science/Technological Innovation: understanding the physical characteristics of materials and their potential in solving a spy challenge
• Biology/Technology: reactions in the human body that a polygraph instrument measures and basic methods by which the instrument functions
• Mathematics: frequency analysis
• Physics/Engineering: reflection, refraction, and light

Critical Intel

Grades: 5-7

45 Minutes