Technology and Scientific Habits of Mind

The rover will collect rock samples and enhance our overall knowledge of the "Red Planet" in ways we never envisioned. A Google interviewer asked an interviewee "How many dimples are in a golf ball?" The interviewer was looking for how the interviewee would use problem solving skills to answer the question. Examples of students' innovations include designing and creating a new formula for a perfume, developing hypothetical soles for shoes that can be regenerated using chemical reactions and UV lighting (thus enabling the homeless to never go without shoes and addressing a critical social justice issue), and creating a specialized, small paint container to keep paint fresh (showcased on "Shark Tank" and funded).