Month: September 2022

Essay Newsletter

Looking Ahead to Better Days!

September 2022

by Ross Peters, Managing Partner. It has been a “good busy” few weeks at EXPLO Elevate. Our work has included some fantastic schools: Willows Community School (CA), Greenhills (MI), Phillips Academy-Andover (MA), Inly School (MA),…

Tools and Tips Video

Join EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge!

September 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs. We invite you and your students to take on EXPLO’s Marble Run Challenge. Here’s a low-cost, ready-to-go, paper engineering challenge. All you need is some paper (cardstock is even…

Tools and Tips Video

Designs in 90 Seconds: The Design Cycle

September 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs. In our latest “Designs in 90 Seconds” video, we look at the design cycle and demonstrate the importance of cycling by testing early and often. As the name implies,…

Case Study Essay

Finding the Escape Velocity for Dramatic Policy Changes

September 2022

by Greg Cooper, Dean of Studies at EXPLO Senior. The second in a series about how the laws of physics informed my school’s decision to cut APs. I have always been fascinated by black holes…