Cheetahs

To help save an endangered species like the cheetah, you must start by understanding its behavior. Only the brave need apply for this job, however, because this kind of biological study is up close and personal.

Designing Sunglasses

Watch as a new model of sunglasses goes from design sketch to finished product.

Food Prep and Math

Imagine 100 people coming to dinner. For Chef Dennis Burrage that means creating new and different recipes for a unique dining experience. How does he do it? He and his team use math to figure out the right amount of ingredients needed for their recipes.

Life Under the Ocean

A marine biologist studies the jellyfish-like animals living at 3,000 feet below the surface, where it is cold, dark and quiet. Featured: George Matsumoto, marine biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Operating a Restaurant

There’s more to running a restaurant than great food. The restaurant business is a perfect training ground for solving problems.

Recycling

Each person in the U.S. generates about 25 pounds of garbage a week. That means the nation's population produces nearly two hundred million tons of residential garbage every year. Fortunately, up to 80% of that can actually be recycled....

Second Skin Capability

MIT Professor Dava Newman is working on a new “second skin” space suit that could end the “bunny hop” once and for all. Introduce your students to a woman whose work could dramatically improve space exploration technology.