SOSC
Science of Smart Cities (SoSC)
Science of Smart Cities (SoSC) introduces middle school students to engineering, science, computer science and technology that make cities more livable, efficient, sustainable and safer. Hands-on activities, demonstrations and experiments integrate STEM concepts, showing how those concepts are applied through engineering disciplines in cities today, and how they might be applied in cities in the future. Participants learn about the scientific method and research practices.
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The on-campus program also features guest lectures and field trips. The SoSC curriculum, and its activities , show how fundamental STEM concepts are applied in city planning, infrastructure development and the systems that cities, and their citizens, rely on through four instructional units: energy, urban infrastructure, transportation and wireless communications. The program culminates when participants bring together their new engineering and technology skills and create and present a model of their own “smart city” at a public SoSC Expo.
Over 1,000 middle and high school students have completed the program and 30 teachers have been trained in the curriculum.
