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Teaching Ocean Acidification Athenna Gonzalez, Preciosa Hernandez, Jessica Romo, Leah Zahn

May 11, 2021 by Grand Challenges Initiative | Student presentations

Ocean acidification is a phenomenon that results from increasing anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions on land. As carbon dioxide is absorbed, a series of chemical reactions causes an increase in acidity. This leads to many detrimental effects on marine organisms reverberate up the food chain. One reason ocean acidification remains a grand challenge is because of

Why Causal Correlations are Applicable to Quantum Mechanics Marc Domingo, Nathan Ree, Thao Vy Le

May 11, 2021 by Grand Challenges Initiative | Student presentations

When the concept of causality is thought of within a non-physics based context, it is typically thought of as the relationship between “cause” and “effect” or simply as the idea that something results in a subsequent event occurring. However, when brought into the context of physics, one must account for the two types of mechanics

Building Empathy for the Colorblind with Virtual Reality Meghna Raswan, Isa Lee, Emily Dong, Nicole Poentis, Angela Pham

May 11, 2021 by Grand Challenges Initiative | Student presentations

Our goal is to increase empathy for people that are colorblind and work towards positive social change by creating an educational virtual reality (VR) game. In our VR game, there are multiple mini-game scenarios in which the player must complete an everyday task as someone who is colorblind, such as distinguishing between traffic light colors

Thymol Oil and Imidacloprid Used as an Alternative Pesticide to Reduce Bee Population Decline Kada Ayithi, Alexia Campbell, Izzy Dhindsa, Jaclyn Pak, Jade Suselo, Jesse Tran

May 11, 2021 by Grand Challenges Initiative | Student presentations

Our group focused on the declining bee population, which has been a source of concern for the agricultural industry. Although pollinators are made up of a diverse variety of species, bees perform a majority of pollination, specifically in agriculture. The decline of bee pollinators inevitably has decreased crop yield, which is disadvantageous from an environmental

Protective Detective: Gamifying Cyber Safety Education Isabella Sills, Nikita Shetty, Kashish Pandey

May 11, 2021 by Grand Challenges Initiative | Student presentations

Educational kids’ game called Protective Detective that helps inform middle schoolers about the importance of cyber safety. The goal of this game is to introduce and emphasize internet safety practices to help them navigate this rapidly evolving digital world. Protective Detective Poster Protective Detective Module 1 Prototype

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